London 5/9/2005 - Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) announced today that T-Online, one of the largest ISPs in Europe, has activated Macrovision’s content protection for delivery of its ‘Vision on TV’ Video-on-Demand (VOD) Service. The agreement will see Macrovision’s content protection technology activated in T-Online’s VOD delivery in Germany, where T-Online currently has 6 million Internet subscribers.
Macrovision’s technology is designed to inhibit unauthorised copying of VOD movies 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 VOD movies to DVRs, PC/Media Centres and portable media players to provide more flexible viewing options for consumers.
Together with its partners Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Samsung and Bose, T-Online is installing VOD capable digital set-top boxes which will offer T-Online’s Internet subscribers the ability to enjoy On Demand sports, movies, music and games in the comfort of their own living rooms, with the bonus of pause, fast forward, rewind, and temporary storage. Thanks to this agreement, content providers can be sure their intellectual property is guarded by the most rigorous and secure copy protection available.
"With the functionality of broadband set-top boxes increasing all the time, it is important that each device has built-in content protection to encourage content providers to make available the full range of their new releases and catalog titles," says Martin Brooker, Director of Sales EMEA for Macrovision. "By implementing Macrovision content protection, T-Online is protecting the revenue of its programming partners, reducing the impact of piracy through Video-On-Demand, while offering consumers the broadest variety of digital content."
About T-Online International AG
With about 13.5 million registered customers (FY 2004) in the major European markets and revenue of more than EUR 2 billion in the 2004 financial year, T-Online International is one of the largest European Internet service providers. With 2,900 employees, the company is represented in France with the brand Club Internet, in Spain with Ya.com and in Portugal with Terravista. It is represented in Austria and Switzerland with the brand T-Online. In Germany, T-Online has one of the most frequently visited page on the Internet with the portal
www.t-online.de. (IVW, February 2005).
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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