Media Center: Press Release
NDS Joins Macrovision’s EPG Patent Licensing Program
SANTA CLARA, USA and LONDON, UK – April 27,
2009 – Macrovision
Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) and NDS Group Ltd, the
leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV,
today announced that NDS has entered into a multi-year license
agreement for electronic program guide (EPG) patents.
The agreement provides NDS with a license to the EPG patents
under Macrovision’s Gemstar patent portfolio and allows
NDS to offer licensed EPGs to its pay-TV platform operator
customers in specified countries.
“NDS is a true innovator in digital pay-TV technology
and applications,” said Fred Amoroso, President and CEO,
Macrovision. “Customers of NDS include many of the world’s
leading pay-TV operators, and we are delighted to welcome NDS
to our patent licensing program.”
“As the market leader in digital TV solutions, NDS strives
to help its customers deliver a world-class TV experience to
viewers,” said Dr. Abe Peled, Chairman and CEO, NDS Group. “We
believe operators will benefit from having the option to license
Gemstar’s EPG patents alongside NDS’ own leading
technology and service offerings. We are therefore pleased
to join Gemstar’s patent licensing program to enhance
our market offering for our customers’ benefit.”
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.
About NDS
NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable
pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs
(set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other
multimedia devices. Over 70 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms
rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their businesses. VideoGuard® is
the world’s market-leading conditional access (CA) and digital rights
management (DRM) technology, currently deployed on 104 million
active devices, and safeguarding pay-TV service revenues exceeding $40
billion. NDS middleware, including MediaHighway® which enables a host
of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 115
million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, leads
the global industry with 19 million units deployed. (Deployment figures
as of 31st March 2009).
Headquartered in the UK, NDS remains committed to investing in R&D
with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development
centres in China, Denmark, France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US. NDS
has also implemented a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon
footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce energy consumption.
NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News
Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.
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| For further information: |
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| Macrovision |
| Linda Quach |
T: +1 (408) 562-8504 |
| Macrovision Corporation |
lquach@macrovision.com |
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| NDS |
| Cynthia Ritchie |
T: +44 (0)20 8476 8378 |
| Director, Corporate Communications |
critchie@nds.com |
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| Breakaway Communications for NDS |
T: + 1 212 616 6006 |
| Kelly Fitzgerald, Managing Partner |
kfitz@breakawaycom.com |