TiVoÆ Improves Industry's Best Personal Television Service

Latest Upgrade To TiVoÆ Service Delivers Better Control And Choice For All Current And Future Subscribers

31-Jan-01

TiVoÆ, Inc., (NASDAQ: TIVO) the creator and leader in personal television announced the upcoming delivery of significant improvements to its personal television service for all its current subscribers. This service upgrade will be delivered automatically to current and new TiVo customers in the first quarter of 2001. Current subscribers who purchased the new DIRECTVÆ receiver with TiVo are already using the improved service, which has been supported with these systems since they shipped in September 2000. From the beginning, TiVo has continually delivered new capabilities and product improvements to its customers. The new service enhancements will provide features that give customers greater control over their television viewing and greater choice about what they watch, while at the same time being even easier to use and more ""family friendly."" ""Providing our customers with more convenience, control and personalization in their TV viewing is our number one priority. We are proud to offer a set of new service capabilities in the coming year that will make watching television better than it has ever been before,"" said Mike Ramsay, TiVo's President and CEO. ""Our new features add to our existing personal entertainment service capabilities, TiVo Takesô, Ipreviewô, Network Showcases and TiVolutionô Magazine to provide consumers with the best way to enhance their TV experience."" It is expected that TiVo subscribers will automatically be upgraded to the new service over the course of the next three months. The new service features will be available to all TiVo customers, regardless of which TiVo recorder or receiver they use, including those from Philips, Sony and the DIRECTV receiver with TiVo, and regardless of when they purchased their system. New service capabilities include:- TiVo WishListô search technology - you name it, TiVo gets it. This feature gives customers additional control and convenience by letting them customize their program searches by name, themes, actors and/or key words. For example, a customer could enter ""Tom Hanks"" and ""comedy,"" or ""Vikings"" and ""football,"" and TiVo will find all the upcoming programs that match these combined preferences. TiVo will enable the customer to select a Season Pass that automatically records WishList programs when they are available. - TiVo Overtime Schedulerô - never miss a crucial moment of great TV. Adjust recording time to compensate for programming shifts in daily programming or sports. The Overtime Scheduler will prevent viewers from missing the tail end of a program, the previews of next week's episode or the unexpected overtime of a sports event. The scheduler can add up to ten minutes to the beginning of programs and from one minute to three hours to the end of programs. - Season Passô Manager - customers gain simple control of the priority of their Season Passes. At any time they can adjust the ranking of Season Passes to resolve schedule conflicts. - Parental Controls - easy program filtering for parents provides a simple way to ensure that children only watch the recorded programming you have chosen for them. This feature lets subscribers lock out and limit the recording of programs by ratings, channels or program description. ""The features and usability of the TiVo service have set the pace for the industry, TiVo-like functionality has lead the innovations in the market this past year,"" continued Ramsay. ""TiVo will continue to deliver choice and control to consumers in the form of innovative personalized, entertainment services that will define the TV experience viewers demand for the future.""For more information about TiVo, Inc., visit www.tivo.com.

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