10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

or

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to             

Commission file number: 000-53413

Rovi Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	26-1739297
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2830 De La Cruz Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA
95050
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(408) 562-8400

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ  No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Act. Yes o  No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $1.5 billion as of June 30, 2012, based upon the closing price on the NASDAQ Global Select Market reported for such date. This calculation does not reflect a determination that certain persons are affiliates of the Registrant for any other purpose. The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's Common Stock on February 8, 2013, was 103,964,086 shares.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement related to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2012, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

INDEX

PART I
ITEM 1.	BUSINESS	3
ITEM 1A.	RISK FACTORS	15
ITEM 1B.	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS	32
ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES	32
ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	33
ITEM 4.	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES	33
PART II
ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES	34
ITEM 6.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA	36
ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS	38
ITEM 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK	50
ITEM 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA	51
ITEM 9.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES	51
ITEM 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES	51
ITEM 9B.	OTHER INFORMATION	52
PART III
ITEM 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	54
ITEM 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	54
ITEM 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS	54
ITEM 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS , AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE	54
ITEM 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES	54
PART IV
ITEM 15.	EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES	55
	SIGNATURES	59

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Discussions of some of the matters contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for Rovi Corporation (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as such, may involve risks and uncertainties. Some of these discussions are contained under the captions “Item 1. Business” and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events or future financial performance, which include implementing our business strategy, developing and introducing new technologies, obtaining, maintaining and expanding market acceptance of the technologies we offer, and competition in our markets.

In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “future,” “predict,” “potential,” “intend,” or “continue,” and similar expressions. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management and on information currently available to our management. Our actual results, performance and achievements may differ materially from the results, performance and achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. For a discussion of some of the factors that might cause such a difference, see “Item 1A. – Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Except as required by law, we specifically disclaim any obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview

We are focused on powering the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of digital entertainment. We provide a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in our customers' products and services, connecting consumers with entertainment. Our offerings enable discovery, advertising and video display and delivery. Content discovery solutions include interactive program guides (“IPGs”), search and recommendations, cloud data services and our extensive database of descriptive information about television, movie, music, books, and game content (“metadata”). In addition to offering IPGs developed by us, our customers may also license our patents and deploy their own IPG or a third party IPG. Advertising solutions include the Rovi Advertising Network and the Rovi Advertising Service, delivering advertising to IPGs, devices connected to the Internet, interactive applications and advertising on consumer websites operated by us. Video display and delivery solutions include video compression-decompression technology (“codecs”) and content protection technologies and services. Additionally, intellectual property is a significant part of our business. We have patented many aspects of content discovery, DVR and VOD functionality, multi-screen functionality, as well as interactive applications and advertising.  We have historically licensed this portfolio for use with linear television broadcast.  However, there is an emerging industry transition to Internet platform technologies which is enabling new video services for television in homes as well as on multiple screens such as tablets and smartphones.  We believe this transition presents new opportunities to license our intellectual property portfolio for different use cases and to different customers, as well as to develop, market and sell products and services which enable such functionality.  Building upon this, we are establishing broad industry relationships with the companies leading the next generation of digital entertainment.  Our strategy includes developing products and services that complement our intellectual property and address the opportunity presented by this industry transformation. Our solutions are deployed globally in the cable, satellite, consumer electronics, entertainment and online distribution markets.

Industry Background

The entertainment media market is continuing its transformation. Content has moved from analog to digital, distribution has continued to shift from physical to online and now access to content and the overall entertainment experience is becoming distributed across many screens such as televisions, computers, tablets and smartphones. This unprecedented shift is impacting virtually every area of the entertainment value chain, from distribution and protection, to discovery and consumption of content. The expansion of network bandwidth, the increased availability of digital content and devices that allow people to enjoy digital content, and the increased mobility provided by tablets and smartphones are all helping to accelerate this market shift. As part of this change, consumers are demanding higher-quality digital content in many formats and places. They want to personalize how they can easily discover and access content (movies, music, photos and programming) and enjoy it when and where they want.

No matter what content consumers desire or are enjoying, we believe video content such as movies and TV shows remain at the center of consumers' entertainment needs. New devices and services are continually being created that bring video content to consumers. Many consumers purchased large high definition televisions (“HDTVs”) to maximize video enjoyment in the home. Additionally, many consumers are investing in new devices such as tablets and smartphones, which distribute their entertainment experience across devices both inside and outside of the home. These new devices require the

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ability to provide information identifying what is available to the viewer in broadcast television (TV listings), stored or packaged video and video on demand (“VOD”) or over-the-top ("OTT") delivered by Internet Protocol, including professional short form video such as news clips or comedy shorts. We refer to providing this information as “guidance.” Guidance becomes more complex as more sources of entertainment become available to consumers. Beyond existing Pay-TV options, consumers can now download or stream Internet-based content to their media devices, accessed via several different business models. In addition, the current home media device infrastructure can be very complex. Setting up such an environment generally requires integrating numerous devices, a deep understanding of the interoperability of media formats and creation of mechanisms for managing and enjoying content. Simplifying the consumer experience of this new ecosystem will be critical as the evolution of the market progresses.

The introduction of these new capabilities is impacting every part of the entertainment supply chain, from content producers, to distribution channels and consumption device manufacturers, causing them each to reevaluate their business models, as well as introducing new competitors at each phase of the supply chain.

In the case of content producers, the industry shift to digital media, Internet Protocol enabled entertainment platforms, and portable digital devices (such as tablets and smartphones) threatens current revenue models built on tightly controlled distribution windows. Consumers seek to enjoy movies and TV shows at their own convenience, not necessarily watching TV at home or going to the theaters. As a result, the existing revenue streams based upon theater attendance, packaged media sales and television broadcasts are all threatened. As technological advances facilitate digital downloads and digital copying, motion picture studios, music labels, cable, satellite, broadcast television and program distributors have become more concerned with how to protect their intellectual property, while making it available to consumers in the manner they wish to receive it, without sacrificing the aggregate revenue returned from today's various distribution windows. Studios have invested heavily in shifting consumers to a digital purchase model and sponsored standards based initiatives, such as Ultraviolet, to build this new business model amidst these shifting economics. Content providers have also responded to this threat by strengthening their licensing programs and adding new distribution windows to protect their revenue opportunities.

Distribution channels, such as cable and satellite operators, web portals and retailers, and others are all seeking ways to best obtain or maintain a competitive advantage in a digital entertainment world. They require highly customizable solutions that personalize and simplify the consumer experience, such as additional data about the entertainment content, or additional guidance technology, while still allowing the distribution channel to retain its unique identity. They are also seeking to increase their interaction with the consumer and create new revenue opportunities. This includes having not just a physical and web presence, but also providing media digitally on any device the consumer may choose to use. This requires substantial investment in technology infrastructure to augment their current businesses. One area where this is most prevalent is in cable and satellite where a broad drive towards enabling subscribers to enjoy content wherever they are located on whatever device they desire, which we refer to as "TV Everywhere", is resulting in costly moves from legacy distribution technology to Internet Protocol based infrastructure for delivering Pay TV services. Additionally, content producers are exploring new forms of distribution to protect or advance their position in the distribution and windowing chain, which includes experimenting with direct to consumer models and new forms of content licensing, such as exclusive downloads, subscription to a studio's portfolio, or making a streamed or downloaded movie available for purchase simultaneous with the home video distribution window. All of this results in increased competition for distributors, leading to their need to create unique distribution arrangements and to integrate with many partners to reach consumers.

