SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - December 18, 2006 — Text 100 Public Relations, a global technology public relations firm, today announced that Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq: MVSN), has joined the agency's client roster in the U.S. and strategic markets in Europe. Text 100 will service Macrovision by using global hub teams located in San Francisco and London.

Macrovision has tapped Text 100 to help promote its strategic vision of delivering industry-leading advanced solutions to protect, enhance and distribute the digital content of publishers such as movie studios, gaming companies and independent software vendors. With Macrovision's technology solutions as the foundation, content companies are becoming better positioned to offer consumer-friendly digital content such as games with integrated advertising and customized movie downloads.

"As our customers evolve their business models to meet the demands of digital content delivery, they need a strategic partner with deep experience in enabling platforms that offer consumers access to the content they want, when and how they want it," said Greg Jorgensen, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Macrovision. "With Macrovision's ecosystem of customers in the content, software and consumer electronics hardware industries, we are in a position to drive these new business models. Text 100's expertise in the enterprise and consumer realm will be a major part of promoting our vision of digital distribution as we continue to integrate new products and expand into emerging markets."

"The emergence of a population that has come of age in a world where the Internet is a ubiquitous part of their life is demanding not only the creation of new business models, but also a totally new mind set," says Aedhmar Hynes, CEO, Text 100. "Macrovision's selection of Text 100 attests to the agency's appreciation of this new digital environment and its broad impact on both business-to-business and consumer markets."

Text 100 is a global PR agency serving companies that use technology for competitive advantage. Built organically from the ground up, Text 100 uniquely offers the dedication of local agencies and the power and reach of a global firm. With award-winning practices covering all public relations disciplines, Text 100 represents leading brands in 30 offices around the world. Clients of the company include Fujifilm, IBM, Philips and Xerox. For more information about Text 100, please visit www.text100.com.

Macrovision provides distribution, commerce and consumption solutions for software, entertainment and information content to the home video, PC games, music, cable/satellite, consumer software, enterprise software and information publishing industries. Macrovision holds approximately 240 issued or pending United States patents and more than 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. with other offices across the United States and around the world.  More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.

For more information, please contact:

Julia Hughes, Macrovision Corporation
+1 650.642.6777
jhughes@macrovision.com

Radley Moss, Text 100
+1 212.331.8429
radleym@text100.com

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