The Business of Multiscreen Television
Gemstar-TV Guide International has approved the purchase of the company by Macrovision.
Anticipated disquiet among shareholders failed to materialise as shareholders also approved $650 million of debt financing for the company that will be known as Macrovision Solutions Corporation.
The magazine interests are now likely to be sold, leaving the company with a series of EPG applications, and widely exercised patents in digital TV.
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Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published. Read more about the report