Macrovision Licenses Its G-GUIDE Mobile & Related Intellectual Property for One-Segment Broadcasting to Japan’s Three Major...
May 20 2009 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN) announced today
that it has now licensed its intellectual property related to its
G-GUIDE Mobile Interactive Program Guide (IPG) for One-Segment
Broadcasting to Japan�s three major phone operators. NTT DOCOMO,
the most recent licensee addition in Japan, joins major Japanese
mobile phone operators and existing licensees KDDI and SOFTBANK
MOBILE. NTT DOCOMO and Macrovision have extended their relationship
to now include a new agreement with Macrovision that incorporates
One-Segment Broadcasting and related services. Since December 2004,
NTT DOCOMO has deployed Macrovision�s G-GUIDE Mobile Interactive
Program Guide (IPG) for mobile handsets.
�We are pleased to announce our continued collaboration with NTT
DOCOMO, and to expand our relationship further,� said Akitaka
Nishimura, senior vice president of Asia Pacific at Macrovision.
�Our licensing agreements with NTT DOCOMO, KDDI and SOFTBANK MOBILE
are testament to the value that G-GUIDE Mobile and our related
intellectual property provide. We remain dedicated to working with
these operators to bring advanced functionality with our guides to
mobile device consumers in Japan on a variety of emerging
platforms.�
G-GUIDE Mobile is Macrovision's electronic programming guide for
mobile handsets in Japan. It enables mobile phone users to easily
view and record their favorite TV programs from their phones.
Mobile operators are able to provide comprehensive TV programming
information as well as enhanced functionality to subscribers
including the ability to remotely control TV, video and DVD players
using their phones.
The G-GUIDE Mobile service started on December 1, 2004 in Japan
and reached 10 million registered users for the first two years.
Since that time, it has tripled in users to reach 30 million at the
end of 2008. 86.7% of the population in Japan owns a mobile
phone.*
*Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in
Japan
About Macrovision Solutions Corporation
Macrovision Solutions Corporation is focused on powering the
discovery and enjoyment of digital entertainment by providing a
broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in our
customers� products and services and used by end consumers to
simplify and guide their interaction with digital entertainment.
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. Macrovision provides interactive programming
guides, connected middleware, media recognition, 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 http://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 2009. Macrovision is a registered trademark of
Macrovision Solutions Corporation. All other brands and product
names and trademarks are the registered property of their
respective companies.
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
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009
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.
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