http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:53:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com http://tvbythenumbers.com/favicon.ico http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/22/tivo-subscribers-increase-for-the-first-time-since-2007/111620/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/22/tivo-subscribers-increase-for-the-first-time-since-2007/111620/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:02:39 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/22/tivo-subscribers-increase-for-the-first-time-since-2007/111620/ TiVo Gains 117,000 Subscribers in October, 2011 Quarter]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/22/tivo-subscribers-increase-for-the-first-time-since-2007/111620/feed/ 14 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/29/tivo-loses-33000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-near-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/101743/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/29/tivo-loses-33000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-near-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/101743/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:51:02 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/29/tivo-loses-33000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-near-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/101743/ TiVo Loses 33,000 Subscribers vs. 125,000 in July, 2010 Quarter]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/08/29/tivo-loses-33000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-near-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/101743/feed/ 14 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/tivo-loses-88000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-back-to-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/93811/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/tivo-loses-88000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-back-to-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/93811/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 21:20:25 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/tivo-loses-88000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-back-to-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/93811/ TiVo's total subscribers fell 88,000 to 1.96 million, about the same subscriber level it had in mid 2004.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/24/tivo-loses-88000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-back-to-mid-2004-subscriber-levels/93811/feed/ 14 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/01/tivo-loses-223000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-second-worst-quarter-for-subscriber-losses/84324/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/01/tivo-loses-223000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-second-worst-quarter-for-subscriber-losses/84324/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:43:01 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/01/tivo-loses-223000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-second-worst-quarter-for-subscriber-losses/84324 TiVo's total subscribers fell 223,000 to 2.05 million, about the same subscriber level it had in mid 2004.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/01/tivo-loses-223000-net-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-second-worst-quarter-for-subscriber-losses/84324/feed/ 7 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/27/tivo-sheds-112000-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-down-to-mid-2004-levels/73435/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/27/tivo-sheds-112000-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-down-to-mid-2004-levels/73435/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:56:45 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/27/tivo-sheds-112000-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-down-to-mid-2004-levels/73435 TiVo's total subscribers fell 112,000 to 2.27 million, about the same subscriber level it had in mid 2004.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/27/tivo-sheds-112000-subscribers-in-latest-quarter-down-to-mid-2004-levels/73435/feed/ 42 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/08/26/tivo-sheds-another-125000-subscribers-steve-jobs-is-right-its-hard-to-sell-boxes-when-cablesat-cos-give-them-away/61184/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/08/26/tivo-sheds-another-125000-subscribers-steve-jobs-is-right-its-hard-to-sell-boxes-when-cablesat-cos-give-them-away/61184/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:42:03 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/26/tivo-sheds-another-125000-subscribers-steve-jobs-is-right-its-hard-to-sell-boxes-when-cablesat-cos-give-them-away/61184 Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the spreadsheet with the pretty chart of TiVo subscribers on a quarterly basis or I'd update it.  