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CubiTV Multiscreen Middleware enables pay-TV operators, telcos and content owners to offer stunning video viewing experience – anywhere and anytime – consistently on multiple client devices, such as tablets, smartphones, PCs and Macs or Set-top Boxes. Photo courtesy of Cubiware

San Jose, CA, USA – May 26, 2015

• Cubiware Solutions Currently Deployed With More Than 40 International PayTV Operators Across 25 Countries

• Deal Provides Cost Effective Approach for Emerging Pay-TV Markets and Expands TiVo’s Product Offerings

TiVo Inc., (NASDAQ: TIVO) a leader in the advanced television entertainment market, today announced that is has acquired Cubiware, an innovative provider of cost-effective software solutions for emerging market Pay-TV operators.

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Cubiware will expand TiVo’s international presence in 25 countries and positions TiVo to offer a broader array of compelling, cost effective solutions for Pay-TV operators across the world.

Video-on Demand - movies on demand may be presented as vertical or horizontal cover flow.
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“Cubiware immediately accelerates our global Pay-TV efforts and enables us to more rapidly reach an even larger portion of the international market, which is expected to grow to more than a billion subscribers by 2020,” said Tom Rogers, TiVo’s President and CEO. “Cubiware’s recent growth reflects its strong position in markets that are experiencing rapid pay television expansion. This product expansion complements our current international TiVo and DigitalSmiths product lines, enabling us to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for video distributors across different distribution platforms – on premise, cloud or hybrid environments. The combination of TiVo and Cubiware is expected to enhance Cubiware’s product offering with a variety of features in the future including advanced search and recommendations, OTT applications, and user interface enhancements that will further distinguish Cubiware products and accelerate customer expansion.”

The user interface of the Middleware may be skinned with SDK lite tools. The skinning process is straightforward and does not require programming skills.
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In addition to developing an enviable track record of delivering high quality, cost-effective solutions for Pay-TV operators, Cubiware has also established an important ecosystem of conditional access and set-top-box partners.

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TiVo will seek to continue expanding these relationships to serve an increasing array of international customers.

TV Content in Highest Quality
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“We are very excited about the opportunities in front of us as part of TiVo, especially as many Pay-TV operators in emerging markets are looking for innovative advanced television software solutions that can be deployed on cost-effective set-top boxes and other devices,” said Jakub Górski, Cubiware’s CEO and Co-founder.
“Cubiware’s solution is integrated with a variety of leading set-top-box providers enabling over 4 million devices in the field. Becoming part of TiVo will enable us to offer more advanced solutions to our current customers and pursue a broader set of prospects with a proposition that offers compelling functionality at a very attractive price point.”

Personal Viewing Experience
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TiVo expects the deal to be accretive to Adjusted EBITDA in the current fiscal year.


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About Cubiware

Cubiware is an innovative provider of software for Digital TV devices and systems.

Cubiware is based in Warsaw, Poland and has relationships with approximately 40 customers across Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East and Asia, representing approximately 12 million Pay-TV subs.

Platform Flexibility
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These include key operators like Columbus Communications (part of Cable & Wireless) and Cablemas (part of Televisa) in Latin America.

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Working with partners around the globe, Cubiware delivers pay-TV solutions to operators in Europe, Americas, Asia, and Africa.

Products

Cubiware products include market-proven IPTV/OTT/DVB/IP hybrid Middleware, multi-screen OTT Middleware and a Software Development Kit for creating client device applications.

CubiGO Over-the Top (OTT) Multiscreen Middleware is targeted to pay TV operators and content owners who want to offer video-oriented services to their subscribers through Consumer Electronics devices, such as tablets, PCs and smartphones.
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Cubiware’s CubiTV is a flexible Middleware solution targeted towards pay-TV operators - cable, satellite, and terrestrial - and telcos who want to introduce advanced TV services to their network.

CubiTV hybrid DVB/IP/OTT Middleware solution is targeted to cable TV, DTH, and DTT operators who want to enrich the TV experience and introduce new interactive services.
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Leveraging Cubiware’s advanced software technology, CubiTV delivers a wide range of interactive services and provides a stunning user experience to subscribers.

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Support for a variety of Internet standards and high customizability enables rapid, cost-effective deployment.

CubiSDK is a Software Development Kit for developing embedded video-oriented applications. CubiSDK has been created for anyone interested in building their own Middleware or for CubiTV licensees interested in extending the functionality of CubiTV Middleware.
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CubiSDK enables the creation of customized software for video-enabled devices such as IPTV Set-top Boxes (STBs), DVB Zappers, and DVRs.

The Cubiware Media Platform is a Linux firmware software stack for digital media devices.
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CubiSDK includes many pre-built plugins and libraries, which may be used to add value to existing Cubiware IPTV or DVB/IP Middleware or to accelerate development of new Digital TV products.


Major features of the CubiTV Middleware. Photo courtesy of Cubiware

More information at: http://www.cubiware.com

Contact:

Cubiware Sp. z o. o.
Equator II building, 8th floor
al. Jerozolimskie 96
00-807 Warsaw
Poland


Cubiware HQ in Warsaw, Poland. Photo courtesy of Cubiware

info@cubiware.com
phone: +48 22 207 2941
GMT+1

Sales team
sales@cubiware.com

About TiVo

TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in next-generation television services.

With global headquarters in San Jose, CA and offices in New York, NY, Boston, MA and Durham, NC, TiVo’s innovative cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions enable viewers to consume content across all screens in and out-of-the home.

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The TiVo solution provides an all-in-one approach for navigating the ‘content chaos’ by seamlessly combining live, recorded, on-demand and over-the-top television into one intuitive user interface.

The TiVo experience provides TV viewers with simple universal search, discovery, viewing and recording from any device, creating the ultimate viewing experience.

TiVo products and services are available at retail or through a growing number of pay-TV operators world-wide.

TiVo’s multiple subsidiary companies provide the broader television industry and consumer electronics manufacturers, cloud-based video discovery and recommendation options, interactive advertising solutions and audience research and measurement services.

More information at: www.TiVo.com

Sources:

TiVo

http://www.tivo.com

http://pr.tivo.com/Press-room/Press-releases

Cubiware

http://www.cubiware.com/

http://www.cubiware.com/tivo_acquires_cubiware/

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