TiVo, Inc. (NASDAQ: TiVo) was incorporated on August
4, 1997 as "Teleworld, Inc." by Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay, veterans of
Silicon Graphics and Time Warner's Full Service Network digital video
system. Originally intending to create a home network device, they
later developed the idea to record digitized video on a hard disk.
Teleworld began the first public trials of the TiVo device and service
in late 1998 in the San Francisco Bay area. T...
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TiVo, Inc. (NASDAQ: TiVo) was incorporated on August
4, 1997 as "Teleworld, Inc." by Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay, veterans of
Silicon Graphics and Time Warner's Full Service Network digital video
system. Originally intending to create a home network device, they
later developed the idea to record digitized video on a hard disk.
Teleworld began the first public trials of the TiVo device and service
in late 1998 in the San Francisco Bay area.
Today, the Company continues to revolutionize the way consumers watch
and access home entertainment by making TiVo the focal point of the
digital living room, a center for sharing and experiencing television,
music, photos and other content. TiVo connects consumers to the digital
entertainment they want, where and when they want it. The Company is
based in Alviso, California.
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