I'm sure Bill will update it when he returns but you can just imagine the chart below because it will look almost exactly the same! Chart now updated with the July [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/08/26/tivo-sheds-another-125000-subscribers-steve-jobs-is-right-its-hard-to-sell-boxes-when-cablesat-cos-give-them-away/61184/feed/ 25 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/25/tivo-loses-96000-subscribers-in-most-recent-quarter/52408/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/25/tivo-loses-96000-subscribers-in-most-recent-quarter/52408/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 23:28:35 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/25/tivo-loses-96000-subscribers-in-most-recent-quarter/52408 In the quarter ending April 30, 2010, TiVo's total subscribers fell 96,000 to 2.51 million, its smallest quarterly subscriber loss in more than three years. ]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/05/25/tivo-loses-96000-subscribers-in-most-recent-quarter/52408/feed/ 16 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/08/tivo-loses-131000-subscribers-worst-for-a-january-quarter/44280/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/08/tivo-loses-131000-subscribers-worst-for-a-january-quarter/44280/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:44 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/08/tivo-loses-131000-subscribers-worst-for-a-january-quarter/44280 TiVo Loses 131,000 Subscribers vs. 314,000 in Previous Quarter In the quarter ending January 31, 2010, TiVo's total subscribers fell 131,000 to 2.61 million, far fewer than the preceding quarter. However, the January quarter has typically been TiVo's "best" in terms of subscriber losses over the past several years and the 131,000 subscriber loss was [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/08/tivo-loses-131000-subscribers-worst-for-a-january-quarter/44280/feed/ 27 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/04/will-dish-network-really-have-to-disable-its-subscribers-dvrs/43876/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/04/will-dish-network-really-have-to-disable-its-subscribers-dvrs/43876/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:57:22 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=43876 I'm neither a lawyer, nor do I play on on TV, but I can't imagine it comes to Dish Network having to disable its subscriber's DVRs. ]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/03/04/will-dish-network-really-have-to-disable-its-subscribers-dvrs/43876/feed/ 49 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/24/tivo-loses-314000-subscribers-worst-quarterly-subscriber-fall-yet-now-below-3-million/34484/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/24/tivo-loses-314000-subscribers-worst-quarterly-subscriber-fall-yet-now-below-3-million/34484/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:33 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/24/tivo-loses-314000-subscribers-worst-quarterly-subscriber-fall-yet-now-below-3-million/34484 TiVo Loses 314,000 Subscribers vs. 146,000 in Previous Quarter Even by the standards of its continuing loss of subscribers, the last quarter was a particularly bad one for TiVo. In the quarter ending October 31, 2009, TiVo's total subscribers fell 314,000 to 2.76 million, its worst quater ever for subscriber loss, approximately the same level [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/11/24/tivo-loses-314000-subscribers-worst-quarterly-subscriber-fall-yet-now-below-3-million/34484/feed/ 150 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/09/letterman-apologies-are-big-tivo-moments/30074/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/09/letterman-apologies-are-big-tivo-moments/30074/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:52:30 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=30074 via THR: TiVo said time-shifted ratings among its users spiked 75% during the 10 minutes Letterman confessed his sexual dalliances during his Oct. 1 show. That compares to a lift of only 20% among live viewers. TiVo's numbers make a couple of points: Some folks who record "Late Night With David Letterman" nightly but don't [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/09/letterman-apologies-are-big-tivo-moments/30074/feed/ 4 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/05/tivo-examines-tv-viewership-behavior-based-on-political-party-affiliation/29480/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/05/tivo-examines-tv-viewership-behavior-based-on-political-party-affiliation/29480/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:23:47 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=29480 Big Brother (or in this case little brother, since TiVo only makes up about 10% of the DVRs) is watching.   Several data tables below, and I scrolled right down to them.  On a glace it seems that TNT's The Closer could be the best way to unify a partisan nation. TIVO EXAMINES TV VIEWERSHIP BEHAVIOR [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/05/tivo-examines-tv-viewership-behavior-based-on-political-party-affiliation/29480/feed/ 50 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/30/the-jay-leno-show-timeslot-less-dvr-viewed-by-tivo-users/29059/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/30/the-jay-leno-show-timeslot-less-dvr-viewed-by-tivo-users/29059/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:55:12 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=29059 Keep in mind this is from a story driven by  TiVo PR, and that TiVo users are only about 10% of the nation's DVR owners, and quite likely have different usage patterns. The fact that fewer people might DVR Leno vs. the NBC 10pm hour last season would tend to relatively boost NBC's 10pm Live+SD [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/30/the-jay-leno-show-timeslot-less-dvr-viewed-by-tivo-users/29059/feed/ 6 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/27/shocker-73-of-tivo-viewers-skip-commercials-in-dramas-most-watched-shows-have-least-watched-commercials/28607/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/27/shocker-73-of-tivo-viewers-skip-commercials-in-dramas-most-watched-shows-have-least-watched-commercials/28607/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:47:01 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=28607 Update:  Julia's comment below made me to decide to go look at the actual press release from TiVo.  