Companies Launch High Quality Digital Entertainment Services
on Tablets, Smartphones, and Connected TVs
BERLIN, Aug. 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IFA - Rovi Corporation
(Nasdaq:ROVI), driving digital entertainment innovation, today
announced it is powering the availability of KNOWHOW(TM) Movies on a
range of new platforms and devices. The digital entertainment service
from Dixons Retail, owner of UK and Ireland retailers Currys and PC
World, is offering customers more ways to purchase, rent, and enjoy
film and TV entertainment from major Hollywood and leading TV studios.
Providing convenient access at home, KNOWHOW Movies is now available on
all 2012 LG Smart TVs. In addition, there is an iOS App for iPhone(R)
and iPad(R) users available through the Apple App Store in the UK and,
for Android(TM)-based device users, an App that provides high-quality
video delivery in Rovi's advanced adaptive streaming format, DivX Plus
Streaming(TM).
"We are pleased with our progress to deliver instant access to premium
entertainment on our customers' favorite home and mobile devices," said
Niall O'Keeffe, KNOWHOW Development Director at Dixons Retail.
"Collaborating with Rovi and our partners in the consumer electronics
industry, we will continue to expand the reach of our service to
deliver the highest quality entertainment experience possible on the
broadest array of devices."
KNOWHOW Movies allows consumers to access an extensive library of film
and TV entertainment when they want, where they want, including
newly-released movies, which can be rented or purchased on an
individual basis without subscription fees. Customers can access
KNOWHOW Movies on up to five devices, switching their viewing between
them. A customer can, for example, begin watching a film by tablet
during the evening commute, then pause and resume watching it on their
living room TV once home.
"Using its position as the UK's leading electronics retailer, with its
Currys and PC World storefronts, Dixons Retail is helping introduce
digital entertainment to a massive, mainstream audience," said David
Cook, General Manager of Rovi Entertainment Store. "We look forward to
continuing our support for KNOWHOW Movies and helping introduce more
consumers to easy-to-use, advanced entertainment services."
Rovi Entertainment Store(TM) is enabling retailers, service providers,
CE manufacturers, and content owners, to launch over-the-top
storefronts that allow consumers to discover, purchase, manage, and
enjoy a broad range of new movies and TV shows on multiple platforms
and devices. Rovi Entertainment Store includes white-label storefronts
and playback client SDKs, cloud services, as well as content licensing,
management, and marketing services. The solution also includes DivX
Plus Streaming, Rovi's adaptive streaming solution, which has quickly
gained the support of major studios, retailers, and IC manufacturers
serving the CE industry, and offers an advanced feature set with
support for 1080p, subtitles, multiple language tracks, and trick-play
functions such as smooth fast forward and rewind.
Customers may deploy Rovi Entertainment Store as a complete end-to-end
solution to support multiple aspects of storefront deployment and
management, or license individual components to enhance aspects of an
existing service.
About Dixons Retail plc:
-- Dixons Retail plc is one of Europe's leading specialist electrical
retailing groups. It operates a multi-channel approach to electrical
retailing and trades through more than 1,300 retail and online stores,
spanning 28 countries and employing nearly 40,000 people. More than 100
million customers shop in-store and online with Dixons Retail plc every
year.
-- Dixons Retail plc's retail and e-tail brands include PC World and Currys
in the UK and Ireland, Elkjop in the Nordic countries, UniEuro in
Italy, Kotsovolos in Greece and Cyprus, Electro World in central Europe,
Greece and Turkey, PC City in Italy, and Pixmania.com across Europe.
-- Dixons Retail plc offers customers a comprehensive range of after-sales
services, including extensive national customer support operation for IT
and digital technology, KNOWHOW. Dixons Retail's KNOWHOW operation
offers telephone and home-based support services throughout the UK. It
also runs a multi-brand business-to-business operation in the UK.
About Rovi Corporation
Rovi powers the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of
digital entertainment. With innovative technology solutions for
consumer electronics manufacturers, service providers, content
producers, advertisers, retailers and websites, Rovi connects people
and the entertainment they love. The company holds approximately 5,200
issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California. More information about Rovi can be found at
rovicorp.com.