"We are pleased by the Court's ruling to impose contempt sanctions of approximately $200 million against EchoStar for its continued violation of a Court-ordered permanent injunction," TiVo said in a statement. Dish and EchoStar, which are sister companies, remain optimistic about the appeals process.

"While we disagree that any amount of sanctions was warranted, the decision confirms our belief that we designed around Tivo's patent in good faith. We believe that we ultimately will prevail on appeal," the companies said in a joint statement. TiVo has largely won the cases held at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, although both sides have scored procedural victories in a parallel intellectual property case looked at in the U.S. Patent Office. A jury granted TiVo $103 million plus interest in June.

The two companies will develop a TiVo interface for DVRs sold at Best Buy that will integrate the retailer's digital content services.

"Best Buy and TiVo will investigate development of a series of consumer tips and insights that can be easily accessed for all kinds of digital home experiences, and Best Buy expects to explore opportunities with TiVo to provide unique Best Buy solutions that enable viewers to take greater advantage of transactional opportunities through the television set," the two companies said in a statement.

What that actually entails has yet to be established, but in July 2008, TiVo teamed up with Amazon to let its customers purchase Amazon.com content from their TVs using the remote, so is a Best Buy purchase widget in the works?