TiVo and Nero announce partnership to deliver TiVo television experience to PCs

November 29, 2007 – TiVo and Nero have announced that they have formed a partnership to integrate TiVo’s television user experience into Nero’s next generation of PC software.

Under the agreement, Nero will develop a software solution to capitalise on the growing PC TV tuner market and deliver a PC-based digital video recorder (DVR) experience.  Research firm In-Stat estimates that there will be 50.8mn PC TV tuners shipped worldwide by 2011.

“The partnership with TiVo extends the TV experience for the connected digital home, enabling easy access anytime, anywhere to the most extensive TV content,” said Richard Lesser, CEO of Nero.  “Our core technology enables the creation of new categories in consumer electronics, changing the way that users interact with both hardware and software.”

Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, added: “This agreement provides TiVo with an opportunity to deliver its interface and differentiated feature set globally via the PC, enabling TiVo to use all avenues of mass distribution – from consumer electronics to cable and satellite boxes and soon, the PC.”

Nero reports that over 240mn units of its software solutions have been distributed globally.