The New York Times indeed used some curious word choices both. in its headline, and in the story with regard to "hit" and "most popular".  The actual press release as titled by TiVo was  Emmy Gold Not [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/27/shocker-73-of-tivo-viewers-skip-commercials-in-dramas-most-watched-shows-have-least-watched-commercials/28607/feed/ 64 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/04/tivo-awarded-200-million-in-damages-from-dish-echostar/26282/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/04/tivo-awarded-200-million-in-damages-from-dish-echostar/26282/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:02:59 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=26282 Awards aren't exactly the same thing as checks, as this has been going on a long while now, and will go on a while longer.   But here's the latest.  TiVo won a court order that according to the judge will result in about $200 million in damages from Dish Network and EchoStar.  This has [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/04/tivo-awarded-200-million-in-damages-from-dish-echostar/26282/feed/ 7 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/26/tivo-loses-another-146k-subscribers-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-att-and-verizon/25469/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/26/tivo-loses-another-146k-subscribers-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-att-and-verizon/25469/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:01:12 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=25469 TiVo. the synonym for DVR is increasingly a footnote in a market it helped create. TiVo is down to 3 million subscribers. With more than 30 million DVR homes in the US, that's less than 10% of the market.[...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/26/tivo-loses-another-146k-subscribers-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-att-and-verizon/25469/feed/ 59 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/02/up-to-84-of-commercial-time-is-unwatched-by-tivo-users/24044/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/02/up-to-84-of-commercial-time-is-unwatched-by-tivo-users/24044/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:02:45 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=24044 Surprise! Viewers of the Grey's Anatomy season finale last may who watched on their TiVo DVRs bypassed 84% of the commercials[...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/08/02/up-to-84-of-commercial-time-is-unwatched-by-tivo-users/24044/feed/ 42 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/08/greys-anatomy-has-largest-number-of-tivo-subscriber-season-passes/20280/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/08/greys-anatomy-has-largest-number-of-tivo-subscriber-season-passes/20280/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:21:28 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=20280 There are a lot of interesting numbers in this TiVo press release. I'm not sure there are any particularly meaningful ones, but that's more in the eye of the beholder. While Grey's Anatomy has more TiVo season pass (automatic recording of all episodes) subscribers, we know that American Idol is the most watched shows on [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/08/greys-anatomy-has-largest-number-of-tivo-subscriber-season-passes/20280/feed/ 2 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/02/tivo-stock-soars-after-hours-as-judge-awards-it-190-million-from-echostar/19926/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/02/tivo-stock-soars-after-hours-as-judge-awards-it-190-million-from-echostar/19926/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:52:07 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=19926 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas awarded set-top box maker TiVo Inc about $190 million in damages on Tuesday in a long-running patent infringement dispute with DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp. [...] TiVo's patent with several digital video recorder models by implementing new "workaround" technology that TiVo claimed still infringed. The [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/02/tivo-stock-soars-after-hours-as-judge-awards-it-190-million-from-echostar/19926/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/30/comcast-and-tivo-have-dated-for-years-will-they-ever-marry/19678/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/30/comcast-and-tivo-have-dated-for-years-will-they-ever-marry/19678/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 16:35:06 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=19678 Multichannel News has a story about the relationship between Comcast & TiVo.  The two companies have been in a relationship for years now, and other than Internet speculation and complaining from people in test markets, you rarely seem to hear anything about it.  