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Blockbuster Copies Netflix, Heads to TiVo (PC World)

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Yahoo! News: Personal Technology

PC World - In its continuing struggle to remain relevant against the behemoth that which is Netflix, Blockbuster and TiVo today announced a partnership in the video-on-demand market. Blockbuster's addition to the melting pot will function like TiVo's already existent Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand streaming services, and will be available on TiVo's Series 2 and Series 3 DVRs during the second half of the 2009. (link)

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