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Rovi Picks Up Korean OTT Licensing Agreement (MESA)
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Rovi Corp. has added yet another company to its list of patent portfolio licensees, with Korean OTT service provider KT Corp. agreeing to a new deal. KT will use Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio to provide entertainment discovery solutions to its mobile TV subscribers. KT Corp. provides a host of telecommunication services across South Korean. In addition to OTT services, the company offers TV everywhere VOD over wireless networks and the Internet…
“This licensing agreement with KT underscores the value of our discovery patent portfolio in Korea,” said Samir Armaly, EVP of intellectual property and licensing for Rovi. “Our extensive entertainment discovery patent portfolio is licensed by some of the world’s leading companies around the globe. With Rovi, our licensees are able to accelerate the deployment of personalized entertainment experiences and help facilitate the discovery of content across multiple screens.”
