TiVo (TIVO) Posts Wider-than-Expected Q1 Loss on Rising Acquisition Costs

May 30, 2012 5:47 PM EDT Send to a Friend
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Oh, wait, that's only on TiVo's (Nasdaq: TIVO) set-top boxes, not its quarterly statements.

According to a release from TiVo just after the market closed Wednesday, total first-quarter 2013 revenue rose 48 percent from $45.73 million reported in the same period last year to $67.77 million. Service and Technology revs were $54.5 million, up from $38.8 million last year.

TiVo swung to a quarterly loss of about $20.8 million, or 17 cents per share.

The Street was looking for revenue of $54.89 million and a loss of 17 cents per share.

Net sub adds in the quarter were 206,000, compared to a loss of 88,000 in the fiscal first quarter of 2011. Total cumulative subs rose from 1.961 million to 2.485 million. Subscription acquisition costs rose 52 percent to $232.

Looking ahead, TiVo is expecting second-quarter 2013 Service and Tech revs of $53 million to $55 million, with a net loss somewhere in the range of $28 million to $30 million.

Shares are down about 3 percent in late trading.


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