New TiVo partnerships to enhance next gen of DVRs

TiVo has announced today two new partnerships that will hopefully bring in new customers as the company releases a new generation of high def DVRs. Alticast and SeaChange both have technologies that can enhance viewer experience while using a TiVo DVR.

Alticast produces software that makes set top boxes that combine functions, like being able to use the features of a DVR as well as a Blu-ray disc player. Alticast technologies have the ability to offer TiVo users multiple technologies without hiking up manufacturing costs.

SeaChange is a company that provides video on demand services as well as internet protocol television capabilities. TiVo’s partnership with SeaChange indicates that the new DVRs will offer users the ability to search for video on demand titles through the TiVo menu.

Both of these features will likely bring in more consumers from the cable market that have been hesitant as of late to give up popular cable TV functions, like video on demand programming.

Read: [CNET]