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(2012-12-31)〔(XNAS:ROVI Rovi Corp Annual Report 10-K Filling ). Quote.morningstar.com (2012-12-31). Retrieved on 2013-12-09.〕 | assets = US$3.2 billion (2012-12-31) | num_employees = 1700+ (2014) | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = | company_slogan = | homepage = (rovicorp.com ) | dissolved = | footnotes = }} Rovi Corporation is a company based in the United States whose patents, products, and technologies include copy protection, software licensing and "search recommendation" on devices such as set-top boxes, digital video recorders, TVs, and mobile and tablet devices. Companies such as consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers, cable operators, websites, and social networks use Rovi’s entertainment metadata—a collection of in-depth information on movies, television shows, celebrities, music, games, and books—in their efforts to organize and enable the consumption of digital entertainment. The company holds over 5,000 issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.〔http://www.moneynews.com/companies/david-n-frazier-rovi-veveo-stock/2014/02/27/id/555209〕 Rovi was known as Macrovision Solutions Corporation (Macrovision) until it changed its name in July 2009.〔(Macrovision Solutions Corporation Formally Changes Name to Rovi Corporation ), Rovi press release, July 16, 2009〕 In that era of the company they were known more for digital protection but now focus on metadata licensing.〔http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/02/google-licenses-rovis-program-guide-patents-for-its-new-fiber-tv-service/〕 ==History as Macrovision== Rovi was established under the name Macrovision Corporation in 1983. The 1984 film ''The Cotton Club'' was the first video to be encoded with Macrovision technology when it was released in 1985. The technology was subsequently extended to DVD players and other consumer electronic recording and playback devices such as digital cable and satellite set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and portable media players. By the end of the 1980s, most major Hollywood studios were utilizing their services. In the 1990s, Macrovision acquired companies with expertise in managing access control and secure distribution of other forms of digital media, including music, video games, Web text and graphics, and computer software. John O. Ryan (founder and CEO of Macrovision from June 1995 to October 2001) and William A. Krepick (president of Macrovision Corporation from July 1995 to July 2005 and CEO from October 2001 to July 2005)〔http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=217505&privcapId=26743〕 led the company through an IPO in 1997 priced at $9.00 a share. Under their leadership, the company went from a private company with sales of under $20 million to a global, publicly traded corporation with annual sales of $220 million and market cap exceeding $1 billion.〔http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=217507&ticker=ROVI&previousCapId=217503&previousTitle=ROVI%20CORP〕 In July 2005, the company hired Alfred J. Amoroso as chief executive officer and president to succeed William A. Krepick, who announced his retirement earlier in the year.〔http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050705005142/en/Macrovision-Appoints-Alfred-J.-Amoroso-President-Chief#.Uw2Ty_ldWSo〕 Macrovision acquired Gemstar-TV Guide on May 2, 2008, in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $2.8 billion. The combined company would seek to be “the homepage for the TV experience,” said Mr. Amoroso.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/business/media/08gemstar.html〕 After the announcement of its intent to buy Gemstar-TV Guide, Macrovision made other changes in order to focus on entertainment technology, including selling its software business unit, valued at approximately $200 million, to private equity firm Thomas Cressey Bravo. The divestiture of the software business unit closed on April 1, 2008, becoming Acresso Software. Macrovision also ultimately sold off parts of Gemstar-TV Guide not focused on digital entertainment, including TryMedia, eMeta, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Network and the TV Games Network. The company also bought two companies providing entertainment metadata: All Media Guide on November 6, 2007, and substantially all the assets of Muze, Inc. on April 15, 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rovi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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