TiVo makes deal with more cable companies.

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08/01/2005

TiVo Extends Digital Video Recording Service to National Cable
Television Cooperative Members

Agreement Brings TiVo Service to a Broader Base of Cable Consumers

Benton Cablevision First System to Deploy TiVo Service to Subscribers

ALVISO, Calif. — August 01, 2005 — National Cable Television Cooperative
(NCTC), an organization of independent cable television companies
serving over 14 million subscribers, and TiVo Inc., the creator of and a
leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today
announced an agreement to make TiVo® service available as a stand-alone
option for subscribers throughout NCTC's more than 1,000 independent
cable operators.

This partnership will make TiVo's award-winning user interface and
service available to millions of independent multi-channel service
provider customers throughout NCTC's nationwide network of operators.
Representing more than half of all cable systems in the United States ,
NCTC's member multi-channel service operators can elect to independently
market the TiVo proprietary technology, brand and service to customers,
in addition to the services currently provided, in areas where DVR
technology was previously unavailable from their local cable operator.