Macrovision's InstallShield Inducted into Software Development Magazi

Macrovision's InstallShield Inducted into Software Development Magazine's Jolt Awards Hall of Fame

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
    SD West 2005

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2005--

Also Wins Programmer's Paradise's Best Installation and Deployment Tool for Sixth Consecutive Year
    Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN), the leader in software value management, today announced that Software Development magazine has inducted Macrovision's InstallShield(R) into the Jolt Product Hall of Fame, an honor given to only one product each year. In addition, InstallShield was given the "Riding the Crest" award for the 2004 best-selling installation and deployment tool by Programmer's Paradise.
    "Since InstallShield burst onto the developer scene in 1987, the company has been committed to making the installation process as easy as possible for all developers," said Alexandra Weber Morales, editor in chief of Software Development magazine. "We felt that Macrovision's InstallShield should be inducted into the Hall of Fame for its longevity and success in standardizing the software installation process -- thus establishing an entirely new niche of software tools."
    "We are honored to join this impressive list of companies, including the likes of Borland, Microsoft and Macromedia, that have been inducted into Software Development magazine's Jolt Awards Hall of Fame over the past 15 years," said Bob Corrigan, InstallShield product manager for Macrovision's Software Technologies Group. "We believe that being acknowledged by such an award demonstrates InstallShield's position as the de facto standard for software installations."
    Presented at the 2005 SD West conference, the Software Development Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards have been presented annually over the past 15 years to products, books and websites that have "jolted" the industry by helping to create faster, easier and more efficient software. The Programmer's Paradise's "Riding the Crest" award recognizes InstallShield's popularity as the installation tool of choice for the developer community and highlights a record year of sales in 2004.
    Software installation is a key component of Macrovision's Software Value Management(TM) solutions, which also include updating, packaging, licensing, entitlement management, end user management, and usage optimization. In late 2004, Macrovision released the first version of InstallShield to be integrated with other Macrovision software value management capabilities, giving software publishers an automated way to incorporate evaluation licensing capabilities into their products. This ever-growing list of integrated software value management capabilities frees software publishers to focus their energy on product innovation while streamlining and improving customer interactions.

    About Software Development Magazine

    Software Development is the leading magazine for software development managers: the definitive source to empower those who implement and manage teams, technologies, practices and tools integral to successful development projects. Software Development is a monthly publication reaching over 100,000 subscribers. Software Development readers, who average more than 12 years' experience in the field, are trailblazing managers who care passionately about enlivening and expediting the task of delivering successful software on time and under budget.

    About Macrovision

    Macrovision Corporation is the market leader in electronic licensing, installation, and digital rights management (DRM) technologies. Over 50,000 software publishers and virtually all of the Fortune 1000 companies use Macrovision's technologies to maximize the value of their software. Software Value Management solutions bridge the gap between pricing and packaging software on the developer side, and purchasing and managing that software on the enterprise side. Macrovision's Software Technologies Group markets the FLEXnet(TM) universal licensing platform and the InstallShield suite of software installation, repackaging and update solutions, which are deployed on more than 500 million desktops worldwide. Macrovision holds more than 700 software licensing, DRM and content protection patents worldwide. Macrovision is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has offices worldwide. More information about Macrovision and Software Value Management solutions can be found at www.macrovision.com.

    This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

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CONTACT: Macrovision Corporation Gerold Franke, 847-466-4300 gfranke@macrovision.com or LaunchSquad Jason Mandell or Jennifer Gazin, 415-625-8555

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE PUBLISHING SOFTWARE TRADESHOW PRODUCT SOURCE: Macrovision Corporation

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