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The expanded program enables members of DLNA to verify that their products meet the new set of requirements set out in the DLNA certification guidelines. By supporting DLNA guidelines for device interoperability, CE manufacturers can use Macrovision's Network Media Player software together with the PNX1500 to create devices that will work with other DLNA certified devices.

"NXP Semiconductors is committed to delivering solutions that offer the best possible picture quality and enable a variety of audio, video, data and images to be available anytime, anywhere throughout the home and on-the-move," said Menno Kleingeld, marketing director, NXP Semiconductors. "By working with the DLNA guidelines, NXP ensures that our range of semiconductor solutions is easy to incorporate into the most advanced consumer electronic applications to provide the ability to seamlessly share high quality content between devices."

"Macrovision became actively involved in the DLNA through our acquisition of Mediabolic, a DLNA participant since the consortium was formed," said Eric Free, executive vice president and general manager of Macrovision's Embedded Solutions Business Unit. "We view our continued participation in the DLNA as instrumental in helping us provide compelling middleware solutions to CE devices makers. By supporting an industry standard to protect, enhance and distribute content, we're working toward a solution to enable consumers to get the premium content they want on the device of their choice."

Macrovision's Network Media Player Software is a component of Macrovision's embedded digital home entertainment software solution. The solution is designed to DLNA guidelines to help consumer electronics manufacturers develop products that can stream digital music, photos and video throughout the home. The updated media player software offers increased support for a larger breadth of media formats and enhanced networking, discovery and application features to support the new guidelines. As a component of the DLNA solution, device manufacturers can easily incorporate the Macrovision's Network Media Player Software into their products to build devices that are compliant with DLNA's expanded Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines.

NXP's Nexperia PNX1500 supports decoding of all leading audio, image and video formats, including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, H.264 and Windows Media Video. It supports standard definition (SD) to HD up-conversion with advanced de-interlacing, and integrates an LCD controller and advanced graphics engine. Its full-resolution MPEG encoding and integrated IDE and PCI controllers allow the reference design to be easily extended for both digital video recorder (DVR) capability and wireless connectivity.

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Macrovision provides a broad set of solutions that enable businesses to protect, enhance and distribute their digital goods to consumers across multiple channels. Macrovision solutions are deployed by companies in the entertainment, consumer electronics, gaming, software, information publishing and corporate IT markets to solve industry-specific challenges and bring greater value to their customers. Macrovision holds approximately 270 issued or pending United States patents and more than 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. with other offices across the United States and around the world. More information about Macrovision can be found at http://www.macrovision.com/.

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