# DVR Software Firm ReplayTV Sold To DirecTV - Host: [gigaom.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/gigaom.com/) - Saved: December 13, 2007 (2007-12-13T18:36:37Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d7f11633f029/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d7f11633f029.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) ReplayTV, one of the pioneers in the DVR business and now in its faded glory, has been sold by its Japanese owner D&M Holdings to DirecTV, (NYSE: DTV) for an undisclosed sum. D&M bought the ReplayTV business along with portable music player brand Rio in 2003 for about $36 million...it sold off Rio MP3 branded player business to Sigmatel in 2005, and has turned around ReplayTV's focus from the DVR box to being a software players in the DVR sector. More here. D&M Holdings will remain the operator of the existing service contracts for current subscribers for the foreseeable future while DirecTV will assume most of the other assets of the brand company, the release said. Related ReplayTV's Replay: Will Launch Software DVR Service For PCs Replay To Launch TV Recording Software For PCs RioAudio's Assets Sold To SigmaTel ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Dow Jones Shareholders Set To Approve Sale To News Corp.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/966b25cbf782/) (gigaom.com, December 12, 2007) - [Google Sync for Blackberry Calendar](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/22e25f561add/) (gigaom.com, December 13, 2007) - [Updated: @ DJ Shareholder Meeting: Shareholders Approve Sale Of Dow Jones; 60.27 Percent Support](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/458dc0633bb1/) (gigaom.com, December 13, 2007) - [Amazon Web Services launches SimpleDB Beta](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/00a1009018e7/) (gigaom.com, December 14, 2007) - [Dow Jones CMO Ann Marks Leaves As Well](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9b9d8b8d85c7/) (gigaom.com, December 14, 2007) ## Saved the same week - [FOX News for Apple iPhone Website launched](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/54c8afc0c416/) (macdailynews.com, December 13, 2007) - [Hey dad, Wikipedia says that you](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2a1a0db2a477/) (mathewingram.com, December 13, 2007) - [SNEAK PEAK: Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal Cover](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/aa27aae661cd/) (businessinsider.com, December 13, 2007) - [Flickr Adds Stats To Photo Pro Accounts](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4b37037f9152/) (techcrunch.com, December 13, 2007) - [Updated: @ DJ Shareholder Meeting: Shareholders Approve Sale Of Dow Jones; 60.27 Percent Support](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/458dc0633bb1/) (gigaom.com, December 13, 2007) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://gigaom.com/2007/12/13/419-dvr-software-firm-replaytv-sold-to-directv/