CANAL+ Group joins pay-TV operators globally that are licensing Macrovision's technology under the NDS and Macrovision agreement (see NDS Joins Macrovision Patent Licensing Program) on EPG patents. The multi-year agreement allows CANAL+ Group to use Macrovision's licensed intellectual property in its EPGs deployed on its various platforms.

"This agreement is another important example of the value that our intellectual property brings to pay-TV operators and the subscribers they serve," said Samir Armaly, senior vice president, licensing, Macrovision. "CANAL+ Group joins a growing list of leading pay-TV operators worldwide that have elected to take a license under our EPG patent portfolio."

CANAL+ Group joins Macrovision's existing list of licensed pay-TV operators that include British Sky Broadcasting Limited, FOXTEL, Portugal Telecom, SKY Italia and UPC Broadband.

About CANAL+ Group

Canal+ Group is France's leading pay-TV operator and a major player in the programming and production of premium and special-interest channels, the broadcasting of pay-TV services, and a pioneer in the development of new television services. At year-end 2008, Canal+ Group had 10.6 million subscriptions to its different product offerings. CANAL+ Group runs pay-TV operations in Poland and in French-speaking countries around the world via Canal Overseas.

CANAL+ GROUP is also a European leader in the financing, acquisition and distribution of feature films through its affiliate StudioCanal.

About Macrovision Solutions Corporation

Macrovision Solutions Corporation is focused on powering the discovery and enjoyment of digital entertainment by providing a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in our customers' products and services and used by end consumers to simplify and guide their interaction with digital entertainment. 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.