Now, in an as yet unnamed market, Comcast will be offering TiVo [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/30/comcast-and-tivo-have-dated-for-years-will-they-ever-marry/19678/feed/ 6 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/27/tivo-loses-139000-subscribers-in-april-09-quarter/19491/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/27/tivo-loses-139000-subscribers-in-april-09-quarter/19491/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 21:20:47 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/27/tivo-loses-139000-subscribers-in-april-09-quarter/19491 TiVo Loses 139k Subscribers vs. 125k in Previous Quarter In the quarter ending April 30, 2009, TiVo's total subscribers fell 139,000 to 3.196 million, approximately the same level they had in early 2005. That comprises an ever tinier share of the US DVR population which continues to expand. TiVo could have a valuable intellectual property [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/05/27/tivo-loses-139000-subscribers-in-april-09-quarter/19491/feed/ 9 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/19/tivo-failing-as-a-dvr-business-hopes-to-thrive-as-a-data-company/17010/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/19/tivo-failing-as-a-dvr-business-hopes-to-thrive-as-a-data-company/17010/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:43:18 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=17010 Media Week has a story on how TiVo is looking to step in and fill a void left by Nielsen measurement to provide commercial  viewing measurement with DVR viewing factored in for local markets..  Nielsen has begun providing program viewing measurements that include 3 days of DVR viewing at the local level, but these local [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/19/tivo-failing-as-a-dvr-business-hopes-to-thrive-as-a-data-company/17010/feed/ 26 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/new-study-says-9pm-hour-dvr-viewing-hurting-10pm-hour-live-and-dvr-viewing/16410/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/new-study-says-9pm-hour-dvr-viewing-hurting-10pm-hour-live-and-dvr-viewing/16410/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:17:27 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16410 one benefit of watching the DVR live plus seven number regularly, you don't need to do any studies or research to see that there is less same day DVR viewing occurring on the same day that shows air with 10pm shows than with earlier shows.   And the data just backed up the intuitive notion that [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/new-study-says-9pm-hour-dvr-viewing-hurting-10pm-hour-live-and-dvr-viewing/16410/feed/ 16 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/12/tivo-says-significant-percentage-watch-on-dvr-more-than-3-days-later/14378/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/12/tivo-says-significant-percentage-watch-on-dvr-more-than-3-days-later/14378/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:35:50 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=14378 from Broadcasting & Cable: Digital video recorder (DVR) supplier TiVo, which has been trying to build a separate audience measurement business through its Stop||Watch ratings service, says that TiVo customers watched over half of the January 2009 primetime season premieres on a timeshifted basis. It also says that a significant percentage watched the shows more [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/12/tivo-says-significant-percentage-watch-on-dvr-more-than-3-days-later/14378/feed/ 4 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/02/tivo-loses-125000-subscribers-in-january-09-quarter/13735/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/02/tivo-loses-125000-subscribers-in-january-09-quarter/13735/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:32:07 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/02/tivo-loses-125000-subscribers-in-january-09-quarter/13735 TiVo Loses 125k Subscribers vs. 163k in Previous Quarter In the quarter ending January 31, 2009, TiVo's total subscribers fell 125,000 to 3.335 million, approximately the same level they had in April, 2005. As we've written before, TiVo could have a valuable intellectual property portfolio, but its hardware selling business is over. For the most [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/03/02/tivo-loses-125000-subscribers-in-january-09-quarter/13735/feed/ 32 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/25/tivo-ceo-to-tv-industry-the-sky-is-still-falling/11527/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/25/tivo-ceo-to-tv-industry-the-sky-is-still-falling/11527/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:28:52 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=11527 Despite the headline, I don't think TiVo CEO Tom Rogers is doing his best Chicken Little impersonation, because when it comes to television business models, the sky is actually falling! But Rogers seems to get out there with it about once every three months these days. Fortunately for the TV industry, it's not falling at [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/01/25/tivo-ceo-to-tv-industry-the-sky-is-still-falling/11527/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/25/tivo-loses-163000-subscribers-in-october-08-quarter/8737/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/25/tivo-loses-163000-subscribers-in-october-08-quarter/8737/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:13:39 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=8737 TiVo Loses 163k Subscribers vs. 178k in Previous Quarter In the quarter ending October 31, 2008, TiVo's