Seven Media will on Monday make an announcement re their new TiVo offering for Australia with the media Company tipped to announce a content download service free of any monthly fees. While consumers will pay for an initial TiVo set top, box unlike Foxtel they will not have to pay a monthly service fee.
There is also speculation that exclusive Beijing Olympic coverage will be delivered to the TiVo network along with a 24/7 News service that will take on Foxtel's Sky News.
Insiders claim that Seven Media management came close to cancelling the launch last month after management from Unwired, a parent Company, leaked information on the roll out of TiVo in Australia. Unwired, who are not doing particularly well in Australia selling Wireless broadband, are set to be used to distribute the TiVo boxes in Australia.
According to Seven Media insiders, James Warburton the network's sales director "blew his stack" with Unwired CEO David Spence after he revealed to the Sydney Morning Herald last month intimate details in the TiVo roll out.
