Companies Collaborating to Design Apps and Services for Cable
           Set-Tops, TVs and Other Entertainment Devices

BOSTON, May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (THE CABLE SHOW -- Booth:
1133) -- Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI) and Nuance Communications, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NUAN) today announced that the two companies are collaborating
to further accelerate voice activated discovery and guidance
applications for cable service providers and consumer electronics
manufacturers. Nuance has licensed and will be integrating Rovi's rich
entertainment data with Dragon TV to provide TV manufacturers and cable
service providers the ability to access the wide variety of
Rovi-indexed content for TV shows, movies and cast and crew details
just by speaking. Dragon TV is Nuance's voice and language
understanding platform for set-top boxes and connected TV devices.

Nuance and Rovi are also developing a new application that marries
Dragon TV with Rovi's innovative guide technology. The result is the
ability to simply speak to change the channel, and browse, bookmark and
search for content on both live and On Demand TV programming. For
instance, people can say, "Find comedies with Adam Sandler"; "Show me
information on 'The Big Bang Theory,'" and even "Who plays Chuck on
Gossip Girl?" By incorporating Rovi's broad content and information
data in its language models, Dragon TV offers the industry's most
compelling, expansive and ready-to-deploy TV voice platform.

A demonstration of the application will be showcased during The Cable
Show 2012 at Rovi's Booth # 1133.

"Consumers love that today's cable services and program guides offer so
many options for shows, movies, content, information widgets and more.
But without an easy way to access and discover that content, today's
digital living room experience is lost," said Michael Thompson, senior
vice president and general manager, Nuance Mobile. "By integrating
Rovi's data as part of our Dragon TV platform, people will ultimately
be able to lean back and speak to instantly find and discover the shows
and content they want."

"Entertainment options will continue to grow. With it will be the
complexity of finding and deciding what to watch. Consumers want easy
to use and simple ways for discovering entertainment that doesn't
require a remote control with as many keys as a keyboard. Voice brings
this capability," said Corey Ferengul, EVP of Product Management and
Strategy at Rovi Corporation. "Our relationship with Nuance further
expands our ability to provide our customers - service provider and
consumer electronics manufacturers - with an advanced media guide that
redefines consumers' discovery and TV viewing experience."

About Nuance Communications

Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:NUAN) is a leading provider of
voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the
world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user
experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with
devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of
businesses experience Nuance's proven applications. For more
information, please visit www.nuance.com.

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 5,100 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, China,
Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Rovi can be
found at http://www.rovicorp.com/.

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CONTACT: Linda Quach
         Rovi Corporation
         408-562-8504
         linda.quach@rovicorp.com
         
         Jeff Seedman
         Finn Partners for Rovi Corporation
         415-249-6763
         jeff@finnpartners.com
         
         Rebecca Paquette
         Nuance Communications
         781-565-5264
         Rebecca.paquette@nuance.com