Cable operator Suddenlink launched the TiVo Mini in its markets...
Cable operator Suddenlink launched the TiVo Mini in its markets this week, charging an additional $6 monthly rental for the device, a Suddenlink customer service representative said Wednesday. Customers taking the TiVo Mini need to have an HD set, wireless…
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router and broadband service with 15 Mbps speed, the customers service rep said. TiVo’s four-tuner Premiere Q DVR also is recommended since the Mini uses one tuner, the rep said. A Suddenlink spokesman declined to comment. Suddenlink would be among the first cable operators to offer the TiVo Mini, a non-DVR device that allows streaming from the main TiVo DVR to TVs and other products within the house. It uses Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) for networking and multi-room applications. Suddenlink is planning to use TiVo Mini as part of a whole-home system that also includes the TiVo Premiere DVR. Suddenlink was an early supporter of TiVo DVRs and introduced TiVo Stream in its Lubbock, Texas, market in October. Stream, which was introduced in June, is a module that provides access to content across tablets and smartphones. DVRs were deployed to 47.1 percent of Suddenlink’s 832,600 digital subscribers as of Sept. 30, the company has said. Suddenlink ended September with a total of 1.37 million subscribers across Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.