The HBO One Night Stand taping of the Flight of the Conchords that we’d seen in April is now being shown on HBO.  Set your Tivos and watch it. 

They were in NYC last week.  I went to their Wednesday show and, though they repeated some of their material, they did not disappoint.  The choice of 45 Bleecker as the venue was a bit odd — tix were sold out, but the venue only sat about 50 people in the basement. 

We just got into Entourage this summer and were excited about last night’s season finale.  It was disappointing.

SPOILER AHEAD

It was a copout not to show Vincent not backing out of Aquaman in front of Cameron.  And the scene in front of his house with his publicist banging on his door did nothing except get Debi Mazar some screen time. 

All in all, a lackluster ending to what was a great season. 

Om Malik blogs on how to save Tivo — basically take it underground, make it like an exclusive club for the ‘tivoted’ kinda like Apple.  Focus on innovation (instead of mass marketing).  I think it’s a good idea though the specifics might need work.  However, one of the comments in the blog puts it well when the person wonders if all the Tivo naysaying becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I’ve only been following the PVR story from a distance…What I wonder is how Tivo, having been such a pioneer with their R&D, couldn’t extract more from their intellectual propoerty?  I know they have patents as do others, but how can all these copycat PVRs do their thing without seriously infringing on Tivo’s IP?  In the TV technology space, that’s how Gemstar made a fortune…

Finally, I wonder why someone hasn’t yet bought Tivo for their brand?  Their market cap is $310 Million , which seems to be a good deal to pick up a brand that has become a verb, no?