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Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN), a digital entertainment technology leader, and NDS Group Ltd, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that FOXTEL, Australia’s leading subscription television provider has signed a multi-year agreement for licenses to Macrovision’s electronic program guide (EPG) patent portfolio.
FOXTEL, a current NDS customer, is licensing Macrovision’s EPG patents under the agreement between Macrovision and NDS on EPG patents, announced in April 2009. FOXTEL joins Macrovision's existing list of leading international pay-TV operator licensees that includes British Sky Broadcasting Limited and SKY Italia.
“Macrovision continues to make strides in furthering our relationship with the major operators worldwide,” said Samir Armaly, Senior VP of Licensing, Macrovision. “We are pleased to welcome such a well renowned system operator as FOXTEL to our patent licensing program and to continue the extension of our licensing program worldwide.”
“We are pleased to announce FOXTEL as among the first NDS customers to benefit from our new patent license agreement with Macrovision,” said Gorm Nielsen, Senior Vice President, Business Development, NDS. “We believe that operators will benefit from the option to license Macrovision EPG patents alongside NDS’ own leading technology and service offerings, part of our ongoing effort to help pay-TV providers bring a richer viewing experience to their audiences.”
About FOXTEL
FOXTEL is Australia's leading subscription television provider and is connected to 1.6 million homes on cable and satellite through retail and wholesale distribution. FOXTEL strives to ensure subscribers find TV they want to watch every time they switch on through delivery of more than 150 channels covering news, sport, general entertainment, movies, documentaries, music and children’s programming. FOXTEL is owned by Telstra Corporation Ltd (50%), The News Corporation Ltd (25%), and Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (25%).
About Macrovision Solutions Corporation
Macrovision Solutions Corporation is focused on providing a uniquely simple digital home entertainment experience by delivering solutions to businesses to protect, enhance and distribute digital goods to consumers across multiple channels. Macrovision’'s technologies are deployed by companies in the entertainment, consumer electronics, cable and satellite, and online distribution markets to solve industry-specific challenges and bring greater value and a more robust user experience to their customers. The result of deploying Macrovision's solutions is a simple end user experience for discovering, managing and enjoying digital content. Today, Macrovision provides connected middleware, media recognition, interactive programming guides, copy protection and rich media, data and metadata on music, games, movies and television programming. The company also operates an entertainment portal which can be found at www.allmusic.com. Macrovision holds over 4,000 issued or pending patents and patent applications worldwide.
Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous offices across the United States and around the world including Japan, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.
Macrovision’s Forward Looking Statement
All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words “will” or “is expected to,” or similar words that describe the Company’s or its management’s future plans, objectives, or goals, are “forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors are further addressed in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008 and such other documents as are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (available at www.sec.gov). The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN), a digital entertainment technology leader, and NDS Group Ltd, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that FOXTEL, Australia’s leading subscription television provider has signed a multi-year agreement for licenses to Macrovision’s electronic program guide (EPG) patent portfolio.
FOXTEL, a current NDS customer, is licensing Macrovision’s EPG patents under the agreement between Macrovision and NDS on EPG patents, announced in April 2009. FOXTEL joins Macrovision's existing list of leading international pay-TV operator licensees that includes British Sky Broadcasting Limited and SKY Italia.
“Macrovision continues to make strides in furthering our relationship with the major operators worldwide,” said Samir Armaly, Senior VP of Licensing, Macrovision. “We are pleased to welcome such a well renowned system operator as FOXTEL to our patent licensing program and to continue the extension of our licensing program worldwide.”
“We are pleased to announce FOXTEL as among the first NDS customers to benefit from our new patent license agreement with Macrovision,” said Gorm Nielsen, Senior Vice President, Business Development, NDS. “We believe that operators will benefit from the option to license Macrovision EPG patents alongside NDS’ own leading technology and service offerings, part of our ongoing effort to help pay-TV providers bring a richer viewing experience to their audiences.”
About FOXTEL
FOXTEL is Australia's leading subscription television provider and is connected to 1.6 million homes on cable and satellite through retail and wholesale distribution. FOXTEL strives to ensure subscribers find TV they want to watch every time they switch on through delivery of more than 150 channels covering news, sport, general entertainment, movies, documentaries, music and children’s programming. FOXTEL is owned by Telstra Corporation Ltd (50%), The News Corporation Ltd (25%), and Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (25%).
About Macrovision Solutions Corporation
Macrovision Solutions Corporation is focused on providing a uniquely simple digital home entertainment experience by delivering solutions to businesses to protect, enhance and distribute digital goods to consumers across multiple channels. Macrovision’'s technologies are deployed by companies in the entertainment, consumer electronics, cable and satellite, and online distribution markets to solve industry-specific challenges and bring greater value and a more robust user experience to their customers. The result of deploying Macrovision's solutions is a simple end user experience for discovering, managing and enjoying digital content. Today, Macrovision provides connected middleware, media recognition, interactive programming guides, copy protection and rich media, data and metadata on music, games, movies and television programming. The company also operates an entertainment portal which can be found at www.allmusic.com. Macrovision holds over 4,000 issued or pending patents and patent applications worldwide.
Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous offices across the United States and around the world including Japan, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.
Macrovision’s Forward Looking Statement
All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words “will” or “is expected to,” or similar words that describe the Company’s or its management’s future plans, objectives, or goals, are “forward-looking statements” and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors are further addressed in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008 and such other documents as are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (available at www.sec.gov). The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.
