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Macrovision Signs 100 Percent Multi-Year DVD Copy Protection Agreement With TF1 Video
Macrovision UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Macrovision Corporation of Sunnyvale, California (NASDAQ: MVSN) announced Friday, December 17 that TF1 Video has signed an agreement to copy protect 100 percent of its Home Video DVD titles. ""The arrival of the DVD format means that any consumer with a single VCR and DVD player can easily make a very high quality VHS recording. This is why we have chosen to use Macrovision Copy Protection on all our DVD releases. We have always been satisfied by the results obtained through the use of Macrovision's Copy Protection technology on our VHS products and hope to continue to benefit from it as we enter the digital age,"" said Pierre Brossard, Managing Director of TF1 Video. Macrovision's DVD copy protection is designed to prevent unauthorized copying of DVD programming to videocassettes without impacting the original picture. It is now used on most DVDs being released and is the only technology of its kind that is currently available to protect against unauthorized copying from DVD players to VCRs. ""With approximately 100 million VCRs installed in European households, the risk posed by casual copying is as great today as it has ever been,"" said Angelina Santoliquido, Macrovision's Director of Sales and Marketing. ""TF1 has for some years now been a valued Macrovision VHS customer. We look forward to continue working closely with them across their developing range of products."" Macrovision is best known for the videocassette version of its copy protection technology, which is used by every Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) studio on some or all of their videocassette releases. Over 2.5 billion videocassettes have been copy protected. In the U.S., over 1,500 corporate, educational, and special interest rights owners apply the copy protection technology to their packaged media. DVD copy protection was introduced in 1997 and has been utilized on over 75 percent of all DVDs (i.e., over 95 million DVDs) produced to-date. About TF1 Video TF1 Video is owned by TF1, a leading European private TV network. It has developed an expertise in special interest programs marketing and is by far the leader of this market. TF1 Video has also a significant share in movie products with titles from independent producers or catalogues distributed by Metropolitan, Miramax and Ren Chateau. About Macrovision Macrovision Corporation develops and markets content copy protection and rights management technologies and products to prevent the illicit duplication, reception or use of video and audio programs and computer software. The company provides its products and services primarily to the home video, pay-per-view, cable, satellite, video security, consumer multimedia and application software markets. Macrovision has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California with subsidiaries in London and Tokyo.