total subscribers fell to 3.46 million, approximately the same level they had in Spring, 2005. As we've covered before, TiVo may have a valuable intellectual property portfolio, but its hardware selling business is over. For the most recent [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/25/tivo-loses-163000-subscribers-in-october-08-quarter/8737/feed/ 45 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/18/tivo-ceo-sees-dire-future-for-tv-advertising/6472/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/18/tivo-ceo-sees-dire-future-for-tv-advertising/6472/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:35:13 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=6472 I liked the headline and sub headline of this recent story on Advertising Age: TiVo CEO Says End Is Nigh for TV Ads But Many in ANA Crowd Think He's Skipping Ahead ORLANDO (AdAge.com) -- TiVo CEO Tom Rogers did everything but hang an "end is near" sign around his neck as he tried to [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/10/18/tivo-ceo-sees-dire-future-for-tv-advertising/6472/feed/ 30 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/09/17/tivo-announces-latest-results-of-its-stopwatchtm-commercial-program-rankings/5167/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/09/17/tivo-announces-latest-results-of-its-stopwatchtm-commercial-program-rankings/5167/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:36:45 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=5167 From a TiVo Press Release: Cable Network Programs Thrive in Summer Months During Off Season for Broadcast Networks - Alltel Wireless Animated Advertising Vignettes Deliver 280% Increase in Timeshifted Audience -  ALVISO, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO - News), the creator of and a leader in advertising solutions and television services for digital video [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/09/17/tivo-announces-latest-results-of-its-stopwatchtm-commercial-program-rankings/5167/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:04:27 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4809 Much of the thinking here is actually Bill's.  Though we've bashed TiVo (and from TiVo's perspective, probably incessantly) a lot since our launch, we honestly don't disagree with its current strategy.  TiVo to its credit did spend less money, cut marketing out almost entirely all while growing the amount of cash on hand it has to weather [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/a-method-to-tivos-madness/4809/feed/ 3 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-july-2008/4806/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-july-2008/4806/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:31:25 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4806 TiVo Loses 178k Subscribers vs. 145k in Previous Quarter TiVo's total subscribers fell to 3.623 million, approximately the same level they had in July, 2005. TiVo subscribers July 2001- July 2008       TiVo-Owned DIRECTiVo  Cumulative Net Additions Jul-01 0.182 0.047 0.229   Oct-01 0.206 0.074 0.280 51 Jan-02 0.246 0.134 0.380 100 Apr-02 [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-july-2008/4806/feed/ 12 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/tivo-fake-it-till-you-make-it/4805/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/tivo-fake-it-till-you-make-it/4805/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:09 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4805 "Fake it till you make it" is a fine mantra for alcoholics and drug addicts on the mend, but not much to base a business on, really. But my hat is off to TiVo's ability to continually ignore reality. TiVo bled another 178,000 subscribers during the three months ending July 31, 2008. That's even worse [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/08/27/tivo-fake-it-till-you-make-it/4805/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/07/17/over-36-million-dvrs-in-us-homes-july-2008/4453/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/07/17/over-36-million-dvrs-in-us-homes-july-2008/4453/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:26:29 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4453 Nielsen now estimates that 28 million homes have DVRs and that 30% have more than one. That means the installed base of DVRs in the US is at least 36.4 million units. The latest figures from Nielsen show that DVR penetration has climbed to 25% of U.S. homes--up 5% from nine months ago, as cable and [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/07/17/over-36-million-dvrs-in-us-homes-july-2008/4453/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-april-2008/3945/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-april-2008/3945/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 20:39:27 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3945 TiVo Loses 145k Subscribers vs. 121k in Previous Quarter As of April 30, 2008 TiVo had 1.728 million subscribers (down 17,000) using its own DVRs and 2.073 million subscribers with DirecTV TiVo DVRs (down 128,000). To see TiVo's share of the DVR installed base (last updated Aug 2007) go here.