Strong Third Quarter Including 8% Growth in our IP Licensing Business
Continued to Streamline the Business Operations in Preparation for Spin
Launched TiVo+
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), the company that brings entertainment together, today reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2019.
“We are very focused on Company execution, and we delivered solid financial results in the quarter, while accomplishing key business milestones,” said Dave Shull, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We continue to make progress with the separation of our IP Licensing and Product businesses and are targeting completion of the transaction in April 2020. Our IP Licensing business expanded its customer base in the quarter and reported 8% year-over-year revenue growth. We continue to streamline the Product business for future success, and are pleased with the launch of TiVo+ last month. We are excited about our expanding pipeline of new and innovative products to fuel future growth heading into 2020.”
TiVo Third Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights:
- The Company further streamlined the Product business in the third quarter and expects to accelerate additional operating cost improvements in the fourth quarter.
- Increased fiscal 2019 expectations for Adjusted EBITDA.
- Continuing progress with the separation and targeting completion of the transaction by April 2020.
TiVo Third Quarter 2019 Business and Operating Highlights:
Product Business
- Launched new innovative products, including TiVo+ in October, which delivers live streaming channels and thousands of movies and TV shows to viewers in an app-free environment, making them easy to find, watch, and enjoy. TiVo+ provides free content for TiVo customers and opportunities for advertisers to reach highly engaged television audiences with targeted messages.
- TiVo continues to expand its Android TVTM-based IPTV version of TiVo User Experience 4. We now have seven North American operators who will deploy this solution, up from five last quarter, and we continue to expand internationally. Liberty Latin America selected TiVo’s Android TV-based platform to bring cutting-edge innovations to its video customers in Puerto Rico, and they plan to launch this platform in other markets across Latin America.
- TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery solution continues to be adopted by leading market players. As part of Vodafone Group’s new TV service in Portugal, Vodafone is deploying its new “Intelligent Voice Search” feature, which uses TiVo’s natural language voice solution to enable users to find and enjoy entertainment content by simply speaking into their remotes.
Intellectual Property Licensing Business
- The IP Licensing business continues to build on a strong, diverse base of customers and in Q3 reported 8% year-over-year revenue growth.
- The Company is seeing significant demand for our IP portfolio in international markets. This quarter we licensed a number of over-the-top and IPTV video streaming providers. We signed a new deal with D’Live to license OTT services in Korea.
- Canada is also an area of future expansion for us. Towards that endeavor, we signed a new, multi-year license agreement with Canadian operator Eastlink.
Adeia is a leading R&D and intellectual property (IP) licensing company that accelerates the adoption of innovative technologies in the media and semiconductor industries. Adeia’s fundamental innovations underpin technology solutions that are shaping and elevating the future of digital entertainment and electronics. Adeia’s IP portfolios power the connected devices that touch the lives of millions of people around the world every day as they live, work and play. For more, please visit www.adeia.com.
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