TiVo Wins Emmy Award For Outstanding Achievement

22-Oct-01

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded TiVo Inc., the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders, with the highly coveted Emmy® award. This year, the Academy has created a new category to recognize contributions made by the pioneers of the digital video recorder (DVR) industry to the TV viewing experience. TiVo® was awarded the Emmy for this new category in recognition for its creation of, development in and advancement of DVR technology and services. ""With the advent of television services such as TiVo, we are presented with new opportunities to deliver programming to television viewers in ways that fit individual lifestyle needs and preferences,"" said Allan Benish, Executive Vice President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. ""We have recognized TiVo for its integral role in developing technology to deliver a better entertainment experience for television viewers."" The Emmy award acknowledges TiVo as an original creator of DVR technology and services, and the benefits these advancements bring to television viewers. The Pioneering Development award also provides high-level recognition for the company?s influence and development of the overall category. TiVo's leadership was also recognized earlier this year when the company was awarded a patent for pioneering inventions associated with digital video recording software and hardware design. ""Co-founder Michael Ramsay and I founded TiVo with the dream of inventing a revolutionary service that would give consumers unprecedented control over their television viewing,"" said Jim Barton, CTO & senior vice president, research and development of TiVo. ""The response to TiVo has been phenomenal, from the feedback we receive from our enthusiastic customers to the growth of an entire category rooted in our dream. The Academy?s recognition for our leadership further demonstrates the strides TiVo has made to revolutionize television viewing."" TiVo powers a digital video recorder and works with every TV system to digitally record television programming. TiVo's DVR is easy to use and improves the way people enjoy television by offering the capability to pause, rewind, create slow motion and even replay live TV instantly. With a simple touch of the button, TiVo's Season Pass? will track and record every episode of your favorite shows, even if the schedule changes. Plus, with TiVo's Wish List?, TiVo will automatically find and record shows featuring viewer's interests. What's more, subscribers can say goodbye to scheduling conflicts with the ability to record two shows at once with DIRECTV Receivers with TiVo. For more information about TiVo, visit www.tivo.com.

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