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-april-2008/3945/feed/ 9 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/27/tivo-the-gossip-girl-of-dvrs/3916/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/27/tivo-the-gossip-girl-of-dvrs/3916/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 05:00:24 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3916 TiVo is rolling out a feature to its Chicago area viewers where they will be automatically able to record Chicago Tribune TV critic Maureen Ryan's picks. As a result of doing this blog I have become a regular reader of Ms. Ryan's column The Watcher and I really enjoy her work. The New York Times [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/27/tivo-the-gossip-girl-of-dvrs/3916/feed/ 14 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/17/sunshine-blue-skies-and-the-gourmet-life-at-tivo/3382/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/17/sunshine-blue-skies-and-the-gourmet-life-at-tivo/3382/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:45:01 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/17/sunshine-blue-skies-and-the-gourmet-life-at-tivo/3382 Mediaweek reports that Gourmet has launched a channel on TiVo, in the first of what TiVo hopes will be more deals with magazines to bring their Web video content and TV shows to living rooms. The story says the Gourmet channel will be available from Tivo Central - Tivo's main menu and will feature content [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/17/sunshine-blue-skies-and-the-gourmet-life-at-tivo/3382/feed/ 6 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/12/youtube-via-tivo-available-to-almost-no-one/2923/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/12/youtube-via-tivo-available-to-almost-no-one/2923/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:03:31 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/12/youtube-via-tivo-available-to-almost-no-one/2923 Like many others recently, Brian Stelter at the NY Times writes about TiVo's announcement that it will offer YouTube video via its Series 3 and TiVoHD boxes. This seems yet another step in TiVo's PR crusade to stave off irrelevancy, since it's headline catching, yet effects almost no customers. The Series 3 [the first model [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/12/youtube-via-tivo-available-to-almost-no-one/2923/feed/ 36 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/05/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2008/2854/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/05/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2008/2854/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:50:17 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/03/05/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2008/2854 TiVo Loses 121k Subscribers vs. 130k in Previous Quarter To see TiVo's share of the DVR installed base go here.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/03/05/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2008/2854/feed/ 10 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/01/super-bowl-time-shifted-not-so-much-it-seems/2539/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/01/super-bowl-time-shifted-not-so-much-it-seems/2539/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:15:07 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/01/super-bowl-time-shifted-not-so-much-it-seems/2539 UPDATE: After talking to the authors of the study, I found the disconnect. The original story linked below was incorrect. The share of TiVo owners doing the time-shifting was closer to 1/3 not over 2/3. Here are the numbers from the study courtesy of Starcom: That makes much more sense. I can believe that TiVo [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/02/01/super-bowl-time-shifted-not-so-much-it-seems/2539/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2007-q3/1939/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2007-q3/1939/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:49:18 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2007-q3/1939 TiVo Loses 130k Subscribers vs. 145k in Previous Quarter To see TiVo's share of the DVR installed base go here.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/28/quarterly-net-new-tivo-subscribers-2001-2007-q3/1939/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/tivo-most-recorded-112507/1928/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/tivo-most-recorded-112507/1928/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:28:03 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/27/tivo-most-recorded-112507/1928 For the week ending 11/25/07:  Source: TiVo]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/tivo-most-recorded-112507/1928/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/dissecting-the-nbcu-tivo-deal/1910/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/dissecting-the-nbcu-tivo-deal/1910/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:43:46 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/27/dissecting-the-nbcu-tivo-deal/1910 Reuters is reporting that NBC Universal has agreed to use ratings data and other advertising products from TiVo Inc. Let's examine the announced portions of the agreement: 1. Advertisers on NBCU networks will have an option of adding a "tag" into television commercials that users will be able to click on to obtain more information. [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/11/27/dissecting-the-nbcu-tivo-deal/1910/feed/ 8 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/25/i-love-tivo-its-still-not-a-good-business/1458/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/25/i-love-tivo-its-still-not-a-good-business/1458/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:37:24 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/25/i-love-tivo-its-still-not-a-good-business/ I love DVRs, and I think TiVo is the best of the lot. But that doesn't make it a good business. Back in the late 1990s there was a business called Kozmo.com It would deliver DVDs, video games, Diet Coke, Kit Kat bars and even Palm Pilots and game consoles directly to your door like [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/25/i-love-tivo-its-still-not-a-good-business/1458/feed/ 2 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/04/tivos-season-passtm-tallies-predictions-ofnothing/1086/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/04/tivos-season-passtm-tallies-predictions-ofnothing/1086/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:06:39 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/04/tivos-season-passtm-tallies-predictions-ofnothing/ TiVo announced the most popular shows in their subscribers Season Pass lists. It's not clear why that list should be interesting. As presented, with data from 2006 & 2007, it can be used to predict nothing. A few items: - In 2006, Studio 60 was very high on the initial list (#12), yet was canceled. [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/10/04/tivos-season-passtm-tallies-predictions-ofnothing/1086/feed/ 4 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/30/tivo-most-recorded-we-sept-30/971/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/30/tivo-most-recorded-we-sept-30/971/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:56:51 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/30/tivo-most-recorded-we-sept-30/ I'm not exactly sure how Tivo calculates the change in position from previous week since i had Survivor: China in last week's list at #18. We're not making up the numbers, we're just reporting them: Source: Tivo]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/30/tivo-most-recorded-we-sept-30/971/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/22/more-fun-with-tivo-numbers/806/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/22/more-fun-with-tivo-numbers/806/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:19:57 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/22/more-fun-with-tivo-numbers/ Our friends at NewTeeVee wrote about a rumor where Podcaster Adam Curry's PodShow would soon be available via Tivo via its TivoCast service. In the piece, the author Chris Albrecht wrote that it would give Curry access to Tivo's 10-12 million users. I commented that Tivo only had 4.2 million subscribers according to its own [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/22/more-fun-with-tivo-numbers/806/feed/ 4 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/11/dvr-installed-base-august-2007/619/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/11/dvr-installed-base-august-2007/619/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:03:29 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/11/dvr-installed-base-august-2007/ TiVo's slices of the pie slipped from 23% to 20%, as it's subscriber losses continued. For a chart of TiVo net new subscribers go here.]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/11/dvr-installed-base-august-2007/619/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/10/dvr-usage-for-syndicated-shows-can-that-be-right/597/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/10/dvr-usage-for-syndicated-shows-can-that-be-right/597/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:00:22 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/10/dvr-usage-for-syndicated-shows-can-that-be-right/     My mind is struggling with the low impact of DVR usage for the top syndicated shows.  I can’t reconcile Bill Gorman’s post of the data for the Top Time-Shifted Syndicated shows the week ending 8/19 with either the logic my mind uses or the Tivo “most recorded shows” -- where Oprah is routinely in the [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/10/dvr-usage-for-syndicated-shows-can-that-be-right/597/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/09/tivo-most-recorded-for-the-week-ending-99/587/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/09/tivo-most-recorded-for-the-week-ending-99/587/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:19:59 +0000 Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/09/tivo-most-recorded-for-the-week-ending-99/ Rank Show Prev +/- 1 Grey's Anatomy 1 0 2 House 3 1 3 Desperate Housewives 2 -1 4 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 4 0 5 Heroes   N/A 6 The Office   N/A 7 CSI: Miami   N/A 8 Oprah Winfrey   N/A 9 The Closer 6 -3 10 Boston Legal 5 -5 11 [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/09/tivo-most-recorded-for-the-week-ending-99/587/feed/ 0 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/08/tivo-getting-its-groove-back-zero-percent-chance/574/ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/08/tivo-getting-its-groove-back-zero-percent-chance/574/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:10:21 +0000 Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/09/08/tivo-getting-its-groove-back-zero-percent-chance/ It's not clear it ever had any groove in the first place, even though I have personally been a Tivo lover for 9 years running. This article on NewTeeVee.com, part of the burgeoning Om Malik empire, hypothesisizes on ways for Tivo to get its groove back. I posted a comment there, but it's awaiting moderation [...]]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2007/09/08/tivo-getting-its-groove-back-zero-percent-chance/574/feed/ 0