TiVo Wants Its Piece Of The Aereo Market

As Aereo's business model fades away, others are trying to pick up the pieces.  The latest to step in is TiVo who has announced a new DVR box that can receive digital broadcast signals from an at home antenna and deliver DVR functionality, all without a cable subscription.  Per Multichannel, the Roamio OTA box "is also compatible with the TiVo Stream, a Slingbox-like device that can stream live and recorded TV to smartphones and tablets in or out of the user’s home". 

The TiVo box costs under $50 and requires a monthly subscription to TiVo at about $15 a month, a little more expensive than what Aereo charged, but cheaper than a cable subscription.  The service is clearly aimed to the cord cutters and antenna households that might want more functionality and channel availability at a lower price than cable TV.  Given the court decisions against Aereo, this device might be a great solution, but it is not the only one as other services are popping up as well.  With Aereo on the way to oblivion, others are clearly picking at its carcass.

is also compatible with the TiVo Stream, a Slingbox-like device that can stream live and recorded TV to smartphones and tablets in or out of the user’s home - See more at: http://www.multichannel.com/news/technology/tivo-roamio-ota-model-targets-cord-cutters/383346#sthash.TIBw6cO4.dpuf