License Agreement Covers Rovi IPG Patents for Telstra's T-Box
                              Service

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rovi Corporation
(Nasdaq:ROVI) today announced that it entered into a multi-year
agreement whereby Telstra has licensed the interactive program guide
(IPG) patent portfolio owned by Rovi. The agreement has provided and
will continue to provide Telstra with a license to Rovi patent
intellectual property for Telstra's T-Box service.

"We welcome Telstra, a leading telecommunications and information
services company in Australia, to our global patent license program,"
said Samir Armaly, senior vice president of licensing, worldwide, Rovi.
"This announcement marks our continued growth in the Australian market
and the important role our intellectual property brings to service
providers, like Telstra, looking to bring innovative ways for customers
to experience TV."

Telstra joins other Rovi patent program licensees in Australia,
including AUSTAR, FOXTEL, and Freeview.

About Rovi Corporation

Rovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital
entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers
to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and
locations. The company also provides extensive entertainment discovery
solutions for television, movies, music and photos to its customers in
the consumer electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online
distribution markets. These solutions, complemented by industry leading
entertainment data, create the connections between people and
technology, and enable them to discover and manage entertainment in an
enjoyable form.

Rovi holds over 4,700 issued or pending patents worldwide and is
headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous offices across
the United States and around the world including Japan, Hong Kong,
Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Rovi can be
found at http://www.rovicorp.com/.

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recent report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010 and such
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CONTACT:  Rovi Corporation
          Linda Quach
          +011 408 562 8504
          linda.quach@rovicorp.com