Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Wed, January 7, 2009 Macrovision?s Guide Daily to Be Deployed in SANYO?s Digital TVs
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN), a digital entertainment technology leader, announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with SANYO Manufacturing Corporation, allowing Macrovision's Guide Daily to be incorporated into SANYO's digital TV product line. Guide Daily is a version of Macrovision's full-scale interactive program guide (IPG), designed to help consumers navigate, sort, select, and schedule television programming.
SANYO will deploy Guide Daily into its flat panel TV product for its value line of digital televisions to be available early this year through Walmart. The new television offers a USB Photo Viewer and many additional advanced features.
"Our televisions are among the most frequently purchased brands in America, and are known for their high-quality craftsmanship," said Joji Suwa, President, SANYO Manufacturing Corporation. "By integrating Macrovision's Guide Daily into our flat panel TV product line, we're aiming to provide a simple end user experience to discover, manage and enjoy digital content."
"IPGs are the single most used feature in the nation and in a recent study, 80 percent of viewers describe the IPG as a necessity for viewing while for 74 percent of viewers, it is the first screen they choose to see when they turn on their television," said Tom Carson, executive vice president, sales and services. "Through our relationship with SANYO, we are dedicated to helping maximize the television experience of SANYO's loyal customers."
Macrovision's Guide Daily features 24 hours of program listings that populate quickly, providing an optimal viewing experience. Guide Daily's listings include full program descriptions, ratings and HD icons denoting shows broadcast in high definition. The guide provides listings data for antenna, cable and satellite services and requires no phone connection, as the listings data arrives daily, via an over-the-air signal.
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 [ http://www.allmusic.com ]. Macrovision holds over 4,100 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 September 30, 2008 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.
