# TiVo Corporation
> TiVo · San Jose, California
- Profile type: Company
- Profile status: baseline
- Last updated: 2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/tivo/
- Also known as: TiVo, TiVo Inc., TiVo Platform Technologies
## Summary
TiVo is the smart-TV operating system and connected-TV platform business of Xperi Inc., descended from the original DVR pioneer founded in 1997 and now licensed to OEMs as TiVo OS in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S.

## Company facts

- Founded: 1997
- Headquarters: San Jose, California
- Domain: tivo.com


## Key facts

- TiVo Inc. was incorporated August 4, 1997 by Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay (originally as Teleworld, Inc.); the first DVR units shipped in March 1999. — Wikipedia (TiVo Inc.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo_Inc.
- Xperi Corporation and TiVo Corporation completed an all-stock merger of equals on June 1, 2020, combining under Xperi Holding Corporation and trading on Nasdaq as XPER. — Xperi Investor Relations: https://investor.xperi.com/news/news-details/2020/Xperi-and-TiVo-Complete-Merger/default.aspx
- On October 1, 2022, Xperi completed the spin-off of its IP licensing business as Adeia Inc.; the remaining product business (including TiVo) became Xperi Inc., listed on NYSE under ticker XPER with Jon Kirchner as CEO. — TV Technology: https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/xperi-completes-adeia-spin-off
- TiVo announced expanded availability of Smart TVs Powered by TiVo across more than 33 brands (including Bush, Daewoo, Digihome, Panasonic, Sharp, Telefunken, and Vestel) through partners such as Sharp Europe and Vestel. — Xperi Investor Relations: https://investor.xperi.com/news/news-details/2024/TiVo-Announces-Expanded-Availability-of-Smart-TVs-Powered-by-TiVo-Across-Its-OEM-Partners/default.aspx
- TiVo OS entered the U.S. smart-TV market with Sharp Home Electronics Company of America, with Sharp Smart TVs Powered by TiVo announced for U.S. availability beginning February 2025. — Xperi Investor Relations: https://investor.xperi.com/news/news-details/2025/TiVo-OS-Will-Be-Launching-in-the-U-S--Market-With-Sharp/default.aspx
- At CES 2026 TiVo unveiled new TiVo OS features (Partner Picks Carousel, autoplay hero trailers), expanded sports lineup including the official NBA app, and new content partnerships with Crunchyroll, Cineverse, and iHeartRadio. — Advanced Television: https://www.advanced-television.com/2026/01/05/tivo-os-add-new-features-content-partnerships/


## Related

- xperi (parent company) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/xperi/
- samsung electronics (competitor (Tizen smart-TV OS)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/samsung-electronics/
- lg electronics (competitor (webOS smart-TV OS)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/lg-electronics/
- vizio (competitor (SmartCast / Walmart-owned)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/vizio/
- alphabet (competitor (Google TV / Android TV)) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/companies/alphabet/
- tivo os (primary product) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/products/tivo-os/
- fast free ad supported streaming tv (operates TiVo+ FAST channel lineup) — https://thestateofstreaming.com/tech/fast-free-ad-supported-streaming-tv/


## External coverage

- TiVo for Business: TiVo OS product page (https://business.tivo.com/products-solutions/tivo-os)
- Xperi Investor Relations: TiVo OS Will Be Launching in the U.S. Market With Sharp (https://investor.xperi.com/news/news-details/2025/TiVo-OS-Will-Be-Launching-in-the-U-S--Market-With-Sharp/default.aspx)
- StreamTV Insider: TiVo OS has crossed barriers of entry into global CTV market, Xperi CEO declares (https://www.streamtvinsider.com/advertising/tivo-os-has-crossed-barriers-entry-global-ctv-market-xperi-ceo-declares)
- Light Reading: TiVo OS adds features and content partners (https://www.lightreading.com/video-streaming/tivo-os-adds-features-and-content-partners)
- Next TV: TiVo's Long Smart TV OS Slog Marches On, Adds Japanese OEM, Targets 2 Million Active TVs by EOY (https://www.nexttv.com/news/tivos-long-smart-tv-os-slog-marches-on-adds-japanese-oem-targets-2-million-active-tvs-by-eoy)

## Profile
TiVo is the connected-TV brand inside Xperi Inc. Once synonymous with the DVR category it invented in the late 1990s, the company today is a smart-TV operating system licensee chasing scale against Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Google TV, and Vizio SmartCast. Its strategy is "neutral OS for OEMs" — licensed to TV brands that don't want to build their own software stack, monetized through a content-first home screen, FAST channels under the TiVo+ umbrella, and a TV-OS ad business pitched to CTV buyers.

The corporate lineage matters for anyone tracking the platform. The original TiVo Corporation merged with Xperi in June 2020 in an all-stock deal that combined consumer-tech and IP-licensing assets under Xperi Holding Corporation. Two years later, in October 2022, Xperi spun the IP-licensing piece out as Adeia (NASDAQ: ADEA), leaving Xperi Inc. (NYSE: XPER) as the product company that carries the TiVo, DTS, and HD Radio brands. CEO Jon Kirchner has run that product business since the separation.

The OS rollout has been a patient grind rather than a viral story. Xperi has spent multiple CES cycles incrementally adding OEM partners (Vestel, Sharp Europe, Sharp's U.S. arm, Argik in Japan), brand licensees (33+ TV brands across Europe), content partners (Crunchyroll, Cineverse, iHeartRadio, the NBA app announced at CES 2026), and ad-product surfaces (full-screen home-screen video, shoppable QR codes). The company's stated target is to grow the TiVo-OS active footprint past 7 million users by end of 2026 — meaningful, but still an order of magnitude smaller than Samsung's or LG's installed bases. For ad buyers, TiVo OS is a complementary supply path inside the broader smart-TV-as-ad-channel thesis, not yet a primary one.
## Coverage on The State of Streaming
- [V Set to Overtake LG webOS in Europe, Omdia Forecasts](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/hisense-vidaa-overtakes-lg-webos-europe-2026-2/) — 2026-04-27
- [V Set to Overtake LG webOS in Europe, Omdia Forecasts](https://thestateofstreaming.com/devices-distribution/2026/04/hisense-vidaa-overtakes-lg-webos-europe-2026/) — 2026-04-27

## Tags

- smart-tv-os
- ctv
- fast
- dvr-legacy
- oem-licensing

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