The markets for consumer electronics (“CE”) manufacturers are also in flux. Global economic trends and increased competition have challenged much of the traditional CE device market, driving lower margins while consumer requirements for features and services have increased. Consumers are demanding capabilities to interact with broad ranges of media, such as over-the-top video, not just viewing content that is broadcast to the device. Increased functionality requires extensive software to be embedded into these devices and much higher costs to manufacturers to support and maintain devices for years after the initial sale to a consumer. These new requirements may not be a core competency for CE manufacturers adding to the complexity. New types of devices such as tablets are also competing for consumers' spending as consumers become more comfortable with new ways of enjoying their entertainment. CE manufacturers also desire an ongoing revenue relationship with their customers, not just to sell them a new device every few years. This leads to a demand for add-on services and advertising that allow the CE manufacturer to monetize and profit from the ongoing distribution or maintenance of entertainment content for the lifespan of a device.

As traditional media changes, the opportunities for advertisers evolve as well. Currently advertisers spend more heavily on television commercials than any other form of advertising. As television viewership has become more fragmented, advertisers have sought new ways to reach consumers. Advertisers are now experimenting across the many devices and applications consumers use to access digital media. Additionally, the growth of web advertising has increased the criteria advertisers use to evaluate successful advertising, adding metrics such as personalization and guaranteed views. Consumption

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data, audience measurement and other analytics data that bridge a consumer's entertainment across many devices and services are emerging to drive advertising value outside of traditional television advertising.

Rovi's Markets

We classify our revenues into the following sales verticals (i) service providers (cable, satellite, telecommunications, mobile and internet service providers among others), (ii) CE discovery and advertising, (iii) CE video delivery and display, and (iv) Other. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information related to our revenue and long-lived assets by geographic areas.

Service Providers

Our service provider vertical generated 49%, 44% and 49% of our revenue from continuing operations in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

IPGs

An IPG is an interactive listing of television or video program information that enables viewers to navigate through, sort, select and schedule video programming for viewing and recording. We believe that interactive video guidance technology is a necessary tool for television viewers bombarded with an increasing amount of available content and an increasing number of digital cable and satellite television channels, VOD services, and Internet Protocol enabled services. The IPG is evolving from a guide to linear television content, to a guide for all the digital content to which consumers have access to in and out of the home across all the devices they use.

Our service provider licensees either deploy IPGs provided by the Company or, pursuant to an IPG patent license, their own IPG or a third party IPG. For service providers that deploy one of our IPGs, we also offer operational support, content, professional services and data. Our IPGs allow service providers to customize certain elements of the IPGs for their customers and also allow these providers to upgrade, over time, the features and services they can offer to their customers. Our service provider IPGs are compatible with service providers' subscription management, pay-per-view (“PPV”) and VOD services. Our IPGs allow service providers to provide their viewers with current and future program information. We currently offer IPGs marketed to service providers under the i-Guide, Passport and TotalGuide brands.

TotalGuide HD and TotalGuide xD are our latest IPG offerings for service providers. TotalGuide HD provides an advanced user experience that enables subscribers to quickly see what's on their favorite channels, and to search and browse by program, celebrities, cast and credits across video service offerings such as linear broadcasts, service provider VOD, third party internet provided VOD and their DVR. TotalGuide HD enables viewers to intuitively discover content based on the actors, directors or other characteristics of shows and alleviates the complexity of scrolling through hundreds of channels and thousands of on demand titles and also makes extensive use of cover art in the browsing experience to make the content more engaging. Consumers can take immediate action to watch, record or bookmark programs for later viewing. We have entered into TotalGuide HD licensee agreements with Bend Broadband, Buckeye, Charter, Cogeco, MediaCom and expect deployments beginning in 2013.

TotalGuide xD is a discovery application that extends the cable video experience from set-top boxes to multiple mobile screens, including tablets and smartphones. Designed for seamless operation with Rovi's i-Guide, Passport, and TotalGuide HD solutions, TotalGuide xD makes extensive use of Rovi Cloud Services, such as video and celebrity data, search and recommendations, user profile management, and advertising services. TotalGuide xD has the flexibility to connect to a variety of mobile video content sources, increasing the flexibility for pay TV operators to extend and expand their available services to multiple web and mobile devices. With TotalGuide xD, consumers can also use their devices to set DVR recordings and tune to content. We have entered into TotalGuide xD licensee agreements with Armstrong, Bend Broadband, Blueridge, Buckeye, Cogeco and Setar Aruba, among others, and expect deployments beginning in 2013.

Our TotalGuide products also extend onto websites, allowing MSOs to embed IPGs into their own websites, enabling remote recording capabilities and channel browsing from a standard web browser.

Service providers generally pay us a monthly per subscriber fee. Service providers in the online space generally pay us a fee based on unique users. We have also entered into agreements with certain licensees that enable them to provide an IPG to an unlimited number of subscribers or unique users, provided they pay us a specified flat fee. We also include in service provider revenues any revenue related to an IPG deployed by a service provider in a subscriber household whether the ultimate payment for that IPG comes from the service provider or from a manufacturer of a set-top box. We generally do not receive a license fee from manufacturers for set-top boxes deployed by a cable or satellite provider where that provider has also licensed our IPG technology.

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Service Providers have historically licensed our patent portfolio for the television use case. As TV Everywhere initiatives are becoming more prevalent with service providers, we are often entering into a second patent license with our service provider customers to cover the TV Everywhere use case.

Most of our service provider IPGs also feature advertising. Additionally, we work with some service providers to sell advertising on a guide that they have developed and package their subscriber footprint inventory into the overall inventory that we offer advertisers. Service providers who have a patent license from us are not required to provide advertising in their IPG. However, our agreements with domestic service providers generally require the sharing of advertising revenue if IPG advertising is integrated.

Historically, we have primarily sold broadcasters, or their agencies, the opportunity to promote their products via advertisements inserted in IPGs. Our most recent guides also enable an advertisement for a specific television program to link directly to the TV channel in the IPG, directly promoting the programming or enabling consumers to set a recording or a reminder directly from the advertisement. We offer packages to advertisers to provide them nationwide or targeted advertising on a guide for a period of time. Advertisers place ads through a variety of display formats incorporated into the guide screens. Depending on the IPG deployed, advertisements can display additional text information or video when clicked on via the remote control. Advertisers can target specific audiences by airing advertising at certain times of the day or in specific geographies. We believe conventional advertisers are increasingly aware of the value proposition for advertisements inserted in IPGs and across Rovi's overall advertising footprint.

To demonstrate the value of this advertising, we began measuring usage and ad views by consumers for certain service provider guides deployed in the United States (a clickstream analysis) in late 2008. This information has increased and, we believe, will continue to increase the value of our advertising by offering the advertiser evidence and an analytical view of the reach of a given advertisement or time slot.

Our service provider customers include British Sky Broadcasting Group, Canal+, Charter, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”), Cox Communications, Cablevision, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications, Foxtel, MegaCable, Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia, Shaw Communications, Time Warner Cable, UPC, Verizon and others. We also have license agreements with third party IPG providers such as Alticast, NDS, Scientific-Atlanta and others. The majority of subscribers for which we are paid a license fee are receiving an IPG pursuant to a patent license between us and the service provider or third party IPG provider. As of December 31, 2012, approximately 164 million subscribers worldwide are receiving a licensed or Rovi-provided IPG, including approximately 75 million internationally.

