Residents of Lubbock and Midland, Texas have a new option in
set-top boxes from Suddenlink, now that the cable company has
started rolling out the TiVo Premiere. The difference here is
that the TiVo's can access Suddenlink's VOD, as well as stream
YouTube and Pandora. As far as the other internet sources
typically available on a TiVo, the company confirmed to
Multichannel News it is negotiating with Blockbuster, Amazon and
Hulu Plus. Netflix is currently not on the list of possibles and
Suddenlink says it's not their fault, citing Netflix's
agreements with the studios as a reason why its Watch Instantly
service cannot coexist on hardware distributed by cable
companies.Otherwise the usual suite of TiVo features is in full
effect and they're available for the same price as Suddenlink's
old boxes making this a pretty good looking upgrade if you can't
bear to lose VOD access.   Suddenlink starts rolling out TiVo
with cable VOD and some streaming, says lack of Netflix isn't on
them