SANTA CLARA, Calif. – 1/24/2007 - Building on leading media companies' adoption of advanced technology to capitalize on the growth of digital content, Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) is enabling its partners to create value in new distribution channels. Tata Sky Ltd., the joint venture from TATA and STAR, today announced that it has selected Macrovision technology to enable it to deliver protected blockbuster movies to consumers through its satellite television network in India.
"Our Satellite TV Service offers Indian consumers a broad choice of high-quality entertainment," said Vikram Kaushik, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Sky Ltd. "By integrating Macrovision technology into our service, we are ensuring secure delivery of content owned by the studios to our customers."
Tata Sky will use Macrovision Analog Content Protection (ACP) technology to transparently protect premium content, such as blockbuster movies, that is accessible from set-top boxes at a touch of button.
"Around the world consumers are excited about experiencing their favorite entertainment content in a variety of new and interesting ways made possible by digital technology," said Fred Amoroso, CEO, Macrovision. "A big part of delivering on the promise of digital content is enabling key service providers like Tata Sky to offer content in a protected, flexible and consumer-friendly format. Tata Sky is an exciting company to collaborate with and we are pleased to play a key part in helping them offer their customers more choice and easier access to the content they want."
About Tata Sky Tata Sky Ltd., an 80:20 JV between TATA and STAR is committed to offering viewers the best of pay television through its nationwide satellite television service. Tata Sky offers subscribers a wide array of programming choices coupled with a host of interactive services. For more information on Tata Sky visit
www.tatasky.com
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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