TiVo In Europe: 2.5 Million Served

TiVo has surpassed 2.5 million subscribers in Europe, thanks in large part to rollouts by Virgin Media in the UK, Com Hem in Sweden, and Ono in Spain.

Broken down further, TiVo said its now covers nearly half of all subscribers at Virgin Media, which is now part of Liberty Global, and a third of ONO subscribers. While that number provides another indicator that TiVo’s seeing solid momentum across the pond with tier one multiple service operators (MSOs), it also spotlights the challenges it continues to face in the US, where it’s primarily working with tier 2/3 cable operators.

TiVo ended its fiscal fourth quarter with 4.2 million total subscribers after adding a record 313,000 subs via pay-TV partnerships during the period. TiVo’s last reported grand total comprised 966,000 TiVo-owned subs and 3.2 million coming from partners. Given the subscriber numbers, that means fewer than 700,000 TiVo subs are coming way of partnerships with US-based cable operators such as Suddenlink Communications, Mediacom Communications, and Atlantic Broadband, among others. TiVo also sells service in Canada, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, and Taiwan.