What's the Story? Roku, TiVo trade punches over smart TVs

Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Roku and Xperi/TiVo's recent earnings results and where they stand in the smart TV market. We also discuss some rivalries emerging among the smart TV players.

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Here are a few topics we covered:

• TiVo to enter European smart TV market (00:51)
• TiVo's evolution from DVR to smart TVs (04:26)
• Roku's decision to design and build its own smart TVs could put it in competition with its TV OEM (original equipment manufacturing) partners (07:41)

Related stories and links:

• TiVo's OS footprint to reach 7M-plus TVs within three years, CEO says
• New smart TV platform players face a rough road, Roku CEO says
• Roku starts to design and make its own smart TVs

— Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor, Light Reading