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What's the Story? Roku, TiVo trade punches over smart TVs

Season 2

Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Roku and Xperi/TiVo's recent earnings results and where they stand in the smart TV market. We also discuss some rivalries emerging among the smart TV players.


Here are a few topics we covered:

  • TiVo to enter European smart TV market (00:51)
  • TiVo's evolution from DVR to smart TVs (04:26)
  • Roku's decision to design and build its own smart TVs could put it in competition with its TV OEM (original equipment manufacturing) partners (07:41)


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