CE Discovery and Advertising

Our CE discovery and advertising vertical generated 20%, 25% and 21% of our revenue from continuing operations in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

IPGs

We currently offer multiple IPGs to the CE industry, including those marketed under the G-GUIDE brand in Japan and the TotalGuide brand in Europe and North America. These IPGs are generally incorporated into mid- to high-end plasma and LCD televisions and Blu-ray or DVD hard drive recorder based products. Our IPGs generally deliver continuously updated multi-day program listings to users, regardless of whether they receive their television signal via cable or over-the-air broadcast. We use a variety of terrestrial, satellite and broadband Internet transmission means to deliver listings data to our IPGs. For the TotalGuide product line we have mostly moved from embedding our software technology into the CE device, to using web standards such as HTML and JavaScript to deliver the same functionality using our Rovi Cloud Services. This shift in technology makes our CE products easier to deploy and more compatible with the application architectures of today's connected televisions.

Our CE IPG products also feature advertising. Some of our CE IPG product agreements require that we share a portion of this IPG advertising revenue with the CE manufacturer. CE manufacturers who have a patent license from us are not required to provide advertising in their IPG.

Our CE IPG licensees include devices distributed under the Apple, Hitachi, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Vizio and other brands. Generally, our agreements enable our licensees to incorporate our CE IPG technology or utilize our CE IPG patents in specified products, in certain territories, provided we receive license fees based on the number of units produced and shipped that incorporate our technology or utilize our patents. Our agreements with most of the major CE manufacturers allow them to ship an unlimited number of units incorporating our CE IPG technology or utilizing our CE IPG patents, provided they pay us a specified flat fee.

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Our TotalGuide solution expands guidance to content available beyond a traditional IPG. We believe our TotalGuide solution allows CE manufacturers to increase customer satisfaction by offering simple and intuitive access to multiple content types: broadcast, premium and Internet-based / over-the-top video. In addition, our TotalGuide solution enhances the consumer experience through our rich media television guidance information database, as well as with extended multimedia and increased personalization options. With search and recommendations technologies, our TotalGuide solution guides consumers to find favorites and discover new content, no matter if it comes from broadcast TV or is Internet-based / over-the-top. CE manufacturer can also choose to implement the Rovi Cloud Services that power our TotalGuide solution, such as entertainment metadata, search, recommendations, advertising, device management and user profiles to power their own IPGs. CE manufacturers can choose to implement the Rovi Cloud Services on their own, or contract with Rovi professional services to custom build a user interface or application unique to that customer.

Our TotalGuide solution also provides advertising options for both program promoters and conventional advertisers. Advertisements within TotalGuide are selectable, allowing a more interactive experience, including social and video features. Banner advertisements can be clicked on and a consumer can then access trailers, special offers and social media. TotalGuide also offers new forms of in-grid advertising which can be inserted into the grid either in a row or into a cell. Once selected, an interactive experience can be triggered. The CE TotalGuide advertising footprint is included with the Service Provider advertising footprint by our IPG advertising sales group when selling IPG advertising.

In Japan, Interactive Program Guide Inc. (“IPG JV”), our joint venture with Dentsu Inc. and Tokyo News Service Limited, is the exclusive provider of program listings and advertising for our IPGs marketed under the G-Guide brand. We own 46% of IPG JV and have certain contractual rights with respect to the ongoing management of IPG JV. We also retain the right to license our technology and intellectual property to third parties in Japan who may also receive program listings and advertising from IPG JV, and we retain rights to the revenue from such licenses. We have entered into licensing agreements with CE manufacturers and other third parties for televisions, digital recorders, personal computers and cell phones that are enabled to receive the G-Guide service. Additionally, this year we launched a mobile version of G-Guide for iPad, iPhone and Android devices, which can be integrated with G-Guide for an interactive second screen experience. With integrated advertising and program promotions, G-Guide offers a platform for reaching the Japanese consumer audience, which heavily uses mobile devices.

The Rovi Advertising Platform

As more CE devices are connected to the Internet, they are incorporating new user interfaces allowing consumers to interact with applications and other web like content. Specifically, TVs and Blu-ray players are now platforms for accessing digital entertainment, not just watching broadcast or physical media. These new user interfaces offer an opportunity to advertise to consumers. We offer our advertising capability, traditionally utilized in a Rovi provided Service Provider or CE manufacturer IPG, in support of any user interface via Rovi Cloud Services. We offer Rovi Ad Platform services to CE manufacturers who want to include display advertising in their user interfaces, regardless of whether a Rovi user interface is present or not. Additionally, we are able to support application developers who want to provide display advertising in their TV based applications. We utilize the extensive data collection capability of our platform and we integrate the data that we collect from other devices to provide advertisers a unique cross platform perspective on the performance of interactive advertising. We utilize the same processes and infrastructure to support the rest of our advertising business, including sales, ad operations, ad creative, reporting and analysis.

We provide this advertising platform to CE manufactures at no cost. Rovi sells, traffics, and reports on the advertising, sometimes in exclusive arrangements and provides revenue shares to the CE manufacturers. Our current Rovi Advertising Platform customers include Samsung and Sony.

CE Video Delivery and Display

Our CE video delivery and display vertical generated 22%, 22% and 19% of our revenue from continuing operations in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

DivX

Our DivX products are focused on improving the way consumers experience video media. We offer a high-quality video compression-decompression software library, or codec, to enable distribution of content across the Internet and through recordable media in either physical or streamed forms. The DivX codecs have been developed as a solution to address the opportunity created by the transformation of content and the consumer's desire for the best possible experience. Specifically, we have built the technological platform and galvanized the community necessary to enable a digital media ecosystem of

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consumers, content creators, software vendors, hardware device manufacturers and advertisers, allowing each participant in this ecosystem to benefit from the participation of the other participants.

DivX codecs are embedded in devices to enable the playback of digital media for consumers. To support DivX, there is extensive effort put into maintaining an ecosystem, which includes approvals from Hollywood studios, supporting a DivX DRM to protect the content encoded in DivX, providing encoding tools needed by retailers and others offering digital content, operating a license service to validate clients prior to allowing playback of protected media, and promoting the usage of DivX among those producing and distributing video.

As streaming has become a more critical form of enjoying video, we have developed DivX Plus Streaming. We believe DivX Plus Streaming will be an industry leading solution for providing adaptive bitrate streaming to numerous devices, including PC, TV, Blu-ray and numerous portable devices. DivX Plus Streaming offers enhanced capability, such as subtitling, multi-language support, and multiple audio tracks, which solves several issues for showing content in multiple regions. Additionally, DivX Plus Streaming is focused on providing the best quality video playback removing screen shifts or “jitter” that consumers experience when streaming video as bandwidth rates change. The Rovi Entertainment Store began deploying DivX Plus Streaming in late 2012 to retail storefronts operated in Europe.

DivX codecs and media players have been downloaded by consumers hundreds of millions of times. Our DivX technology has been embedded in over 750 million CE devices in a broad range of categories including DVD players, Blu-ray players, digital televisions, mobile phones, tablets, gaming consoles and set-top boxes (“STB”).

Our DivX licensees include devices distributed under the LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and other brands. Generally, our agreements enable our CE licensees to incorporate our DivX technology in specified device types in certain territories, provided we receive license fees based on the number of units produced and shipped that incorporate our technology. However, our agreements with most of the major CE manufacturers allow them to ship an unlimited number of units incorporating our DivX technology in specified device types in certain territories, provided they pay us a specified flat fee. Additionally, in certain legacy device categories, we have entered into agreements with certain licensees which allow them to use our DivX technology in perpetuity in just those legacy categories for a one-time fee. In addition to CE licensing revenue, we also generate revenue from licensing upgraded versions of our free software on-line directly to consumers, referral and advertising fees and content distribution fees.

Content Protection

Our analog video content security, commercially known as ACP, has been used to protect billions of videocassettes since 1985 and billions of DVDs since 1997. For additional details on ACP technology see “Content Protection” in the “Other” section below.

