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<title>Toshiba first to have range of DivX Plus Streaming-certified TVs in UK</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/07/extra.divx.features.provide.multi.language.subtitles.audio.chapters/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367953604_rovidivxplus.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovi has revealed that Toshiba will be the first television manufacturer to launch a range of DivX Plus Streaming-certified HDTVs. The addition of DivX Plus Streaming to the televisions will allow users to watch streaming content with typical features found in DVD and Blu-ray Disc usage, such as support for multi-language subtitles and audio tracks....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple TV set could require per-unit royalties to Rovi</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/01/terms.for.program.guide.technology.might.change/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1110/appletvset.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An Apple TV set could require Apple to pay a higher amount of royalties to Rovi, says Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson.  Rovi owns patents to related to interactive program guide technology, for which Apple is paying an annual license fee.  The two companies signed a contract in September 2010....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple TV set purportedly led by iPod maker, unifying search</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/24/apple.tv.set.may.use.key.ipod.dev.to.head.project/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/apple-jeffrobbin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple's now hinted-at TV set is being headed up by one of its most experienced engineers, sources claimed Monday.  The team involved is supposed by Bloomberg to be headed up by Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod and the iTunes Store.  He was deemed so valuable to the late Steve Jobs that the CEO wouldn't let a Time reporter get his name lest he be recruited away....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rovi sues Hulu for allegedly violating program guide patents</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/31/rovi.claims.hulu.interface.copies.patented.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/rovi-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovi on Friday sued Hulu over claims the Internet streaming site copied its technology.  The complaint alleges that Hulu's interface for navigating shows copies multiple patents Rovi has for electronic program guides like those seen on a cable or satellite set-top box.  The complaint wants tripled damages that would include back pay for the earlier violations....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Angry Birds Seasons adds 'Summer Pignic,' 30 new levels</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/22/release.limits.gamers.to.one.level.per.day/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1106/angrybirdssummerpignic-story-22.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovio has launched 30 new levels of summer-themed gameplay in Angry Birds Seasons for iPhone and Angry Birds Seasons HD for iPad today. The Seasons version of the popular game series, pitting flying birds with unique skills against evil, egg-stealing, green pigs with engineering talents for setting up a variety of bird-safe structures, periodically adds levels related to seasonal, holiday or cultu...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Angry Birds one of the first with in-app Android payments</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/02/08/offers.developers.monetization.for.apps/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1102/angrybirds_badpiggybank.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovio has introduced one of the first in-app Android payments for its wildly popular Angry Birds. The new in-app payment system is called ìBad Piggy Bankî and gives users the opportunity to purchase the ìMighty Eagle and other cool new contentÖî by clicking on the Bad Piggy Bank icon. Payments are then made by SMS and charged to a user's next phone bill. Initially, the new functionality has been a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rovi sues Amazon and IMDb for allegedly copying TV guides</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/rovi_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovi Corp. is suing Amazon and its subsidiary IMDb. Rovi, formally known as Macrovision, acquired Gemstar-TV guide in 2008 and in doing so picked up a number of patents pertaining to delivering TV Guides online. Roviís suit, filed in Delaware, claims that IMDbís TV guides infringe five of its patents. Rovi already licenses its TV Guides to several major media stakeholders including Apple, Cisco, C...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rovi buys Sonic, may affect Apple and DivX</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1012/rovi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Rovi Corp today confirmed that it was buying Sonic for $720 million in a blend of both cash and stock.  The acquisition was characterized as a push beyond TV set-top box guides into digital and centered around both Sonic's RoxioNow video store platform as well as its buyout of DivX from June.  The move would help attract Hollywood studios and speed up the adoption of paid online content....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple licenses tech from TV guide maker Rovi</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/20/apple.in.deal.with.rovi.for.likely.apple.tv.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1009/rovi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple in an SEC filing today revealed that it has struck a "multi-year agreement" with Rovi in what may be a strategy to support the new Apple TV.  The terms are considered secret but will let Apple license Rovi's technology over the course of the deal.  Neither company has commented on the plans....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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