<![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> Where do u guys get your figures from? Cablevision in Mexico City (with over 550'000 suscribers) is charging $50US for a Series 2 TiVo (connection and equipment) and a $15US monthly service fee, so actually it's way cheaper than in the States. JAVAGEEK is right, Cablevision in Mexico and in NY are two different companies with the same name, not related. Cablevision in Mexico belongs to Televisa (Mexican media company), which also owns Sky. TiVo in Mexico WILL have TiVoToGo, remote scheduling and all of the 'connected stuff'. I'm getting mine delivered tomorrow, so I'll let u know how it goes.

Joshl01

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> The only fact that can be deduced from most of the comments
that have been posted here and, sadly enough, from the
originating article itself, is that most people in the
world still have rather exuberant, albeit also quite
infantile, imaginations.

The real matters of fact are that:

- Metropolitan Mexico City actually is, according to Price
WaterhouseCoopers, the 8th richest city in the entire world.
It is ranked right after only Tokyo, New York City, Los Ángeles,
Chicago, Paris, London, and Osaka. Its annual GDP (México City
alone) in 2005 was 331 billion US dollars, which are expected
to double by the year 2020.

[www.ukmediacentre.pwc.com]
(consult page 5 of this official PWC document)

- The annual GDP PER CAPITA (which includes every man, woman,
and child) of México City thus was $18,388.00 US dollars in
2005 (and will be quite a bit more in 2007.)

biremun

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> "I am happy that the people of Mexico City are finally getting TiVo, but as a Cablevision subscriber in the New York area (Cablevision's home turf), I am pretty pissed that all the carrier offers me is a POS Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD. "

Uh... You are talking about two totally different companies called cablevision. The one based in NY is Cablevision Systems Corporation. The one based in Mexico is CABLEVISION, S.A. de C.V.

NJ_Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> "I am happy that the people of Mexico City are finally getting TiVo, but as a Cablevision subscriber in the New York area (Cablevision's home turf), I am pretty pissed that all the carrier offers me is a POS Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD. "

Uhh... These are two completely different companies called Cablevision. The one in NY is Cablevision Systems Corporation. The one in Mexico is CABLEVISION, S.A. de C.V.

NJ_Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> As another NY native, I too am pissed by these stupid Scientific Atlantic Explorer recievers. But I H-A-T-E TiVo so much more, I'm content.

lafond66

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]>
Number of people who can afford cable and TIVO in the largest cities of the world:


1. Tokyo 28,000,000
2. New York City 16,500,000
3. Sau Paulo Brazil 8,000,000
4. Mumbai India 4,500,000
5. Mexico City 768

Sorry... Kidding of course. I know the haves of Mexico live primarily in Mexico City, but the have nots far exceed their number. I think this might be more the point than the sheer population.



OldSchoolGadgetLover

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> Uhm, yeah... Cablevision doesn't have a huge system in Mexico City considering the population size and density but it's still a sizeable system, about 400,000 people. Reason for that? They pay through the nose to get connected.

At present, Cablevision has 355,000 subscribers in greater Mexico City and charges US$726 for connection and equipment. But the business model is battling for the attention of a very traditional group of television viewers who tend to be reticent when it comes to adopting new technologies, experts say. "Pioneering this market in Mexico represents both a risk and an opportunity," says Moises Polishuk, head of the Sistemas, Seguridad y Teleproceso consultancy. "There's the risk of coming in too early and getting burned, and there's the risk of coming in too late and finding yourself trying to reorient Mexican culture, which is hard to change once it gets used to something."

Most of the other 21 million? They may MAKE $726 a month. If they're doing well. Beautiful city, beautiful country, ugly problems.

Buford T. Justice

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> Hey you are an idiot, do some research before writing, cablevision in Mexico is another company from cablevision of USA. and whats the problem with tivo making a release in Mexico City, we are lots of Mexicans with cable tv, and lots of Mexicans interested in technology. Gizmodo just went wrong today, there are many mexican readers out there, respect.

sacolog

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> Well, I guess the main issue here is that there are two companies in different parts of the world that have the same name, and which I'm sure don't have anything to do with each other.

What I find really annoying, though, is that both CABLEVISION and Sky belong to the same parent company (Televisa), yet I'm sure it'll be a loong time before I see Tivo for Sky (they do offer some kind of dvr but it's too expensive).


<sarcasm>yay for TV monopolies!</sarcasm>

JavaGeek

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> andale andale arriba arriba

monkeyastronaut

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> Any problem with that? You kow, no matter what Mr. Bush tells you, USA is NOT the center of the world.
Yes, New York its a very big city, but there are bigger places. Largest Cities of the World - by population:

1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000

And in case you havent heard, the world richest men, its a Mexican.
No offense intended for no one, but you better watch the way you write, some of your readers are Mexicans too.

Viva México Cabrones!!!

Erzengel

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> In England we have Sky+...

Gormania-your insight to the average English person.

Gormania

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> @Keebler: No kidding. 2nd largest city in the world even.

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> I'm not so sure why a Mexico City press release is so unheard of... it's a pretty damn big town.

Keebler

]]> <![CDATA[Cablevision Offers TiVo To Mexico City, But Not To Me]]> I can't seem to stop laughing at what the box art could look like... so many Photoshop ideas :)

dukenukemforever

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