We license ACP directly to CE manufacturers as well as semiconductor companies that supply the CE manufacturers. Semiconductor companies that incorporate our digital PPV, VOD and DVD content security solutions into their semiconductor chips pay us a one-time service fee to verify correct implementation of our content security technology in their digital-to-analog application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) that are embedded in digital set-top boxes and DVD hardware. They are authorized to sell these Rovi-capable ASICs to Rovi-licensed DVD hardware manufacturers and to Rovi-licensed digital set-top box and DVR manufacturers.

CE device manufacturers license our technology for an up-front fee and annual license fee, as well as per-device fee for shipped devices. Digital set-top box and DVR manufacturers license our video content security solutions typically for an up-front fee and a per-unit royalty, a portion of which may be tied to product activation by system operators. We have also entered into agreements with the majority of large CE and set-top box manufacturers in which they paid us a one-time fee for a perpetual license to our technology.

Our CE content protection customers sell set-top boxes and hardware under the Scientific Atlanta, Fujitsu Limited, Mitsubishi Electronics, Motorola, Pace, Panasonic, Pioneer Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, Sony Electronics, Toshiba and other brands.

Other

Other includes our data solutions business, our MainConcept codec business and our business of licensing our content protection products and services to entertainment companies. Our Other vertical generated 9%, 9% and 11% of our revenue from continuing operations in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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Data Solutions

We offer music, television, movie, book, and video game metadata. In addition, we catalog information on celebrities, awards, sports, and other data necessary to provide a robust set of metadata. Our television guidance information database includes unique data on more than 4.4 million TV programs. Our database also has information on approximately 3 million music albums, 32 million tracks, 9 million books and 70,000 video games. Our data services are operated with systematic processes that are designed to ensure completeness and quality of the data as well as linking the relationships among the data elements. The data services are broken into levels of data: basic data (such as artist, album), navigational data (such as relationships between actor and other movies or television series), and editorial data (such as actor biographies, television, movie or music reviews). We have continued to expand our data to include information from social networks, catalogs of digital providers and other sources such as Wikipedia.

Besides licensing the data to Web properties or embedding the data in CE devices, the databases are also available via our web sites, specifically allrovi.com, allmusic.com and allgame.com. Each is an extensive view of the database, but not exportable for commercial use by others, and is an advertising-supported business.

Additionally, we license the Rovi Cloud Services to customers of our data. They can choose to gain real time access to the data via our Web Services or to incorporate additional functionality such as media search, recommendations (social, editorial, personalized) or enhanced advertising.

Web properties typically pay us a monthly or annual fee for the rights to use the metadata, receive regular updates and integrate it into their own service. Rovi Cloud Services customers generally pay a consumption fee based on the number of database lookups or calls they perform or a monthly fee for the right to access the Rovi Cloud Services. Our music, movie and video game metadata customers include Apple, Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Comcast, eBay, Google, Microsoft, MTV Networks and others.

We provide resources for all types of media and businesses in print, on-screen and online formats, as well as through interactive and electronic program guides. Additionally, the data covers multiple geographies including the US, Latin America, major Western European countries, Japan and Korea. We license a number of data and service offerings, including schedules, listings, TV supplements, and Web Services. Our data can be sold stand-alone or as a complement to an IPG.

MainConcept

Our MainConcept toolkits are used for video encoding and decoding supporting a wide range of standard formats including an H.264 codec solution, the upcoming solution for H.265 (HEVC) and a wide range of other high-quality video codecs and technologies for the broadcast, film, consumer electronics and computer software markets. Generally, our agreements enable our MainConcept licensees to incorporate our technology in specified products in certain territories, provided we receive license fees based on the number of units produced and shipped that incorporate our technology. We have also entered into agreements with certain licensees that enable them to ship an unlimited number of units, provided they pay us a specified flat fee.

Content Protection

Motion pictures typically generate significant revenue from the sales of packaged media, primarily DVDs. Any household that owns a DVD-R, personal video recorder (“PVR”), PC, or a media center, is capable of making unauthorized, high-quality digital and analog copies unless that content is properly copy protected against this variety of threats.

Our ACP technologies allow consumers to view programming stored on prerecorded videocassettes and DVDs or transmitted as digital pay-per-view or video-on-demand programs via cable or satellite, but deter unauthorized consumer copying of such programming on recordable DVD devices. Motion Picture Association of America (“MPAA”) and independent studios can use our video content security technology to protect movie releases on videocassette or DVD. For the protection to work, ACP must be present on both the media (physical or digital) and the hardware device.

We sell directly to MPAA and independent studios. Content owners utilize our solutions to secure their content and thus ensure that the end customer pays them for the use of their content. Studios generally pay us an annual license fee to use our ACP technology.

Our content security technology customers include the following companies: Buena Vista Home Video, Paramount Pictures and others.

Rovi's Strategy

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We see a changing landscape as content distribution moves from a traditional model of a service provider delivering content over a managed network to a single class of device (a television), to a multi-device ecosystem where content is delivered over both managed and unmanaged networks to many types of devices. Through this transition the technologies used for delivering video to consumers will change from the legacy broadcast technologies to Internet Protocol delivery and will rely largely on Internet technologies throughout the value chain. We believe opportunities exist in three key areas: Discovery, Advertising and Display & Delivery. Our strategy is to develop, market and sell technologies, products and services focused on these areas.

Discovery. Finding content remains an important part of the user experience. We believe requirements for new discovery experiences that are specific to a person or device, and that integrate social, live video and second screen experiences will be an area of focus and opportunity. Metadata, which contains detailed information about a piece of programming, will be important in creating highly personalized content discovery experiences.

Advertising. Monetizing content and experiences on new platforms such as tablets and mobile phones is critical as viewership becomes fragmented between many devices. Shifting value from traditional broadcast advertising to new types of content and new devices will require common experiences, platforms and analytics on viewership that spans multiple consumption devices.

Display & Delivery. As the industry makes a technological shift from legacy infrastructure to Internet Protocol based infrastructure, new technologies such as, HEVC and secure adaptive streaming are required to deliver content, cost effectively and securely while maintaining the service level required by Pay TV service providers.

Build Upon Key Customer Relationships. We maintain relationships with customers in various industry and market segments, including:

• Service providers such as the leading cable and satellite television system operators and telecommunications operators. This market segment will be our primary strategic focus.

• CE manufacturers of digital television, Blu-ray and standard DVD players, CD and DVD drives, PVRs, network attached storage devices (NAS) and digital set-top boxes and other types of devices.

• Large online retailers, music services, advertisers and portal websites

We intend to grow our business by capitalizing on existing, and creating new, customer relationships. We will target existing customers and seek to expand the technologies we provide them. For instance, we will target most of our existing North American IPG patent licensees and seek to sell them our IPG product. We believe TotalGuide, as well as our other products, are the types of products that make this feasible. We also believe that as the TotalGuide installed base increases, we can substantially grow our advertising revenue. If a customer determines that it should build its own guide or consumer facing user interface, we then offer the customer Rovi Cloud Services to power the experience and speed its time to market. This enables us to offer advertising to a connected device in which a Rovi guide or application may not be present. Additionally, we will focus on non-customer companies seeking to capture a portion of the digital entertainment opportunity. We believe our compelling solutions will help us create new customer relationships.

Introduce New Product Applications and Technologies. We intend to develop additional digital entertainment content solutions to sell to our extensive customer base. We have committed significant resources to expand our technology base, to enhance our existing products, to introduce additional products, and to participate in industry standard-setting efforts and organizations. We intend to pursue opportunities to improve technologies in our current fields of operations as well as in future formats and digital distribution solutions.

