NEW ORLEANS (CTIA), 5/8/2012 - At this year's CTIA 2012,
Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) will be showcasing advanced
technology solutions that enable mobile manufacturers to
enhance consumer entertainment experiences on second
screens and mobile devices. Focused on making applications
smarter and enabling its customers to increase consumer
engagement and create new revenue streams, Rovi will
highlight a number of its technologies and services
including: DivX®, Rovi Entertainment Store™, Rovi Data™ and
Rovi Cloud Services™ at the show.
"The current state of entertainment search and discovery
capabilities on mobile devices as well as the interaction
between mobile devices and the home entertainment systems
leaves much opportunity for improvement," said Corey
Ferengul, EVP of Product Management and Strategy for Rovi
Corporation. "Rovi's portfolio of technology
solutions - entertainment data, guidance, content access,
and high-quality video playback - provides a robust
platform that can help mobile manufacturers and operators
turn their smartphones and tablets into consumers' pocket
entertainment system and share content across devices
seamlessly."
Rovi's Portfolio of Solutions for Mobile includes:
• Rovi Data - Rovi's extensive global catalog of data
on multimedia content includes 3.9 million television
programs, over 500,000 movies, and more than 3 million
music albums and 30 million music tracks. While enabling an
engaging mobile entertainment experience, this content also
encourages continuous discovery that can increase
consumption and sales. Rovi Data is the keystone for
extensive entertainment search and discovery capabilities,
enabling mobile app developers and manufacturers to create
rich entertainment applications for a more visually robust
and interactive consumer experience. In addition, the
breath of Rovi Data solutions in the marketplace can help
enable discovery across different services and
applications.
• Rovi Cloud Services - Rovi Cloud Services is a suite
of entertainment-focused web services, which include
real-time access to Rovi Data, search, and recommendation
technologies. The services enable developers to customize
their own products and easily differentiate their offerings
with sophisticated features that increase the connected
entertainment experience.
• DivX Video Services and DivX Device Certification -
A suite of content protection, delivery and playback
solutions across multiple platforms and devices, DivX Video
Services combined with the DivX Certification program
promotes the high quality viewing of personal and protected
premium video content in DivX (.divx and .avi), DivX Plus®
HD (.mkv), and DivX Plus Streaming formats. DivX
certified devices contain digital rights management
technology to enable the secure playback of premium content
in these formats via local on-device storage, streaming
over a home network using DLNA, or streaming directly to
devices using Rovi's own adaptive bitrate streaming
technology. Rovi's suite of DivX products and services,
help consumers easily access and enjoy the wide range of
internet and Hollywood video entertainment available across
an extensive, multi-manufacturer device ecosystem. More
than 80 million DivX Certified mobile devices have shipped
worldwide from leading CE manufacturers to date.
• Rovi Entertainment Store - Now powering over a dozen
storefronts, the Rovi Entertainment Store is an end-to-end,
white-label solution for entertainment retailers, service
providers, consumer electronics (CE) and mobile device
manufacturers, and content owners interested in launching
over-the-top (OTT) content acquisition services to
consumers. Resulting services empower consumers to
discover, purchase, manage, and enjoy a broad range of new
movies and TV shows on multiple platforms and devices.
• TotalGuide xD - TotalGuide xD is a white-label
search and discovery application designed for seamless
operation with Rovi i-Guide® and Passport® Guide.
TotalGuide xD™ uses Rovi Cloud Services, such as search and
recommendations and advertising services.
• Rovi Personal Media Manager - Personal Media
Manager™ is a standards-based digital media management
software application with advanced identification tools and
extensive entertainment metadata that enables consumers to
easily clean, stream and share their digital media,
regardless of source or location. Personal Media Manager is
available as a white label application that can be branded
by mobile manufacturers and application developers.
At CTIA 2012, Rovi will demo a variety of solutions
in their conference room, MR-1128, including:
• Rovi Cloud Services (RCS) on iOS and Android
demonstrates the use of Rovi Cloud Services in various
applications available today.
• DivX Plus Streaming™ showcases the high quality
video performance and multi-screen interoperability of the
DivX Certified device ecosystem.
• All Music Mobile™ and Rovi What's on TV™
Applications highlight an immersive, entertaining use case
for Rovi Data.
• TotalGuide xD on iOS is an implementation of Rovi
TotalGuide xD solution that connects and extends the cable
video experience from set-top boxes to mobile screens,
including tablets and smartphones.
• Rovi Entertainment Store on Android demonstrates the
possibility of using Android devices to purchase and
playback content on the go.
• Personal Media Manager on Android, PC and Mac
showcases software for Android, PC and Mac that enables
consumers to manage their entertainment media.
Rovi is currently working with a number of applications and
services such as Livewire Mobile, MOG, Pandora and Slacker
to deliver a compelling entertainment experience to
consumers.
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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"will" or "is expected to," or similar
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Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
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results of the Company to be materially different from the
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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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