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TiVo's problem rests in its inability to convince consumers to change their television consumption habits. Improper targeting and positioning have led to an ineffective product, price-point and promotion strategy that has stranded TiVo in the chasm between the early market and the early majority.
TiVo is a truly discontinuous innovation, a product that requires consumers to dramatically change their past behavior with the promise of gaining equally dramatic new benefits. TiVo's main challenge is convincing the consumer to buy an expensive product in a new product category. While the Early Market, categorized by visionaries and technology enthusiasts, is adopting the product, TiVo has had little success convincing the Early Majority segment, also referred to as pragmatists, that the risk of change is worth the reward of their groundbreaking technology. This is evidenced by TiVo's current overall market penetration level of .04% and lackluster future projections. Visionaries are not......

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