Editing TiVo (section)

==History and development==
[[File:TiVo logo 2011 RGB.svg|200px|thumb|right|Logo used from 1999 to 2015. Shown here is the 2012 version.]]
TiVo was developed by Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay through a [[corporation]] they named "Teleworld" which was later renamed to [[TiVo Inc.]] Though they originally intended to create a home network device, it was redesigned as a device that records digitized video onto a hard disk.

After exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1997, Mike Ramsay announced to the company that the first version of the TiVo digital video recorder would be released "in Q1" (the last day of which is March 31) despite an estimated 4 to 5 months of work remaining to complete the device. Because March 31, 1999, was a [[blue moon]], the engineering staff code-named this first version of the TiVo DVR "Blue Moon".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=429445 |title=The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: The 4th Annual Blue Moon Holiday - TiVo Community Forum Archive 1 |website=Archive.tivocommunity.com |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717062907/http://archive.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=429445 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The original TiVo DVR digitized and compressed analog video from any source (antenna, cable or direct broadcast satellite). TiVo also integrated its DVR service into the set-top boxes of satellite and cable providers. In late 2000, Philips Electronics introduced the DSR6000, the first DirecTV receiver with an integrated TiVo DVR. This new device, nicknamed the "DirecTiVo", stored digital signals sent from [[DirecTV]] directly onto a [[hard disk]].

In early 2000, TiVo partnered with electronics manufacturer Thomson Multimedia (now [[Technicolor SA]]) and broadcaster [[British Sky Broadcasting]] to deliver the TiVo service in the UK market. This partnership resulted in the Thomson PVR10UK, a stand-alone receiver released in October 2000 that was based on the original reference design used in the United States by both Philips and [[Sony]]. TiVo ended UK unit sales in January 2003, though it continued to sell subscriptions and supply guide data to existing subscribed units until June 2011. TiVo branded products returned to the UK during 2010 under an exclusive partnership with cable TV provider [[Virgin Media]].<ref name="Virgin Media Selects Tivo" />

TiVo was launched in Australia in July 2008 by Hybrid Television Services, a company owned by Australia's Seven Media Group and New Zealand's TVNZ. TiVo Australia also launched a TiVo with a 320Gb hard Drive in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mytivo.com.au/whatistivo/tivomodels/ |title=TiVo Models &#124; What is TiVo |website=myTivo.com.au |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908030912/http://www.mytivo.com.au/whatistivo/tivomodels/ |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> TiVo Australia also launched [[Blockbuster Inc.|Blockbuster]] on demand and in December 2009 launched a novel service called Caspa on Demand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mytivo.com.au/whatistivo/moviestvmusic/entertainmentondemand/ |title=Entertainment On-Demand &#124; Movies & TV On-Demand &#124; What is TiVo |website=myTivo.com.au |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012095046/http://www.mytivo.com.au/whatistivo/moviestvmusic/entertainmentondemand/ |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> TiVo also went on sale in New Zealand on 6 November 2009.<ref name="Sticking point for TiVo">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/2762085/Sticking-point-for-TiVo |title=Sticking point for TiVo |author=Pullar-Strecker, Tom |date=18 August 2009 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=23 November 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820162744/http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/2762085/Sticking-point-for-TiVo |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Janet Jackson]]'s [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|Super Bowl halftime show incident]] on February 1, 2004, set a record for being the most watched, recorded and replayed moment in TiVo history. The baring of one of Jackson's breasts at the end of her duet with [[Justin Timberlake]], which caused a flood of outraged phone calls to [[CBS]], was replayed a record number of times by TiVo users. A company representative stated, "The audience measurement guys have never seen anything like it. The audience reaction charts looked like an [[electrocardiogram]]."<ref>{{cite web| title = Jackson's Super Bowl flash grabs TiVo users| website = CNET| date = 2004-02-04| url = http://news.cnet.com/2100-1041_3-5152141.html| access-date = 2013-06-18| archive-date = October 5, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010522/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1041_3-5152141.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

[[File:TiVo logo.png|200px|thumb|right|Wordmark variant from 2015 to 2020]]

In April 2016, Rovi acquired TiVo for $1.1 billion.<ref name="Vincent 2016">{{cite web | last=Vincent | first=James | title=TiVo agrees to $1.1 billion acquisition by Rovi | website=The Verge | date=2016-04-29 | url=https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2016/4/29/11535490/rovi-tivo-acquisition-1-1-billion | access-date=2021-05-24 | archive-date=May 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524221755/https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2016/4/29/11535490/rovi-tivo-acquisition-1-1-billion | url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2019, it was announced that TiVo would merge with Xperi Corporation. The merger completed in May 2020.<ref>{{cite web
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In early February 2024, TiVo removed the antenna version of the TiVo Edge from their website, apparently discontinuing their OTA line of DVRs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Comparison of Tivo.com on 2024-02-04 and 2024-02-06 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/diff/20240204121330/20240206200325/https://www.tivo.com/ |website=web.archive.org |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> The cable version of the TiVo Edge as well as the TiVo Mini LUX and TiVo Stream 4K continue to be available.