Exhibit 10.4

 

Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.
Omissions are designated as [*]. A complete version of this exhibit has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

 

This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (this “Fourth Amendment”) is
made and entered into as of April 17, 2003 (the “Fourth Amendment Effective
Date”) by and between DIRECTV, INC., a California corporation (“DIRECTV”), and
TIVO INC., a Delaware corporation (“TiVo”) (collectively, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Development Agreement having an
effective date of February 15, 2002 (the “Development Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have previously amended the Development Agreement via that
certain First Consolidated Amendment dated October 31, 2002, that certain Second
Amendment dated December 20, 2002 (the “Second Amendment”), and that certain
Third Amendment dated January 8, 2003 (the “Third Amendment”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to further amend certain provisions in the Development
Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Unless stated otherwise, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
set forth in the Development Agreement.

 

1.    FINALIZATION OF PHOENIX DOCUMENTS.  Attachment 1 to the Third Amendment is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Attachment 1 to this Fourth
Amendment. Any and all references to Attachment 1, Attachment 2 and Attachment 3
to the Third Amendment that may appear in the Development Agreement, the First
Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment and any attachments to any
of the foregoing are understood to mean, respectively, Attachment 1, Attachment
2 and Attachment 3 to this Fourth Amendment. Attachment 1 to this Fourth
Amendment sets forth the product requirements document describing the
agreed-upon requirements of the Phoenix Hardware and the Phoenix Software.
Attachment 2 to this Fourth Amendment sets forth the development schedule,
milestone payment schedule, and a more detailed description of the Parties’
responsibilities and schedule dependencies with respect to the Phoenix Hardware
and Phoenix Software. Attachment 3 to this Fourth Amendment sets forth the
statement of work with respect to the development of the Phoenix Hardware and
Phoenix Software.

 

2.    CORRECTIONS.  The first sentence of Section 2.4 of the Development
Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time during the term of this Agreement
DIRECTV or TiVo determines (i) that there is a defect in the Provo Receiver
design as provided by TiVo or the Two Chip Receiver design

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as provided by TiVo; or (ii) that the Provo Receiver design as provided by TiVo,
the Two Chip Receiver design as provided by TiVo, or the TiVo Software as
provided by TiVo does not comply with the DIRECTV Technology, Exhibit A, the
Interface Specifications (as applicable), or ATSC specifications, TiVo has an
obligation to promptly correct such defect or non-compliance.”

 

3.    HARD DRIVE QUALIFICATION.  The third sentence of Section 2.8 of the
Development Agreement is deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:

 

“TiVo shall verify that any hard drive qualified by TiVo pursuant to this
Section 2.8, when tested in the Trinity Hardware Reference Design (as defined in
Section 2.1 of Attachment 2 to the Second Amendment to this Agreement) chassis,
[*].”

 

4.    TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PAYMENTS.  The first sentence of Section 3.6 of the
Development Agreement is amended by deleting [*] and replacing it with [*].”

 

5.    EFFECT OF AMENDMENT.  Except as expressly modified herein, all other terms
and conditions of the Development Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.

 

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[*] Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has been
requested with respect to the omitted portions.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TiVo and DIRECTV have duly executed this Fourth Amendment by
their respective duly authorized officers. This Fourth Amendment may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same original.

 

TIVO INC.

 

DIRECTV, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Luther Kitahata

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By:

 

/s/ Brad Beale

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Printed Name:

 

Luther Kitahata

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Printed Name:

 

Brad Beale

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Title:

 

VP, Software Engineering

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Title:

 

SVP

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