Comments on: TiVo Wins Injunction Against Dish: Echostar Must Disable DVRs

By: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection » Blog Archive » US Appeals Court Lets Echostar Hit Play On DVR Sales

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:13:17 +0000

[...] After losing their patent case to TiVo earlier this year, Dish found themselves in a precarious position when Judge David Folsom ordered Dish to disable and stop selling their DVRs within 30 days of his order. Almost immedietely, Echostar appealed the decision and was able to temporarily convince a US appeals court to place a stay on the order while Echostar appealed the jury decision to a higher court. [...]

By: ..

.. — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:23:57 +0000

[...] I still believe Tivo needs to move beyond the “Sue your Customers” model that Rambus used. They need to position themselves as content distrubution mechanism (see Tivo – Better Off Without The Legal Jackpot). Hat Tip: Davis Freeberg [...]

By: davis

davis — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:00:09 +0000

Dave – You really wished that you owned their options The injunction will certainly cause demand to spike up, add to this that TiVo is now 75% institutionally owned and it’s going to be a case of limited supply and tremendous demand. Things will settle down again after the shock dies down, but this result will lead to analyst upgrades, new cable partnerships and a nice check from Echostar when they negotiate an end to this disagreement.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:51:08 +0000

I sure wished I owned some TiVo stock tomorrow AM.