THX® Media Director Statement

August 29, 2012

THX is refocusing its business units and as part of this process the Media Director program is changing as well. Full details of complete program changes are due to be announced at CES 2013. As a result, THX will no longer offer the current version of THX Media Director technology. THX believes there continues to be value in an offering that simplifies the consumer experience by enabling CE devices to select the most appropriate playback settings as in the concept of THX Media Director. However, after listening to feedback from partners and customers, THX is analyzing and refocusing development to ensure the technology is more relevant to our customers’ evolving needs. THX plans to preserve elements of the technology in the next offering but also better meet the needs and lifestyle of today’s and tomorrow’s consumer. THX's intent is to integrate emerging and new technologies with entertainment content to address: • Smart TVs – smart set-top boxes • Mobility – tablets, phones and other mobile devices on which entertainment is consumed • Extended content – streaming content, redistributed and worldwide content • Social interaction – expanding the conversation across the web According to THX, their partnerships and customers are their number one priority and this decision was made to develop the kind of technology and capabilities that meet the needs of a connected ecosystem. The new offering will feature an expansive set of capabilities that will be exciting, relevant, easy to implement, will be a key driver of growth for your business and provide value to your customers. At the same time, the THX promise of delivering an outstanding entertainment experience will remain intact as it is within all of THX's program areas and other offerings. THX plans to introduce the new offering in 2013. Full details will be provided once they are finalized.

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