Macrovision and Solid Networks Team on Downloadable Games

Announce plans to digitally distribute PC videogames in Japan

September 14, 2005 --

Macrovision Corporation and Solid Networks today revealed plans to digitally distribute PC videogames in Japan. The two companies have signed an agreement which will extend the Macrovision model of digital distribution into Japan, offering secure online game distribution to game developers and publishers and a catalog of legitimate downloadable games in a try-before-you-buy format to portals and e-commerce sites.

?This partnership highlights the importance of the Asia-Pacific region to our expansion plans,? remarked Todd Basche, general manager of Macrovision?s games division. ?With Solid Networks? help, we?re taking the strength of Macrovision?s Distribution Network in the U.S. and Europe and giving it a more proactive reach around the globe.?

Working directly with Solid Networks, Japanese game developers and publishers will use Macrovision?s Trymedia product line of secure digital distribution technology to distribute titles online while Solid Network?s Solid Pay multi-gateway billing system provides the e-commerce aspect for distributors. Solid Networks has also localized coding for Japan. The first site utilizing the combined solutions has already launched at www.flooba.com. Game titles currently on Flooba are all native to Japan; however, both companies plan to contribute content in the future.

Solid Networks CEO Keita Otsuka said, ?By combining our infrastructure and network of contacts in the game industry in Japan with Macrovision?s state of the art digital distribution technology, Solid Networks is positioned to rapidly expand the nascent Japanese market for downloadable game content.?

Through Flooba and future Japanese distribution affiliates, end-users in Japan can download PC games in a try-before-you-buy format. A full trial version permits an amount of gameplay specified by the game?s publisher (an hour of play, for example, or a certain number of game levels). Macrovision?s technology solutions allow consumers to play games on multiple computers, backup and even share games with friends (shared content reverts to full trial mode).

About Solid Networks
Solid Networks is a Tokyo-based company that has been hosting and managing online games since 1999, first as one half of a joint venture with leading Korean publisher Nexon, and more recently as an independent Games Service Provider. The company provides developers and publishers with a range of solutions related to the successful deployment of online games including hosting, billing, customer support and community management and development.

About Macrovision
Macrovision develops and markets content and software value management solutions for the video, music, games and software industries. Macrovision?s technologies are embedded in over 9 billion DVD, VHS and CD units representing over $130 billion of protected entertainment content. In the software market, Macrovision licenses software developers the FLEXnet? universal licensing platform and the InstallShield® suite of software installation, repackaging and update solutions, which are deployed on more than 500 million desktops worldwide. Over 50,000 software publishers and virtually all of the Fortune 1000 companies use Macrovision?s technologies to maximize the value of their software. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has offices worldwide.

More information about Macrovision can be found at www.macrovision.com.

About Macrovision?s Games Division
Macrovision recently acquired Trymedia® Systems in order to offer a robust solution for the secure distribution of PC games across the physical and digital worlds. This acquisition provided the foundation for the newly formed game division within Macrovision. Macrovision?s games division is a leading provider of secure digital distribution services and operates the world?s largest distribution network for downloadable games. Macrovision?s technology solutions provide game publishers, portals and retailers with content protection, eCommerce and distribution services to maximize their PC game sales. The company's game distribution network connects hundreds of publishers and Internet sites with millions of consumers worldwide, offering games to legitimately download, purchase, subscribe to and share. Macrovision?s games division is headquartered in San Francisco.

Please visit www.macrovision.com/games to learn more about Macrovision?s game technology and services.