LONDON 6/22/2005 - Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) announced today that Digiturk, the largest Direct To Home (DTH) TV broadcaster, has signed an agreement with Macrovision for content protection across its range of premium channels.
Macrovision’s technology prevents unauthorised copying of premium content on VCRs, DVD recorders, digital video recorders (DVRs) and PC/Media Centres. Macrovision’s technology can also be used to permit secure storage and movement of premium content movies to DVRs, PC/Media Centres and portable media players to provide more flexible viewing options for consumers.
Digiturk is Turkey’s largest provider of DTH television services. Boasting around 868,000 subscribers at the end of 2004, the service offers 128 television, radio and interactive channels in varying packages – and includes access to pay-per-view films, sports and erotic content, all of which can be now protected from unauthorised recording thanks to Macrovision’s technology.
"Digiturk continues to keep its technology at a level which content owners always feel confident about providing their premium content to Digiturk without any hesitation. Macrovision technology is an important step in achieving this target," says Ms. Hatice Memiguven, COO of Digiturk.
Martin Brooker, Macrovision Europe’s Director of Sales added, "Digiturk has shown leadership in protecting the intellectual property rights of its content providers, and we’re delighted it has chosen Macrovision technology above all else. It is vital that as the methods for recording content proliferate, steps are taken to ensure that any duplication is authorised by the intellectual property holder, without impacting consumer choice and freedom. Macrovision technology offers all this and more."
Macrovision develops and markets content protection, digital rights management and electronic license management solutions for the video, music and software industries. Macrovision’s technologies are embedded in over 9 billion DVD, VHS and CD units representing over $130 billion of protected entertainment content. In the software market, Macrovision licenses software developers the FLEXnet™ universal licensing platform and the InstallShield® suite of software installation, repackaging and update solutions, which are deployed on more than 500 million desktops worldwide. Over 50,000 software publishers and virtually all of the Fortune 1000 companies use Macrovision’s technologies to maximize the
About Digiturk
Digiturk was incorporated on 10 March 1999 for the purpose of broadcasting and selling and leasing communication equipment and satellite lines. The Company started its DTH (Direct to Home) television programme distribution services in March 2000. Digiturk provides digital broadcasting services to subscribers with various package alternatives including IPPV services. Broadcasting is carried out through Eutelsat W3A satellite and provides excellent viewing and sound quality. Digiturk is the first and only name in digital platform management in Turkey and also broadcasts to Cyprus, the Turkic Republics, Europe and the USA.
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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