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TiVo Corporation

TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company is primarily involved in licensing its intellectual property within the consumer electronics industry, including digital rights management, electronic program guide software, and metadata. The company holds over 6,000 pending and registered patents.[2] The company also provides analytics and recommendation platforms for the video industry.

"Rovi" redirects here. For the Welsh magician, see Rovi (magician).

Formerly

  • Macrovision Solutions Corporation (1983–2009)
  • Rovi Corporation (2009–2016)

Public

Nasdaq: TIVO

TiVo Inc.

1983 (1983)

  • Victor Farrow
  • John O. Ryan

May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)

Merged with Xperi

Xperi

San Jose, California
,
U.S.

US$826,456,000[1] (December 31, 2017)

Decrease US$3,163,678,000 (2017-12-31)

1,700+ (2017)

tivo.com

In 2016, Rovi acquired digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc., and renamed itself TiVo Corporation. On May 30, 2019, TiVo announced the appointment of Dave Shull as the company's new president and CEO.


On December 19, 2019, TiVo merged with Xperi;[3] the combined firm operates as Xperi.[4]

Products[edit]

Guides[edit]

Rovi provides guides for service providers and CE manufacturers.

In 2000, Macrovision acquired Globetrotter, creators of the , which was subsequently renamed Flexnet.[32]

FLEXlm

In 2002, Macrovision acquired company Midbar Technologies, developers of the Cactus Data Shield music copy protection solution for $17 million. Additionally the same year, Macrovision acquired all the music copy protection and digital rights management (DRM) assets of TTR Technologies (formerly NASDAQ listed under the ticker TTRE).[33]

Israeli

In 2004, Macrovision acquired , creators of installation authoring software (later divested to private equity).

InstallShield

In 2005, Macrovision acquired the rights to DVD Decrypter from its developer.[34]

intellectual property

In 2005, Macrovision acquired ZeroG Software, creators of (direct competition to InstallShield MP (MultiPlatform)), and Trymedia Systems.

InstallAnywhere

In 2006, Macrovision acquired .

eMeta

On January 1, 2007, Macrovision acquired Mediabolic, Inc.

[35]

On November 6, 2007, Macrovision announced its intention to acquire .[36]

All Media Guide

On December 7, 2007, Macrovision announced an agreement to acquire [37] and completed the purchase on August 5, 2008.

Gemstar-TV Guide

On December 19, 2007, Macrovision purchased DRM technology from Cryptography Research, Inc.

BD+

On April 15, 2009, Macrovision announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of , Inc.[38]

Muze

TiVo digital video recorders

DCS Copy Protection

Automatic content recognition

Tivoization

Archived 2003-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

Fil's FAQ-Link-In Corner: MacroVision FAQ

Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

MPAA | DVD Frequently Asked Questions

Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

Columbia ISA: Macrovision Details

Archived 2021-03-24 at the Wayback Machine (expired link)

Macrovision Agrees to Sell Software Unit

Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine

Realnetworks Acquires Game Distributor From Macrovision

(archive)

Adobe LM Service – Adobelmsvc.exe – Program Information

Archived 2011-05-08 at the Wayback Machine

Rovi Acquires DigiForge

Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

Rovi Corporation Appoints Thomas Carson as President and Chief Executive Officer

Official website

  • Historical business data for TiVO Corporation:

  • SEC filings