Delivered Significant Progress with our Profitability Initiatives
Xperi and TiVo Merger Remains on Track
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), the company that brings entertainment together, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020.
“Despite this unprecedented public health crisis, our strategic vision and financial performance remain strong, validating our belief that there is a demand for the type of unified entertainment finding and watching experience that TiVo provides,” said Dave Shull, President and Chief Executive Officer. “On a year-over-year basis, the Company continued to execute on profitability initiatives to streamline the business, reducing its Non-GAAP Total COGS and OpEx by 16% and increasing its Adjusted EBITDA by 55%. In our IP business, we delivered double digit growth from the first quarter of last year and added another new multi-year patent license agreement in the OTT space during the quarter. In our product business, we launched TiVo Stream 4K, which provides a unique consumer solution for finding and watching favorite entertainment shows across a broad range of streaming services. Finally, we expect to complete our merger with Xperi in the current quarter. We believe the strategy and market drivers that underpin this transformative combination are more relevant than ever in the current environment.”
TiVo First Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights:
- Q1 2020 revenues were $159.9 million, consistent with our internal plan.
- TiVo made progress streamlining the business and our Non-GAAP Total COGS and OpEx decreased by 16% from the prior year.
- The Company made significant progress with our profitability initiatives. Q1 GAAP loss from operations was $157.6 million (income from operations was $14.0 million excluding goodwill impairment). As a result of our focused execution on cost savings, our Q1 Adjusted EBITDA was $58.2 million, an increase of 55% from Q1 2019.
TiVo First Quarter 2020 Business and Recent Operating Highlights:
Xperi Merger
- The Company filed definitive proxy materials with the SEC on April 22, 2020 and has mailed these materials to its stockholders for the Special Meeting of Stockholders to vote on the Xperi transaction.
- The special meeting is scheduled for May 29, 2020 and we expect to complete the merger in the current quarter.
Product Business
- Many of TiVo’s secular trends not only remain intact, but have accelerated. Viewership metrics show that people are watching more content. Starting March 23rd, the second week of shelter in place ordinances, we saw a 58% increase in entertainment watching across the TiVo platform.
- Stream 4K became available for purchase via TiVo.com and will provide a new way to integrate video streaming services like Netflix, Prime Video, and Google Play with live TV streaming provided by Sling TV and our own TiVo+ content.
- The Company continues to expand its Android TVTM-based IPTV version of TiVo User Experience 4. The Company now has eleven North American operators who have entered into agreements to deploy this solution, up from nine last quarter. In the quarter Cincinnati Bell selected TiVo’s IPTV Platform for their next generation video solution and will deploy our solution starting later this year. In the last 90 days TiVo has moved from the sales win stage to actual deployment of our IPTV/Android platform at three major operators: Liberty Latin America, RCN and TDS Telecom.
Intellectual Property Licensing Business
- The IP Licensing business continues to build on a strong, diverse base of customers and revenues in the quarter were up 10% year-over-year.
- Adding to TiVo’s OTT licensing program, we entered into a new long-term IP license with another major content provider network this quarter.
- TiVo continued our international IP licensing success in Q1 by renewing multi-year agreements with NTT Docomo, Japan’s leading mobile provider, and with Funai, a world leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative consumer electronics and OEM products including TVs and Blu-Ray players, for its products in the Japanese and U.S. markets.
- The Federal Circuit affirmed TiVo’s win against Comcast in the Company’s first International Trade Commission case that was filed in 2016. This victory was especially significant because it reaffirmed that Comcast is subject to ITC jurisdiction, and confirmed that the ITC will continue to be a venue where we can seek to protect the Company’s valuable IP against Comcast’s ongoing, unauthorized use.
2020 Full Year Outlook:
As noted above, the Company’s Q1 2020 revenues were consistent with our internal plan. To date the COVID-19 pandemic has not had a significant impact on our revenues as the substantial majority of our revenues come from agreements with pay TV operators and others in the video delivery industry. These agreements also provide us with a good degree of visibility into our 2020 revenue expectations. However, given the pending merger with Xperi Corporation, the Company is not providing its standalone financial outlook for the remainder of the year. We expect the combined company will issue financial expectations after the second quarter.
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