SANTA CLARA, Calif. 1/21/2005 - Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) announced today that George M. Monk has accepted the position of Vice President of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer. In this position, Mr. Monk also will serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Monk joins Macrovision on January 24, 2005.
Prior to joining Macrovision, Mr. Monk was VP Finance for Thoratec Corporation, a medical device manufacturer. Previously, he held VP Finance and Corporate Controller positions with Redback Networks and Aspect Communications. Earlier in his career, he worked at Price Waterhouse, Applied Materials and Unisys. Mr. Monk holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Leeds University (UK) and is a UK Chartered Accountant.
Bill Krepick, CEO, said, "We are fortunate to have George join Macrovision. He brings a level of expertise to the Company that will help us as we scale our business on a worldwide basis. George will be reporting to me while we are conducting our search for a permanent CFO."
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 http://www.macrovision.com/.
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