[IP] TiVo receives FCC approval for TiVoToGo, Broadcast Flag

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: jet <jet@spies.com>
Date: August 4, 2004 12:45:12 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: TiVo receives FCC approval for TiVoToGo, Broadcast Flag


 <http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040804/media_tivo_fcc_3.html>

  By Jeremy Pelofsky

 WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - TiVo Inc. (NasdaqNM:TIVO - News), maker
 of popular digital television recording devices, on Wednesday received
 approval for technology that would permit users to send copies of
 digital broadcast shows over the Internet to a few friends.

 The Federal Communications Commission voted to certify digital
 protections on TiVoToGo, which is not yet available but would enable a
 user to record and send a digital broadcast television show to up to
 nine other registered people who have a key allowing them to see it.

 [...]


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