Expand and Protect Patent Position. We have built, and continue to add to, a large patent portfolio. The licensing of our portfolio has been a significant part of our business.  We believe that our future success partly depends on our ability to continue to introduce proprietary solutions for IPGs, connected devices and data. We have patented many aspects of these proprietary solutions, such as content discovery, DVR and VOD functionality, multi-screen functionality and interactive applications such as interactive advertising.   We also have acquired patents from others. While historically we have licensed our portfolio for use with linear television broadcasts, an emerging industry transition to internet platform technologies is enabling new video services for television in homes as well as on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.  We believe this transition presents new opportunities for us to not only develop, market and sell new products and services to other companies in the digital entertainment industry, but also to license our patent portfolio to them.  In addition to developing new relationships with such companies based on products and services, we intend to continue to obtain patents and to protect and license our patented technologies.

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Continue to Make Strategic Acquisitions. We will continue to expand our technology portfolio and extend our businesses by pursuing licensing arrangements, joint ventures, and strategic acquisitions of companies whose technologies or proprietary rights complement our technologies and strategic goals.

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Tradenames

We own or have rights to various copyrights, trademarks and trade names used in our business. For our continuing business units, these include, but are not limited to, Rovi^®, All Game Guide^®, All Music Guide^®, AMG^®, AMG All-Game Guide^®, AMG All-Media Guide^®, AMG All-Movie Guide^®, AMG Sonicguide^®, DivX, Explore Movies^®, Explore Music^®, Lasso™, MainConcept, Music Map™, Passport , TotalGuide, RoviGuides, G-GUIDE and Gemstar.

Research and Development

Our internal research and development efforts are focused on developing enhancements to existing products and new applications for our current technologies. We have acquired other companies and technologies to supplement our research and development expenditures. Our research and development expenses were $147.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, $149.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, and $95.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Our primary locations for product development are in California (Burbank, Santa Clara, San Diego and San Francisco), Michigan (Ann Arbor), Pennsylvania (Radnor), Germany (Aachen), Russia (Tomsk) and China (Hangzhou and Shanghai).

Operations and Technical Support

We have technical support and certification operations to support our entertainment, CE and system operator products.

We provide a variety of technical support to our customers:

• We provide post-sales training, technical support, and integration services to service provider licensees of our IPG applications software as part of their service offerings.

• We operate the internet based services needed to power the Rovi Cloud Services. This includes data delivery, search, recommendations, advertising, device management and media recognition. We occasionally take end-user calls related to these services.

• We provide broadcast data delivery of television line-up data and advertising to TVs and set-top boxes enabled with our IPGs in major European markets and Japan. This service provides the data that populates the guides with the listings and advertising necessary to make the IPG useful to a consumer. In addition, we deliver, via the Internet or satellite, similar line-up and advertising data in North America.

• We support our customers' efforts to help ensure our IPGs operate properly within their devices, by offering porting services.

• We provide customer care for IPG customers following deployment of our IPGs. This service deals with issues with data and advertising distribution as well as functional issues for a consumer.

• We assist semiconductor manufacturers in incorporating and certifying our video content security solutions, DivX and technology into a variety of digital video integrated circuits.

• We support the efforts of television, PVR, and DVD hardware manufacturers, digital PPV/VOD system operators and PPV/VOD set-top box manufacturers to design hardware that properly incorporates and is compatible with our video content security solutions.

Intellectual Property Rights

We operate in an industry in which innovation, investment in new ideas and protection of our intellectual property rights are critical for success. We protect our innovations and inventions through a variety of means, including but not limited to applying for patent protection domestically and internationally.

As of December 31, 2012, we hold 697 U.S. patents and have 783 U.S. patent applications pending. We also have 2,613 foreign patents issued and 1,222 foreign patent applications pending. Each of our U.S. issued patents will expire at a different time based on the particular filing date of that respective patent, with expiration dates as late as 2031.

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Competition

IPGs

There are a number of companies that produce and market IPGs as well as television schedule information in various other formats, that compete or we believe will compete with our IPG products and services. These alternative formats include passive and interactive on-screen electronic guide services and online listings.

A common competitor we encounter is a customer who chooses to build its own IPG and license our intellectual property. We believe that we provide a strong alternative to “do-it-yourself,” as we have products ready to be implemented and already have data distribution infrastructure and content as well as integration to third party services (such as VOD services for service providers). We intend to build differentiation by continuing to integrate our products into a suite of products and services to provide solutions for our customers. We believe our solutions can speed our customers' time to market, be deployed at a lower cost than internally built products, and are superior to “do-it-yourself” products. For those that choose to do it themselves we have added Rovi Cloud Services to provide them services that can power their self-developed experience.

We have begun to see activity from Web properties or device manufacturers entering the CE market, embedded in TVs in North America or by launching their own devices. Such companies could offer competitive functionality in the future.

Many of our competitors and other companies and individuals have obtained, and may be expected to obtain in the future, patents that may directly or indirectly affect the products or services offered or under development by us. We are currently developing a variety of enhancements to our IPGs. We cannot assure that any enhancements developed by us would not be found to infringe patents that are currently held or may be issued to others. There can be no assurance that we are or will be aware of all patents containing claims that may pose a risk of infringement by our products and services. In addition, patent applications are generally confidential for a period of 18 months from the filing date, or until a patent is issued in some cases, so we cannot evaluate the extent to which certain products and services may be covered or asserted to be covered by claims contained in pending patent applications prior to their publication. In general, if one or more of our products or services were to infringe patents held by others, we may be required to stop developing or marketing the products or services, to obtain licenses to develop and market the products or services from the holders of the patents or to redesign the products or services in such a way as to avoid infringing the patent claims. This could have an effect on our ability to compete in the IPG marketplace.

DivX Codecs

We face significant competition in the digital media markets in which we operate. We believe that our most significant competitive threat comes from companies that have the collective financial, technical and other resources to develop the technologies, services, products, and partnerships necessary to create a digital media ecosystem that can compete with the DivX ecosystem. For example, companies such as Amazon.com, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Yahoo! and Adobe Systems may have competitive advantages over us because of their greater size and resources and the strength of their respective brand names. In addition, some of our current or potential competitors, such as Apple, Dolby Laboratories, Microsoft and Sony, may be able to offer integrated system solutions in certain markets for entertainment technologies, including audio, video and rights management technologies related to personal computers or the Internet, which could make competing products and technologies that we develop unnecessary. By offering an integrated system solution, these potential competitors also may be able to offer competing products and technologies at lower prices than our products and technologies. Further, many of the consumer hardware and software products that include our technologies also include technologies developed by our competitors. As a result, we must continue to invest significant resources in product development in order to enhance our technologies and our existing products and introduce new high-quality technologies and products to meet the wide variety of such competitive pressures.

We also compete with companies that offer products or services that compete with specific aspects of our digital media ecosystem. For example, our digital rights management technology competes with technologies from companies such as Apple, ContentGuard, Intertrust Technologies, Microsoft, Nagra Audio and NDS Group, as well as the internal development efforts of certain of our licensees.

Our proprietary video compression technologies also compete with other video compression technologies, including other implementations of MPEG-4 or implementations of H.264/AVC. In addition, a number of companies such as Adobe Systems, Apple, Ateme, Google, Microsoft, and RealNetworks offer video formats that compete with our proprietary video format.

Content Security Technology

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Our analog video content security solutions are proprietary and have broad U.S. and international patent coverage. We have an analog content security solution that has been widely deployed on commercial products that significantly distorts or inhibits copying by PVRs, including DVD recorders and hard drive recorders with an analog out. The greatest competitive threat to our content security technology is content providers choosing not to copy protect their content or CE manufacturers ceasing to produce PVRs with an analog out.

