Santa Clara - 7/21/2008 -
Macrovision® Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) today announced that it has signed a new, multi-year licensing agreement with Hitachi, Ltd.for Japan. Hitachihas extended itscurrent license to incorporate Macrovision’s G-GUIDE Interactive Program Guide (IPG) technologyinto Hitachi’s digital televisions and digital video recording devices in Japan.
“Hitachi’s decision to extend its licensing agreements with Macrovision underscores the strength of our technology and intellectual property on digital platforms,” said Akitaka Nishimura,executive director of Asia Pacific for Macrovision. “We are pleased to continue to work with Hitachi and are committed to providing TV consumers in Japan with an enhanced IPG that will add to their digital media experience.”
Macrovision’s G-GUIDE®IPG is adapted specifically for the Japanese market and is currently integrated into other digital televisions and digital video recording devices in Japan. It is built directly into consumer electronics products, offering Japanese consumers an advanced interactive television program guide, with no additional subscription fee or phone connection required.
Macrovision is focused on providing a brilliantly 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, acquiring, managing and enjoying digital content. Today, Macrovision provides connected middleware, metadata on music, games, movies and television programming, media recognition, interactive programming guides, and copy protection. The company also operates entertainment portals including http://www.tvguide.com/ and http://www.allmusic.com. Macrovision holds over 3,500 issued or pending patents and patent applications worldwide. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous office 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 http://www.macrovision.com/.
