UPC Joins Macrovision’s European IPG Patent Licensing Program

Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN) announced today that UPC Broadband, the European cable division of Liberty Global, Inc., the world’s leading international cable operator, has entered into a multi-year agreement to license patents for interactive program guides (IPGs) in multiple European countries from Macrovision.

Additionally, Macrovision has entered into a technology relationship agreement with UPC, pursuant to which Macrovision will receive rights to distribute certain IPG and interactive television technologies developed by UPC to other service providers. The technology relationship agreement also includes the potential for the two companies to work together on other products and technologies in the future.

"UPC is committed to connecting its customers with state-of-the-art technologies for the digital home,” said Samir Armaly, senior vice president, licensing at Macrovision. "We are pleased to enter into this relationship which holds potential for both companies to benefit from technology collaboration in the future.”

"We are pleased about this mutually beneficial opportunity for both companies to share each other's expertise and intellectual property rights in this rapidly developing and exciting area,” said Ton Tuijten, senior vice president and general counsel of Liberty Global Europe.

About UPC Broadband/Liberty Global

UPC Broadband is the European cable division of Liberty Global, Inc., the world’s leading international cable operator. UPC brings television, broadband internet and telephone services to approximately 10 million customers throughout 10 European countries.

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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