With the increase in online content distribution over the Internet, and with the continuing advance of digital content and high-definition formats, our analog video content security solutions that protect standard definition content on optical media and digital PPV/VOD signals are viewed by some of our customers as being less important than the other digital and network content protection solutions. As a result, other Internet-based digital content security or DRM technologies may present significant competition to our video content security business, such as DRM offerings by Intertrust, Microsoft, Apple, RealNetworks, ContentGuard, Philips, IBM and Sony.

Data Services

In the database and data services area, we compete with other providers of entertainment-related content data such as Tribune Media Services, Internet Movie Database (IMDB), Red Bee Media and Gracenote. While we do not believe that our competitors' data sets are focused on exploration, discovery, and content management in the same way that our data is, nor are they tightly tied to a portfolio of software to which they add significant value, they may present competition to our data services business.

Legislative and Regulatory Actions

A number of government and legislative initiatives have been enacted to encourage development and implementation of technologies that protect the rights and intellectual property of the content owners. For example, the United States and other countries have adopted certain laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, or DMCA, and the European Copyright Directive, which are aimed at the prevention of piracy of content and the manufacture and sale of products that circumvent copy protection technologies, such as those covered by our patents.

Compatibility Between Cable Systems and Consumer Electronic Equipment

The FCC has been working for over a decade to implement a congressional mandate that it create a competitive market for cable television set-top boxes and other devices to access video programming on cable systems (“navigation devices”) and give consumers a choice in the device used to access such programming, while still allowing the cable systems to have control over the secured access to their systems.

To meet its statutory obligation without compromising the security of video services, the Commission required cable systems to make available a security element (now known as a CableCARD) separate from the basic navigation device needed to access video program channels. In 2003, the FCC adopted regulations implementing an agreement between cable television system operators and consumer electronics manufacturers to facilitate the retail availability of so-called “plug and play” devices that utilize unidirectional CableCARDs, including digital televisions and other digital devices that enable subscribers to access cable television programming without the need for a set-top box (but without the ability for consumers to use interactive content). Due to certain legislative developments in the U.S., cable subscribers may be able to utilize interactive and other two-way services without the need for a set-top box, meaning that consumers could use an IPG built directly into a TV to access and operate their cable subscriptions and not need to purchase or rent a set-top box from the cable operator. In an effort to ensure that cable operators adequately support CableCARDs, FCC regulations also prohibited multi-channel video service providers (except satellite providers) from deploying after July 1, 2007, navigation devices with combined security and non-security functions (the “integration ban”). Both cable operators and consumer electronics manufacturers are required to use the same security solution. Further developments with respect to these issues could impact the availability and/or demand for “plug and play” devices, particularly bi-directional devices, and set-top boxes, all of which could affect demand for IPGs incorporated in set-top boxes or CE devices.

General Government Regulation

We are subject to a number of foreign and domestic laws and regulations that affect companies that import or export software and technology, including encryption technology, such as the U.S. export control regulations as administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

We are also subject to a number of foreign and domestic laws that affect companies conducting business on the Internet. In addition, because of the increasing popularity of the Internet and the growth of online services, laws relating to user privacy, freedom of expression, content, advertising, accessibility, network neutrality, information security and intellectual

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property rights are being debated and considered for adoption by many countries throughout the world. Each jurisdiction may enact different standards, which could impact our ability to deliver data, services or other solutions on the Internet.

We may be further subject to international laws associated with data protection, privacy and other aspects of our business in Europe and elsewhere and the interpretation and application of data protection laws is still uncertain and in flux. In addition, because our services are accessible worldwide, foreign jurisdictions may claim that we are required to comply with their laws. In addition, the application of existing laws regulating or requiring licenses for certain businesses of our advertisers can be unclear. The resulting regulation, if any, may alter our ability to target advertising or provide data about the end-users and/or customers and their behavior.

In the U.S., online service providers have been subject to claims of defamation, libel, invasion of privacy and other data protection claims, torts, unlawful activity, copyright or trademark infringement, or other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched and the ads posted or the content generated by users. In addition, several other federal laws could have an impact on our business. For example, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has provisions that limit, but do not eliminate, our liability for hosting or linking to third-party websites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights, so long as we comply with the statutory requirements of this act. The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act restricts the ability of online services to collect information from minors, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998 requires online service providers to report evidence of violations of federal child pornography laws under certain circumstances.

Employees

As of December 31, 2012, we had approximately 1,500 full-time employees in our continuing operations, of which approximately 380 were based outside the United States. As of December 31, 2012, the Rovi Entertainment Store, which has been reclassified to discontinued operations, had approximately 240 employees, of which approximately 110 were based outside of the United States. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement or are represented by a labor union. We have not experienced any organized work stoppages. We believe that our future success will depend in part upon the continued service of our key employees and on our continued ability to hire and retain qualified personnel. We may not be able to retain our key employees and may not be successful in attracting and retaining sufficient numbers of qualified personnel to conduct our business in the future.

Information About Our Executive Officers

The names of our current executive officers, their ages as of February 13, 2013, and their positions are shown below. Biographical summaries of each of our executive officers are included below.

Name	Age	Positions
Thomas Carson	53	President and Chief Executive Officer
Peter Halt	52	Chief Financial Officer
Stephen Yu	47	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Thomas Carson. Mr. Carson has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2011. Mr. Carson previously was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Services since May 2008 when the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International by the Company was completed. From April 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Carson served in various capacities at Gemstar, including President of the North American IPG business and President for North American CE business. From February 2005 to April 2006, Mr. Carson served as Executive Vice President of Operational Efficiency programs at Thomson Multimedia Corporation and from February 2004 to February 2005, he served as Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services at Thomson.  Mr. Carson holds a B.S in business administration and an MBA from Villanova University.

Peter Halt. Mr. Halt has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2012. Mr. Halt previously was the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since May 2008 when the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide International by the Company was completed. Mr. Halt previously served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at Gemstar from March 2004 to May 2008. Prior to joining Gemstar, Mr. Halt served in various capacities at Sony Pictures Entertainment, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment from November 2000 to November 2003 and Corporate Controller of Sony Pictures Entertainment from July 1997 to November 2000. Mr. Halt holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Southern California.

Stephen Yu. Mr. Yu has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 2006. He served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Aspect Communications Corporation, a provider of

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contact center solutions, from April 2003 until its acquisition by Concerto Software, Inc. in September 2005. From June 2002 to January 2003, Mr. Yu served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Riverstone Networks, Inc., a provider of ethernet network solutions, and from September 1999 to May 2002, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Palm, Inc., a provider of mobile computing solutions. Mr. Yu holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Yu is a member of the California State Bar.

Available Information

Our Internet website is located at http://www.rovicorp.com. We make available free of charge on our website our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or otherwise furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Copies will be provided to any stockholder upon request to Rovi Corporation, Attention: Corporate Secretary, 2830 De La Cruz Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95050. The reference to our Internet website does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on or hyperlinked from our Internet website and should not be considered part of this document.

The public may also read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Rooms by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC's Internet website is located at http://www.sec.gov.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, you should consider carefully the following risks. This list is not exhaustive and you should carefully consider these risks and uncertainties before investing in our common stock. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition or operating results could be adversely affected.

If we fail to develop and timely deliver innovative technologies in response to changes in the technology and entertainment industries, our business could decline.

