During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the Corporation's subsidiary, Cogeco Cable Canada, recognized an impairment of $32.2 million of property, plant and equipment, capitalized wages and borrowing costs related to an Internet Protocol Television ("IPTV") solution project on which its Canadian cable services segment had worked. As a result of the unexpected performance issues encountered with the platform, it had to be abandoned by Cogeco Cable Canada. Subsequently, in order to enhance its competitiveness, Cogeco Cable Canada has concluded a partnership with TiVo Inc. ("TiVo"), a global leader in next-generation television services that enable viewers to consume content across all screens in and out-of-the home to be launched at Cogeco Cable Canada by mid-fiscal 2015. The TiVo solution was successfully launched in the first half of fiscal 2014 at the Corporation's Atlantic Broadband subsidiary with great customer acceptance.
"Mid-fiscal 2015" means Cogeco should start rollouts before March 2015, if everything does on schedule. Since they've done this in their U.S. subsidiary, the timeline is probably realistic.
So what can we expect to change out of this? Will a DVR still cost me $15 a month? Will it be an all-new system (i.e. finally updated guides after 10+ years of waiting)?
You have to be kidding me! I have been lamenting the sorry state of DVR's in Canada since I last had a TiVo. What timing I just asked Cogeco to cancel all my services. Recording Formula 1 and seeing a NASCAR race, then recording the Tour de France and seeing a rodeo was the last straw. I even told their rep that TiVo uses an overscan flag to record a show when it is actually on not by time. OK, I was very frustrated and do realize that I was wasting my time.
Living in Burlington, do I go with Bell or lick my wounds and stick with Cogeco and hope that this time(they did announce a letter of agreement with Tivo in the early 2000's) they really will do it and do it right?
So I have hung on since my July post to my Cogeco services only to find out that I am not qualified to get Tivo as I only have one tv. I do have an iPhone and an iPad as well as an iMac. I guess they don't count as tv's but they are streaming devices! Cogeco strikes again.
Cogeco said they will gradually roll out TiVo in Canada, so it may take a while.
Atlantic Broadband announced their TiVo plan in June 2013 and Cogeco reported on their conference call that it is 95% complete.
I heard that Dejardins analyst Maher Yaghi said in his research report that the TiVo system was better than Cogeco's existing system but not as good as Fibe, but I haven't seen the report myself, so I don't know if there were any more details.
Here's hoping that living in Cogeco's backyard(Burlington) keeps paying off. I'd love to have the new system this year. 1995 really wants their software back.
I was in the local store yesterday and asked the rep about Tivo.I was told that at a staff gathering that morning they had been informed to expect a Dec 2014 roll out in my area.This was the first they had heard about Tivo and were excited about a new tech to provide to customers.
TiVo also licenses their software as well so it can simply run on existing STBs. I'm not saying this is the route cogeco is taking but cable card is not required.
Cogeco's Atlantic Broadband subsidiary uses the T6 model, which is similar to the Roamio. They charge a $10 upgrade fee per month for TiVo Service in addition to the regular DVR price. TiVo Minis are $9.99 per month for additional TVs.
emerjency, there's no indication that Cogeco will accept customer-owned TiVos. I don't know what model they are testing in Canada, but my first guess is the T6. Here's my post from the previous page:
I have just rescinded my Cogeco cancellation. All because of the hope that Tivo will be the answer to the guide and program shifting that plagues Cogeco. Time will tell if this is the right decision as I had to agree to a 12 month commitment. Now hopefully Cogeco will integrate Tivo and all of it's features successfully.
Although cable card may not be in use with cogeco there is two providers in canada that I know of that do. Shaw and eastlink both have recievers that use cable card .
I know it's still early, but does anyone know what model they are testing, and ultimately releasing? Want to start shopping for it ahead of the switch.
Must of missed your last post so thanks for the reply. Cogeco does allow for external Motorola boxes, so I would hope that this policy would extend to their newer product line when they release. At least that is the hope.
The MPEG-4 shift in Augusta follows other technology decisions made by cable operators that have impacted TiVo. The use of switched digital video by operators such as Time Warner Cable, for example, require that TiVo boxes with CableCARDs to also be paired with separate Tuning Adapters to ensure that they can access channels in an MSO’s switched tier. But that kluge may be fleeting, as TiVo has recently developed an “embedded” way of supporting cable SDV without a Tuning Adapter that relies on updated client software and some additional work at the cable operator's headend. TiVo originally developed that for BlueRidge Communications, and plans to do the same for Cogeco of Canada.
- See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/te...st-s-mpeg-4-shift/383450#sthash.C699dXcl.dpuf
Apparently Cogeco is about to announce something to do with TiVo. Probably TiVo licensed pvr/tuners.
Does anyone have additional information?
This could be fantastic for Cogeco because their present software/hardware is extremely out of date and obsolete compared to Bell TV/Fiber and especially US cable providers.
I hope that Cogeco has invested significant resources ($) to upgrade or even surpass their competition.
The announcement was made this morning. TIVO arrives as of Monday. I already called, but they dont have the system ready yet to even book install appointments. Was told to call back Monday. Gave them feedback that if they're making a huge media announcement, they may want to have people trained already. Nobody knew what was going on over there.
Apparently Netflix is integrated too. Very progressive!
-Mike
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