Deployments in the UK (Virgin Media), Spain (Ono) and Sweden (Com Hem) have helped push TiVo’s international subscriber total for its traditional offering to over 4 million.
Commenting on the milestone, David Sandford, VP, general manager, international at TiVo, said: “TiVo continues to offer one of the most compelling experiences for international television operators through the ability to integrate traditional linear content, video on demand and internet streaming services, such as Netflix, all in one interface on the television or on mobile devices such as the tablet or smartphone”.
He added: “Our recent acquisition of Cubiware has expanded our ability to service international markets allowing us to offer products to almost every television operator regardless of size or ARPU in a given market. We now offer a portfolio of products to large, medium and small sized operators seeking a diverse array of products and features to serve a wide spectrum of subscribers.”
TiVo has relationships with over 70 operators in over 25 countries for its traditional offering, as well as its Cubiware and Digitalsmiths products. Over half of these deployments are outside North America, where, according to ABI research, growth is expected to increase the worldwide pay-TV market to more than 1 billion subscribers by 2020.
With the addition of the 24 million households represented by the operators Cubiware and Digitalsmiths work with today, TiVo has relationships with operators that have a combined global footprint close to 90 million households.
