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Macrovision Elected to SIIA Software Board
SIIA Members Vote VP Brian Vile to Software Division Board
NEW YORK, May 25, 2006 -- Macrovision® Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN) today announced that Brian Vile, vice president of eMeta products for Macrovision, has been elected to the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) Software Division Board by the members of the SIIA. The Board is a volunteer group of industry leaders from SIIA member organizations that sets the agenda and direction of the Software Division.
“Brian Vile is an accomplished software executive and a welcome addition to a top-notch team who will guide the activities of the Software Division moving forward,” said David C. Thomas, Executive Director of the SIIA Software Division. “We’re thrilled about the high caliber of the Division’s new leadership, as well as the subsequent opportunities in store for the SIIA and its members.”
“We believe Brian will be a tremendous asset to the SIIA’s Software Division,” said Fred Amoroso, CEO of Macrovision. “We’re excited Macrovision will be represented on the Board of this esteemed and valuable organization, and at such a critical time in the evolution of the software and information industries.”
As vice president of eMeta products, Brian is responsible for product management, development and support for eRights Suite, including RightAccess and RightCommerce, and the hosted version of the Suite, eRightsWEB. These solutions allow digital goods and service providers to license and sell their Web-based products – text, audio, video, streaming media, games and applications – via subscription and in other, virtually limitless, configurations.
Prior to his current role, Brian served as Macrovision’s vice president responsible for installation tools, including InstallShield and InstallAnywhere. Before Macrovision, he held senior-level roles at Information Resources Incorporated, Hewlett Packard and Motorola. Brian received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Lehigh University, as well as an MBA in finance and operations from Indiana University.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.
About Macrovision Corporation
Macrovision provides distribution, commerce and consumption solutions for software and entertainment content to the home video, PC games, music, cable/satellite, consumer software, and enterprise software industries, Macrovision holds a total of 220 issued or pending United States patents and 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. with other offices across the United States and around the world. eMeta, a division of Macrovision, is the leading provider of access control and commerce software for media and software companies. eMeta’s advanced solutions and services enable its many globally recognized customers – such as Pearson, The McGraw-Hill Companies, IEEE, NYTimes.com, Wolters Kluwer and iVillage – to sell and control digital goods and services, maximizing the value of their digital assets. More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.
© Macrovision 2006. Macrovision is a registered trademark of Macrovision Corporation. All other brands and product names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective companies.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.