Macrovision Showcases Technology Solutions to Advance the Cable Home Entertainment Experience at The Cable Show 2009

At The Cable Show 2009 today, Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN), exhibiting in booth #1605, announced a portfolio of new technology solutions that offer broader access to content throughout the home for cable operators and the cable industry’s next generation tru2way™ platform.

The announcements are:

• Macrovision’s enhanced industry-leading Passport Echo 3.5 and i-Guide A28 interactive program guides (IPGs) with multi-room DVR capabilities will enable cable operators to provide their customers with access to recorded TV content throughout the home.
• Macrovision’s launch of its Passport tru2way solution, a full feature guide for the tru2way platform, the cable industry’s standard for enabling interactive video and content service capabilities in digital TV devices.
• Macrovision’s launch of its Connected Platform solution with tru2way support to make it easier for consumer electronics manufacturers to deploy DLNA-, UPnP- and DTCP-IP and tru2way- compliant networked STB and TVs for whole home access to recorded digital media.

Additional details on these announcements can be found on the Macrovision website at http://www.macrovision.com/company/1434.htm.

In addition to the advance solutions available for both service providers and CE manufacturers, Macrovision will showcase its interactive advertising IPG platform on cable STBs and CE devices. Reaching approximately 23 million US households, Macrovision’s IPG is a frequently visited vehicle for advertisers to reach consumers in the one place on the TV that is a central part of their home entertainment experience.

Macrovision’s solutions on demo at The Cable Show 2009 are designed to help cable operators and CE manufacturers within the ecosystem to enable an even more seamless entertainment experience for consumers. These hands-on demos include:

• Passport and i-Guide interactive programs guides’ multi-room DVR capabilities
• Passport tru2way on multiple tru2way manufacturer STBs and vendor stacks
• Interactive Television showcasing Passport’s suite of applications, including ShowRunner VOD, iSubscribe and Caller ID along with a Biap EBIF integration with Passport featuring eBay and Yellow Pages TV widgets
• Advanced advertising on i-Guide, connecting program advertisers to viewers with an engaging and content rich mosaic experience
• Macrovision data solutions powering a broad array of services with our television, movies and music metadata, including a Zodiac developed iTV Movie Guide

Macrovision technology solutions also can be seen throughout the show floor at associate booths including: Active Video Networks, ADB, Alticast, Arris, Cisco, Comcast Media Center, Echostar Technology, Funai, Intel, Motorola, PACE, Panasonic, Samsung, Sigma Designs, Unisof, VividLogic and Zodiac Interactive.

For more information on Macrovision’s solutions showcased this week at The Cable Show 2009, go to http://www.macrovision.com/events/233_11022.htm or contact Linda Quach, lquach@macrovision.com.

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.

©Macrovision 2009. Macrovision is a registered trademark of Macrovision Solutions Corporation. Tru2way is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other brands and product names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective companies.

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