Philips Brand DIRECTVÆ System With TiVo Service

DIRECTV Programming With TiVo Personal TVô Service On New Philip Receiver

8-Aug-00

Philips announces their new Philips Receiver offering DIRECTVÆ with TiVo Service, which provides consumers with two exciting services delivered through one device. This new digital satellite receiver provides access to over 210 digital-quality channels from DIRECTV, seamlessly integrated with the control, convenience and personalization that TiVo delivers to TV viewers. With TiVo, DIRECTV customers can make the most of their favorite DIRECTV programming, from sports to movies, and create their own personal TV network ñ available to watch on their schedule.The new Philips-brand DIRECTV Receiver with TiVo, which features a large disk drive to store up to 30 hours of video content, delivers a wide variety of DIRECTV programming, including the most popular sports, entertainment, news, music and family programs. Additional DIRECTV features include a new, Advanced Program Guideô, which allows consumers to view program listings up to 14 days in advance and features convenient, expanded sorting and navigation capabilities. This new receiver is also capable of supporting DIRECTV programming from multiple satellites.TiVo digitally records television shows, without video tape, so you can watch what you want, when you want to watch it. The TiVo Service was designed to make it easy for consumers to find and record the programs they want, with new service capabilities and enhancements delivered automatically. With TiVo, viewers have full control of live television programs, with the ability to pause, instant replay, rewind, fast forward and playback in normal speed, slow motion or frame-by-frame, backward and forward. TiVo allows viewers to easily and automatically find and record favorite shows, and can suggest and record other programs that match viewer preferences (likes and dislikes). All programming is recorded digitally, so content retrieval and playback is fast, easy and convenient. The Philips Receiver with DIRECTV programming and TiVo personal TV service is expected to be available at retail locations this holiday season.About PhilipsRoyal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the worldís biggest electronics companies and Europeís largest, with sales of $33.5 billion (EUR 31.5 billion) in 1999. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, color picture tubes for televisions and monitors, and one-chip TV products. Its 226,900 employees in more than 60 countries are active in the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components, semiconductors, medical systems, and IT services (Origin). Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. News from Philips is located at www.news.philips.com.About DIRECTVDIRECTV is the nationís leading digital television entertainment provider with more than 8.6 million customers. Since its launch six years ago, DIRECTV has continuously added new services and channels as part of its commitment to enhance programming and set itself apart from cable and other satellite television services. DIRECTV and Advanced Program Guide are trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. The earnings of Hughes Electronics are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to GMH (NYSE symbol) common stock.About TiVoTiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) is the creator of the personal television service. Founded in 1997 with the mission to dramatically improve consumersí television viewing experiences, TiVo developed a technology that serves as a platform for delivering a variety of home entertainment services. TiVoís Personal TV Serviceô simplifies the way we watch and enjoy television by digitally recording television shows, without video tape, so you can watch what you want, when you want to watch it. TiVo was the first to deliver on the promise of consumer choice and control over TV viewing, building a loyal and passionate subscriber.

Read More:
http://www.news.philips.com