TiVo Story TiVo Timeline Management Team Partners Investor Relations Contact Us	As the leader in, and creator of, personal television services, TiVo has established strong partnerships with leaders from every facet of the television world — major broadcasters, service providers and consumer electronics manufacturers. These partners share TiVo's vision for better TV, ensuring the continued quality and success of current and future service offerings. With the support of these industry giants, TiVo is able to deliver a personalised TV experience to its viewers, cutting-edge hardware and in the US more relevant advertisements. Select a category below to read more about TiVo's partners. TiVo UK Partners | Equity Investors | Consumer Electronics | Programming | Technology Suppliers | Satellite Service Providers | Cable Service Providers | Interactive TV | Video on Demand | Content | Promotions TiVo TiVo UK Partners TiVo has secured strategic partnerships with some of the leading companies in the UK broadcast and consumer electronics sectors. TiVo’s successful launch in October 2000 was co-ordinated by BSkyB, which is responsible for overseeing and managing TiVo’s marketing, advertising and distribution in the UK. Thomson Multimedia is the sole manufacturer of TiVo in the UK, producing the TiVo box under its Scenium brand. In addition, TiVo has partnered with broadcasters BBC, Channel 4 and BSkyB to create Channel Highlights, a unique branded section of TiVo Central which allows viewers to preview upcoming programming and ‘tag’ it for future recording, once the programmes are aired. Equity Investors America Online (AOL), Advance/Newhouse, CBS, Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, Discovery Communications, Encore Media Group, Liberty Media subsidiaries, Liberty Digital, NBC, Philips Electronics, Showtime Networks, SONY, TV Guide Interactive and The Walt Disney Company — leading companies from every facet of both the television and communications industries have embraced TiVo's concept of personal television and made equity investments in the company. Consumer Electronics Philips Electronics, Sony Corporation of America and Thomson Multimedia — top consumer electronic manufacturers — have incorporated TiVo Personal TV Service into their own branded digital video recorders. Programming Animal Planet, Cinemax, CNBC, Discovery, E! Entertainment, Encore, FLIX, HBO, Home & Garden Television, The Learning Channel, The Movie Channel, NBC, Showtime, Starz!, Sundance Channel, Travel Channel, and Westerns Encore — TiVo has created "Network Showcases," branded areas in which TiVo users can search for and record from daily updates of the best shows these networks have to offer. Technology Suppliers Liberate — interactive capabilities for the TiVo-enabled digital video recorder will be enabled by Liberate's TV set-top box software. OpenTV — integration with OpenTV will further allow multiple service offerings to run on the TiVo platform, including the ability for TiVo and its partners to author content for the TiVo Service using standard protocols such as HTML and JavaScript. Quantum — the Consumer Electronics Business Unit (CEBU) of Quantum Corporation's Hard Disk Drive Group is a premier partner and supplier of digital storage technology for TiVo's Personal TV Service. Powered from the beginning by Quantum QuickView audio/video technology, the TiVo Personal TV Service digitally records television shows without videotape. Satellite Service Providers DIRECTV - Developing digital video recorders that incorporate both the TiVo Personal TV Service and its own service offerings into one receiver. British Sky Broadcasting Group and TiVo Inc. are jointly developing and delivering the TiVo service on stand-alone digital video recorders in the U.K. market. Cable Service Providers Comcast Interactive and Cox Communications - In addition to equity investments, continue to work closely with TiVo to incorporate the company's Personal TV Service. Interactive TV America Online - AOL will develop a co-branded AOLTV and TiVo-enabled digital video recorder. Video on Demand Blockbuster - Working together to develop a video on demand-like service that will eventually allow TiVo subscribers to obtain movies directly through their TiVo recorders. Content AtomFilms and IFILM — These innovative web-based short-film companies have partnered with TiVo to deliver their programming on "TiVo Takes," TiVo's weekly guide to the best programming on television. Promotions Creative Artists Agency - A talent agency that is promoting TiVo to bring it into the mainstream of American entertainment.