The markets for our products and technologies are characterized by rapid change and technological evolution. We will need to continue to expend considerable resources on research and development in the future in order to continue to design and deliver enduring, innovative entertainment products and technologies. Despite our efforts, we may not be able to develop timely and effectively market new products, technologies and services that adequately or competitively address the needs of the changing marketplace. In addition, we may not correctly identify new or changing market trends at an early enough stage to capitalize on market opportunities. At times, such changes can be dramatic, such as the shift from VHS videocassettes to DVDs for consumer playback of movies in homes and elsewhere or the transition from packaged media to Internet distribution. Our future success depends to a great extent on our ability to develop and timely deliver innovative technologies that are widely adopted in response to changes in the technology and entertainment industries and that are compatible with the technologies or products introduced by other entertainment industry participants. Despite our efforts and investments in developing new products, services and technologies:

• we cannot assure you that the level of funding and significant resources we are committing for investments in new products, services and technologies will be sufficient or result in successful new products, services or technologies;

• we cannot assure you that our newly developed products, services or technologies can be successfully protected as proprietary intellectual property rights or will not infringe the intellectual property rights of others;

• we cannot assure you that any new products or services that we develop will achieve market acceptance;

• our products, services and technologies may become obsolete due to rapid advancements in technology and changes in consumer preferences;

• we cannot assure you that revenue from new products, services or technologies will offset any decline in revenue from our products, services and technologies which may become obsolete; and

• our competitors and/or potential customers may develop products, services or technologies similar to those developed by us, resulting in a reduction in the potential demand for our newly developed products, services or technologies.

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Our failure to successfully develop new and improved products, services and technologies, including as a result of any of the risks described above, may reduce our future growth and profitability and may adversely affect our business, results and financial condition.

Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements than we do, which could reduce demand for our products or render them obsolete and if competition increases or if we are unable to effectively compete with existing or new competitors, the result could be price reductions, fewer customers and loss of market share, any of which could result in less revenue and harm our business.

Our IPGs face competition from companies that produce and market program guides as well as television schedule information in a variety of formats, including passive and interactive on-screen electronic guide services, online listings, over the top applications, printed television guides in newspapers and weekly publications, and local cable television guides. Our IPG products also compete against customers who choose to build their own IPG, including both those who do and those who don't elect to license our patents.

Our DivX solution faces competition in the digital media markets in which we operate. We believe that our most significant competitive threat comes from companies that have the collective financial, technical and other resources to develop the technologies, services, products and partnerships necessary to create a digital media ecosystem that can compete with the DivX ecosystem. Those potential competitors currently include Adobe Systems, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. We also compete with companies that offer products or services that compete with specific aspects of our digital media ecosystem. For example, our digital rights management technology competes with technologies from companies such as Apple, ContentGuard, Intertrust Technologies, Microsoft, Nagra Audio and NDS Group, as well as the internal development efforts of certain of our licensees. Our proprietary technologies also compete with other video compression technologies, including other implementations of MPEG-4 or implementations of H.264/AVC. The landscape may also change as the adoption of the H.265/HEVC standard becomes more prevalent. In addition, a number of companies such as Adobe Systems, Apple, Ateme, Google, Microsoft, and RealNetworks offer video formats that compete with our proprietary video format. In the connected device middleware and metadata marketplace, there is competition not only from other companies, but also from customer-implemented internally-developed solutions. We believe that our DVD digital-to-analog copy protection and videocassette copy protection systems currently have limited competition. It is possible, however, that alternative copy protection technologies could become competitive. Additionally, new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share in any of these areas.

The markets for the consumer hardware and software products sold by our OEM customers are competitive and price sensitive.  Licensing fees for our technologies, products and services, particularly in the physical media and CE and computer device areas, may decline due to competitive pricing pressures and changing consumer demands.    In addition, we may experience pricing pressures in other parts of our business. These trends could make it more difficult for us to increase or maintain our revenue and could adversely affect our operating results.  To increase per unit royalties, we must continue to introduce new, highly functional versions of our technologies, products and services for which we can charge higher amounts.  Any inability to introduce such technologies, products and services in the future or other declines in the amounts we can charge would also adversely affect our revenues.

Some of our current or future competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do, may enjoy greater brand recognition than we do, or may have more experience or advantages than we have in the markets in which they compete. In addition, some of our current or potential competitors, such as Apple, Dolby Laboratories, Microsoft and Sony, may be able to offer integrated system solutions in certain markets for entertainment technologies, including audio, video and rights management technologies related to personal computers or the Internet, which could make competing products and technologies that we develop unnecessary. By offering an integrated system solution, these potential competitors also may be able to offer competing products and technologies at lower prices than our products and technologies. Further, many of the consumer hardware and software products that include our technologies also include technologies developed by our competitors. As a result, we must continue to invest significant resources in product development in order to enhance our technologies and our existing products and introduce new high-quality technologies and products to meet the wide variety of such competitive pressures. Our ability to generate revenues from our business will suffer if we fail to do so successfully.

Our business may be adversely affected by fluctuations in demand for consumer electronics devices incorporating our technologies.

We derive significant revenues from CE manufacturer license fees for our solutions that are based on the number of units shipped. We do not manufacture hardware, but rather depend on the cooperation of CE manufacturers to incorporate our technologies into their products. Generally, our license agreements do not require manufacturers to include our technology in

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any specific number or percentage of units, and only a few of these agreements guarantee a minimum aggregate licensing fee. Purchases of new CE devices, including television sets, integrated satellite receiver decoders, DVRs, DVD recorders, personal computers and Internet appliances are largely discretionary and may be adversely impacted by increasing market saturation, durability of products in the marketplace, new competing products, alternate consumer entertainment options and general economic trends in the countries or regions in which these products are offered. Economic downturns have in the past, and may in the future, significantly impact demand for such CE devices. As a result, our future operating results may be adversely impacted by fluctuations in sales of CE devices employing our technologies.

The decision by manufacturers to incorporate our solutions into their products is a function of what other technologies and products are available. Our future operating results may be adversely impacted as a result of CE manufacturers opting not to incorporate our technology into their devices as a result of other available alternatives.

Our business may be adversely affected by fluctuations in the number of multi system operators ("MSO") and digital broadcast satellite ("DBS") subscribers if the availability of over-the-top content services causes consumers to cancel their MSO and DBS subscriptions.

For some of our technologies, we are paid a royalty based on the number of subscribers our MSO and DBS customers have. The ability to enjoy digital entertainment content downloaded or streamed over the Internet has enabled some consumers to cancel their MSO and DBS subscriptions. If our MSO and DBS customers are unable to maintain their subscriber base, the royalties they owe us may decline.

Dependence on the cooperation of MSOs and DBS providers, television broadcasters, hardware manufacturers, publications, data providers and delivery mechanisms could adversely affect our revenues.

We rely on third party providers to deliver our IPG data to CE devices that include our IPG. Further, our national data network provides customized and localized listings to our IPG service for MSOs and DBS providers and licensees of our data used in third party IPGs for MSOs and DBS providers. In addition, we purchase some of our program guide information from commercial vendors. The quality, accuracy and timeliness of that data may not continue to meet our standards or be acceptable to consumers. There can be no assurance that these delivery mechanisms will distribute the data without error or that the agreements that govern some of these relationships can be maintained on favorable economic terms. Technological changes may also impede the ability to distribute such data. Our inability to renew these existing arrangements on terms that are favorable to us, or enter into alternative arrangements that allow us to effectively transmit our IPG data to CE devices could have a material adverse effect on our CE IPG and IPG data business.     

We deliver our data to our IPG service for MSOs and to licensees of our data used in third party IPGs for MSOs via satellite transmission, among other means. While we have built in certain redundancies in our data delivery operation, a third party provides us with satellite capacity to transmit our data to our IPG service for certain MSOs and to licensees of our data used in third party IPGs for MSOs. Our arrangement with the third party provider may be terminated on little or no notice. In the event that a provider of satellite capacity elects not to provide this capacity to transmit our data, there can be no assurance that all of our customers who currently receive our data via such provider will be able to receive our data via alternative means without significant delay or additional cost to us. In the event that such provider elects not to transmit our data, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We are exposed to risks associated with our changing technology base through strategic acquisitions, investments and divestitures.

