Extending its leadership role within the Digital Living Network Alliance
(DLNA), Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN) today announced
that Adam Powers, the company’s director of standards and emerging
technology, has been named Chair of the DLNA Ecosystem Committee. This
new appointment underscores Macrovision’s continued commitment to DLNA,
a global alliance of companies that share a vision of an interoperable
network of personal computers, consumer electronics and mobile devices
in and beyond the home.
In the very near future, the consumer experience is poised to include a
digital lifestyle that allows for easily finding and enjoying any kind
of digital content, regardless of the source or location. Macrovision is
enabling a uniquely simple home entertainment experience for the
consumer and its vision is synergistic with the DLNA’s mission to help
bring consumer devices with true interoperability to market.
The DLNA’s Ecosystem Committee brings together members of the digital
living ecosystem — consumer electronics, semiconductor, and mobile
device manufacturers as well as service providers, retailers, content
providers and software developers — to help make the DLNA’s charter of a
ubiquitously compatible and connected consumer experience a reality. The
DLNA Ecosystem Committee is responsible for DLNA business and industry
relationships including new initiatives and technologies, and verifying
consumer adoption and ease of use of the DLNA standard.
"I encourage all companies and industry alliances in the digital home
and consumer electronics markets that are interested in DLNA to reach
out to me and the members of the Ecosystem Committee,” said Adam Powers,
DLNA Ecosystem Committee Chair. "We look forward to collaborating with
these companies and integrating various perspectives to help bring true
digital living to consumers.”
"We welcome Macrovision’s increased involvement and dedication to the
leadership of DLNA,” said Scott Smyers, president and chairman of DLNA.
"We’re excited to see the company help lead DLNA’s efforts in bringing
together all constituents of the ecosystem to make a seamless digital
environment possible.”
Founded in 2003, DLNA establishes and maintains a set of
interoperability guidelines based on open industry standards that when
used by manufacturers will support the sharing of media through wired or
wireless data networks. More than 240 multi-industry companies from
around the world have joined the DLNA. Earlier this year, Macrovision
was also named a promoter member of DLNA.
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 4,000 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.
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