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Macrovision to Deliver Innovative Guidance Solution to Support Service Providers with Tru2way[TM] Standard.


Passport tru2way IPG IPG Implantable pulse generator, see there  to Enable Service Providers to Bring the Richest Media Experience to Their Consumers

WASHINGTON -- Macrovision Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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:MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ), a digital entertainment technology leader, announced today at The 2009 Cable Show the launch of its new Passport tru2way solution, a fully integrated interactive program guide (IPG) for tru2way enabled devices. The entertainment environment is increasing in complexity and consumers are seeking a way to make sense of it all. The Passport tru2way Java[TM] based IPG solution provides the cable market with an industry standard platform for advanced interactive video and content features in digital set-top boxes (STBs) and televisions, enabling a more simplified whole home entertainment experience for the end-consumer.

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 Kagan forecast, tru2way enabled subscribers will reach 60 percent of total digital subscribers by the end of 2012. This number will be reached in part by a 2008 pact by five of the largest MSOs in the country - serving a combined 105 million viewers, or roughly 80 percent of the market - guaranteeing 20 percent of boxes delivered to consumers would be tru2way enabled.

"Macrovision is committed to a standards-based approach to delivering its solutions. We believe tru2way technology will improve the consumer experience and enable service providers to innovate in a demanding market," said Corey Ferengul, executive vice president of product management and marketing at Macrovision. "We are pleased to support the adoption of the tru2way standard with the latest addition to our Passport suite of solutions. Our technologies are designed to provide our customers with options as they build a more complete whole home experience for consumers."

Using the Passport tru2way end-to-end platform, service providers will be able to implement a full-featured IPG integrated with a variety of OpenCable[TM] application platform (OCAP OCAP Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (Canada)
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 vendors and stacks, giving MSOs the flexibility they need to deploy a compelling solution to their subscriber base. The solution is based on the Passport native platform, one of the richest IPG solutions on the market today, and carries forward the features and functions from Passport Echo available on the native Motorola and Scientific Atlanta platforms. These features include:

* An intuitive, feature-rich IPG with advanced functionality with parental controls This article is about computer options. For the television show, see Parental Control (TV series).

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, DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. , HD and VOD See video-on-demand.

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* True 16:9, high-def design that enables two-hour listings grids and improved design space for better navigation.

* Leading edge features, such as DVR Lost & Found and Series Manager, and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  with interactive applications such as ShowRunner On Demand application; Harvest, a viewership data collection tool and iSubscribe, the ability to order cable services directly from the remote.

* New View Deck menu that provides quick access to key functions and advanced services such as On Demand, DVR and Search.

The Passport tru2way IPG will be demonstrated at The Cable Show at NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association)
NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) 
 (Macrovision booth #1605) and is planned to be available in Q4 2009. Macrovision delivers the tru2way solution to both Passport and i-Guide platforms.

Link to download graphic of the Passport tru2way solution: http://www.macrovision.com/webdocuments/PassportTru2way_Grid.jpg

About Tru2way

Tru2way technology streamlines the consumer environment. On enabled TVs, it means fewer wires, fewer remotes, and a really simple setup process. Tru2way technology provides a common platform that enables retail devices to receive--in one nationally standard way--the wide variety of video-on-demand services, interactive program guides, and other interactive features that cable systems deliver through the many divergent network technologies, and deliver these cable services through a variety of retail devices.

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 4,000 issued or pending patents and patent applications worldwide.

Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , with numerous offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and around the world including Japan, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.

[c]Macrovision 2009. Macrovision is a registered trademark of Macrovision Solutions Corporation. Tru2way and OpenCable are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. All other brands and product names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective companies.

Forward Looking Statements

All statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements that use the words "will" or "is expected to," or similar words that describe the Company's or its management's future plans, objectives, or goals, are "forward-looking statements" 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 and/or from any future results or outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors are further addressed in the Company's most recent 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 the period ended December 31, 2008 and such other documents as are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time (available at www.sec.gov). The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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