Reply #50: But they ARE selling NON TIVO DVRs too!

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They are now pushing their NDS line of DVRs. Why isn't Tivo suing them too for violating their patents with the newer DVRs, license or no? Is it the ability to license their technology that Tivo truly wants from either DirecTV or Echostar, or just a chunk of their business. I do believe that Murdoch is playing them to help him get Dish Network out of the way as a competitor.

http://www.pvrwire.com/2005/08/11/directv-to-stop-marketing-tivo/

http://www.pvrblog.com/pvr/2004/08/directv_makes_m.html

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=100&objectid=10396199

http://www.tvpredictions.com/2006/07/directvs-hd-dvr-to-launch-next-month.html

http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/30/directv-prepping-new-digital-video-recorder-which-spells/