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TiVo and Cablevision sign Mexico distribution agreement

November 30, 2006

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ALVISO, Calif. -- CABLEVISION, S.A. de C.V. (CABLEVISION), Mexico's largest digital cable operator, and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that they have entered into an agreement to distribute the TiVo(R) DVRs and TiVo(R) Service to CABLEVISION's subscribers throughout Mexico City.

Under the agreement, CABLEVISION will make TiVo's DVR service available to subscribers of CABLEVISION's digital cable service, including the first Spanish language version of the Emmy(R) award-winning TiVo user interface. The TiVo service for CABLEVISION customers is expected to include popular TiVo features like SeasonPass(TM) recordings and WishList(R) searches. Jean-Paul Broc, CABLEVISION's CEO said, "CABLEVISION is thrilled to be the first to offer the TiVo Service in Mexico. We are in a unique position to market Mexico City's best television experience by delivering over 220 channels of digital cable programming -- all seamlessly brought together through TiVo. As you know, demand from our consumers for the world's best and most popular entertainment products continues to grow at a rapid pace. TiVo helps us deliver this vision while also helping us attract and retain customers."

"This relationship marks an important milestone for TiVo," said Tom Rogers, President and CEO of TiVo. "After redefining the way consumers watch television in the United States, we are excited to further grow TiVo's subscriber base through this strategic distribution relationship with a leading hispanic media company: CABLEVISION, and its parent Televisa, are perfect partners for TiVo in Mexico. CABLEVISION has revolutionized Mexico City's pay television market through aggressive deployment and marketing of unique services like digital cable, broadband internet service, HDTV, and video on demand (VOD). We think TiVo will be a natural addition to CABLEVISION's Digital Television portfolio -- helping satisfy demand for the best entertainment experience while further differentiating CABLEVISION's pay television services.

"Initially, the service offered by CABLEVISION will utilize TiVo's standalone DVR hardware platform. CABLEVISION expects to begin marketing bundles that include the TiVo DVRs and TiVo Service in the first half of 2007.

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