Includes Solutions for Enabling Advanced Multiplatform
Entertainment Guides and Content Discovery Capabilities
Santa Clara, Calif. - 4/3/2012 - Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ:
ROVI) today announced that Rovi has signed an agreement
with Sony Corporation ("Sony"). The new worldwide
agreement provides a license under Rovi's interactive
program guide (IPG) patent portfolio and related product
solutions to Sony Group's products and services,
including online content delivery services and a full range
of home and mobile devices.
Rovi IPG patent portfolio and related products, including
Rovi entertainment data that provides show descriptions,
editorial reviews, and rich multimedia content covering
millions of TV shows and hundreds of thousands of movies,
enable consumers to easily find or discover personally
meaningful entertainment regardless of the source. Serving
as a complement to these capabilities, the Rovi Advertising
Network connects device makers to a growing range of
leading brands that wish to reach and engage consumers on
their platforms.
"We are pleased that the relevance of our
entertainment related products and intellectual property
continue to be recognized by industry leaders such as
Sony," said Matt Milne, EVP, worldwide sales and
marketing, Rovi. "In use to enable a variety of
advanced consumer experiences on multiple screens, our IP
and product portfolio is helping our customers drive
customer satisfaction and new streams of revenue."
About Rovi Corporation
Rovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital
entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable
consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from
many sources and locations. The company also provides
extensive entertainment discovery solutions for television,
movies, music and photos to its customers in the consumer
electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online
distribution markets. These solutions, complemented by
industry leading entertainment data, create the connections
between people and technology, and enable them to discover
and manage entertainment in an enjoyable form.
Rovi holds approximately 5,100 issued or pending patents
worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California,
with numerous offices across the United States and around
the world including Japan, China, Luxembourg, and the
United Kingdom. More information about Rovi can be found at
http://www.rovicorp.com/.
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Forward Looking Statements
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 report on Form 10-K for the
period ended December 31, 2011 and such other documents as
are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from
time to time (available at http://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.
For more information, contact:
Chris Taylor
Rovi Corporation
+1 (408) 562-3077
Chris.D.Taylor@rovicorp.com
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