Company Release - 4/3/2018 8:00 AM ET
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
TiVo
Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in entertainment
technology and audience insights, today announced that Starz
Entertainment, LLC, a media distribution company that owns several TV
networks in the U.S., signed a long-term intellectual property (IP)
license. Starz is acquiring a license to the TiVo patent portfolios and
the over-the-top (OTT) assets of the Intellectual Ventures patent
portfolio under the TiVo/IV licensing partnership.
“This licensing agreement with Starz emphasizes the importance of TiVo’s
patent portfolios, especially for companies who are working to keep up
with rapid developments and changes in the OTT space,” said Arvin Patel,
executive vice president and chief intellectual property officer, Rovi
Corporation, a TiVo company. “By leveraging TiVo innovations, TV
networks and other OTT companies can quickly strengthen or upgrade the
entertainment experiences they provide and in turn, spend more time and
energy focused on other business priorities.”
TiVo has spent decades investing in research and development to create
market-leading technologies for the media and entertainment industry.
TiVo’s innovative solutions touch practically every aspect of consumers’
day-to-day interaction with their entertainment, enabling businesses to
build customized, next-generation digital entertainment solutions for
users around the globe.
About TiVo
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in entertainment
technology and audience insights. From the interactive program guide to
the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative products and licensable technologies
that revolutionize how people find content across a changing media
landscape. TiVo enables the world’s leading media and entertainment
providers to deliver the ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the
next generation of entertainment at tivo.com
or follow us on Twitter @tivo
or @tivoforbusiness.
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uncertainties that could cause actual events or our actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking
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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a
description of such risks and uncertainties. TiVo undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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Source: TiVo Corporation