{"id":8936,"date":"2006-05-15T23:10:36","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T23:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2006-05-15T23:10:36","modified_gmt":"2006-05-15T23:10:36","slug":"tivo-and-blockbuster-less-than-perfect-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8936","title":{"rendered":"TiVo and Blockbuster &#8211; Less Than Perfect Together?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/tivoBlock.jpg\"> The rumored TiVo\/Blockbastard partnership seems to be close to an announcement. Zatz is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zatznotfunny.com\/2006-05\/blockbuster-leaks-tivo-partnership\/\" target=\"new\">reporting<\/a> that Blockbuster prematurely switched on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blockbuster.com\/acctmgmt\/displayRegisterSubName.action?pc=tivodefault\" target=\"new\">Web page<\/a> promoting the deal. So what&#8217;s the skinny? Well that&#8217;s just it, it&#8217;s a much ado, basically a cross-marketing arrangement for TiVo subbers and Blockbusters&#8217; NetFlix-like (but contract-dependent) DVD rental service. The deal would save dual-service monthly subscribers about US$8\/month. <\/p>\n<p> So, nothing really to text message your momma about. You&#8217;d think that TiVo would be burning the midnight conference room oil to come up with more market-compelling partnerships and product\/service announcements than parental blocking software and $8\/month discount coupons. And what about lifetime subbers? Are they SOL?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumored TiVo\/Blockbastard partnership seems to be close to an announcement. Zatz is reporting that Blockbuster prematurely switched on the Web page promoting the deal. So what&#8217;s the skinny? Well that&#8217;s just it, it&#8217;s a much ado, basically a cross-marketing arrangement for TiVo subbers and Blockbusters&#8217; NetFlix-like (but contract-dependent) DVD rental service. The deal would &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8936\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TiVo and Blockbuster &#8211; Less Than Perfect Together?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}