Amino Communications Licenses Macrovision Digital Pay-Per-View Copy Protection Technology for Its Set-Top Boxes.Business/Entertainment Editors LONDON--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 Macrovision UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ/MVSN) in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , announced today that Amino Communications Amino Communications Ltd are a technology company, founded in 1997 and based in Swavesey in the United Kingdom. They specialise in the field of IPTV set-top boxes. External links
The probability that a person with a positive test result has, or will get, the disease. Mentioned in: Genetic Testing PPV porcine parvovirus. PPV Positive-pressure ventilation ) copy protection technology for its digital set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . Macrovision's technology is currently incorporated into 40 million digital set-top boxes worldwide. "All our set-top box customers recognise the value of Macrovision protection of their content. Amino is pleased to work with Macrovision to ensure profitable roll-out of content," commented Martyn Gilbert, managing director of Amino Communications. Macrovision's digital PPV copy protection technology is widely deployed throughout the world in digital satellite, cable, terrestrial, and NVOD/VOD networks. Macrovision's technology allows consumers to view, but not record, programmes that are copy protected at the direction of PPV system operators or programme suppliers. The technology is designed to deter unauthorized home taping of digitally delivered programmes. This allows copyright owners to minimize cannibalisation of their home video revenues while maximizing PPV system operator revenues. David Simmons David Simmons may refer to:
About Amino Communications Limited Amino Communications develops and licenses network appliance technology, and provide e-business consultancy services to help clients exploit fully the business opportunities that the technology facilitates. From a portfolio of pre-engineered modules, Amino can rapidly develop a diverse range of products to meet customers' requirements for communications, video, speed, power and expansion. The modules are connected using a patent-pending distributed architecture called IntAct. Engineering costs can be reduced by up to 80% and, more important, time to market can be reduced by up to 70%. This enables companies to quickly move into new markets and gives them the opportunity to react to changing market conditions. Further details and recent news on Amino may be found at http://www.aminocom.com. About Macrovision Macrovision Corporation develops and markets content copy protection and rights management technologies to prevent the unauthorized duplication duplication /du·pli·ca·tion/ (doo-pli-ka´shun) 1. the act or process of doubling, or the state of being doubled. 2. , reception or use of video and audio programs and computer software. The Company provides its products and services primarily to the home video, consumer multimedia software, digital pay-per-view, cable, satellite and video security markets. Macrovision has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California with subsidiaries in London and Tokyo. All statements contained herein, as well as oral statements that may be made by the Company or by officers, directors or employees of the Company acting on the Company's behalf, that are not statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " and are made pursuant to the Safe-Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are outlined in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for 1999 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release. Note to Editors: Additional background information on Macrovision Corporation can be obtained from our Web Site at www.macrovision.com. Macrovision and the Macrovision logo are registered trademarks of Macrovision Corporation. Amino Communications, IntAct and the Amino logo are trademarks of Amino Communications Limited. |
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