We have expanded our technology base in the past through strategic acquisitions of companies with complementary technologies or intellectual property and intend to do so in the future. Acquisitions hold special challenges in terms of successful integration of technologies, products and employees. We are currently in the process of divesting our Rovi Entertainment Store. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions and divestitures or the benefits of any other acquisitions we have completed or may complete in the future, and we may not be able to incorporate any acquired services, products or technologies with our existing operations, or integrate personnel from the acquired businesses, in which case our business could be harmed.

Acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic investments involve numerous risks, including:

• problems integrating and divesting the operations, technologies, personnel or products over geographically disparate locations;

• unanticipated costs, litigation and other contingent liabilities;

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• continued liability for pre-closing activities of divested businesses or certain post-closing liabilities which we may agree to assume as part of the transaction in which a particular business is divested;

• adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and customers;

• risks associated with entering into markets in which we have no, or limited, prior experience;

• incurrence of significant exit charges if products acquired in business combinations are unsuccessful;

• significant diversion of management's attention from our core business and diversion of key employees' time and resources;

• inability to retain key customers, distributors, vendors and other business partners of the acquired business; and

• potential loss of our key employees or the key employees of an acquired organization.

Financing for future acquisitions may not be available on favorable terms, or at all. If we identify an appropriate acquisition candidate for any of our businesses, we may not be able to negotiate the terms of the acquisition successfully, finance the acquisition or integrate the acquired business, products, technologies or employees into our existing business and operations. Future acquisitions and divestitures may not be well-received by the investment community, which may cause the value of our stock to fall. We cannot ensure that we will be able to identify or complete any acquisition or divestiture in the future. Further, the terms of our indebtedness constrains our ability to make and finance additional acquisitions or divestitures.

If we acquire businesses, new products or technologies in the future, we may incur significant acquisition-related costs. In addition, we may be required to amortize significant amounts of identifiable intangible assets and we may record significant amounts of goodwill that will be subject to annual testing for impairment. We have in the past and may in the future be required to write off all or part of one or more of these investments that could harm our operating results. If we consummate one or more significant future acquisitions in which the consideration consists of stock or other securities, our existing stockholders' ownership could be significantly diluted. If we were to proceed with one or more significant future acquisitions in which the consideration included cash, we could be required to use a substantial portion of our available cash. Acquisitions could also cause operating margins to fall depending upon the financial models of the businesses acquired.

Our strategic investments may involve joint development, joint marketing, or entry into new business ventures, or new technology licensing. Any joint development efforts may not result in the successful introduction of any new products by us or a third party, and any joint marketing efforts may not result in increased demand for our products. Further, any current or future strategic acquisitions and investments by us may not allow us to enter and compete effectively in new markets or enhance our business in our existing markets and we may have to write off our equity investments in companies as we have done in the past.

Our success is heavily dependent upon our proprietary technologies.

We believe that our future success will depend on our ability to continue to introduce proprietary solutions for digital content and technologies. We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, nondisclosure and other contractual provisions, and technical measures to protect our intellectual property rights. Our patents, trademarks or copyrights may be challenged and invalidated or circumvented. Our patents may not be of sufficient scope or strength or be issued in all countries where products incorporating our technologies can be sold. We have filed applications to expand our patent claims and for improvement patents to extend the current periods of patent coverage. However, expiration of some of our patents may harm our business. If we are not successful in protecting our intellectual property, our business would be harmed.

 Others may develop technologies that are similar or superior to our technologies, duplicate our technologies or design around our patents. Effective intellectual property protection may be unavailable or limited in some foreign countries. Despite efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise use aspects of processes and devices that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our proprietary information is difficult, and the steps we have taken may not prevent misappropriation of our technologies. Such competitive threats could harm our business.

We may initiate patent infringement or patent interference actions or other litigation to protect our intellectual property, which could be costly and harm our business.

We are currently engaged in litigation, and litigation may be necessary in the future, to enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others.

We, and many of our current and potential competitors, dedicate substantial resources to protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. We believe that companies will continue to take steps to protect their technologies, including, but not limited to, seeking patent protection. Companies in the technology and content-related industries have frequently resorted

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to litigation regarding intellectual property rights. Disputes regarding the ownership of technologies and their associated rights are likely to arise in the future and we may be forced to litigate to determine the validity and scope of other parties' proprietary rights. Any such litigation could be very costly, could distract our management from focusing on operating our business, could delay receipt of revenue until a settlement or decision is ultimately reached, could result in the invalidation or adverse claims construction of patents, and might ultimately be unsuccessful. The existence and/or outcome of such litigation could harm our business.

We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims or other litigation, which are costly to defend and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.

From time to time we receive claims and inquiries from third parties alleging that our internally developed technology, technology we have acquired or technology we license from third parties may infringe other third parties' proprietary rights (especially patents), including those relating to digital media standards such as MPEG-4, H.264, MP3 and AAC. Third parties have also asserted and most likely will continue to assert claims against us alleging infringement of copyrights, trademark rights or other proprietary rights relating to video or music content, or alleging unfair competition or violations of privacy rights. We have faced such claims in the past, we currently face such claims, and we expect to face similar claims in the future. Regardless of the merits of such claims, any disputes with third parties over intellectual property rights could materially and adversely impact our business, including by resulting in the loss of management time and attention to our core business, the significant cost to defend ourselves against such claims or reducing the willingness of licensees to incorporate our technologies into their products. Additionally, we have also been asked by content owners to stop the display or hosting of copyrighted materials by our users or ourselves through our service offerings, including notices provided to us pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We have and will promptly respond to legitimate takedown notices or complaints, including but not limited to those submitted pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, notifying us that we are providing unauthorized access to copyrighted content by removing such content and/or any links to such content from our websites. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee that our prompt removal of content, including removal pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, will prevent disputes with content owners, that infringing content will not exist on our services, or that we will be able to resolve any disputes that may arise with content providers or users regarding such infringing content. If any of these claims were to prevail, we could be forced to pay damages, comply with injunctions, or stop distributing our products or providing our services while we re-engineer them or seek licenses to necessary technology, which might not be available on reasonable terms or at all. We could also be subject to claims for indemnification resulting from infringement claims made against our customers, strategic partners or the current owners of businesses that we divested, which could increase our defense costs and potential damages. For example, we have received notices and lawsuits from certain customers requesting indemnification in patent-related lawsuits. We evaluate the requests and assess whether we believe we are obligated to provide such indemnification to such customers on a case by case basis. Customers or strategic partners making such requests could become unwilling or hesitant to do business with us if we decline such requests. An adverse determination with respect to such requests or in any of these events described above could require us to change our business practices and have a material impact on our business and results of operations. Furthermore, these types of disputes can be asserted by our licensees or prospective licensees or by other third parties as part of negotiations with us or in private actions seeking monetary damages or injunctive relief. Any disputes with our licensees or potential licensees or other third parties could harm our reputation and expose us to additional costs and other liabilities.

Litigation could harm our business and result in:

• substantial settlement or related costs, including indemnification of customers;

• diversion of management and technical resources;

• either our customers discontinuing to use or ourselves discontinuing to sell infringing products;

• our expending significant resources to develop non-infringing technology; and

• our obtaining licenses to infringed technology, which could be costly.

We are involved in the business of powering the discovery and enjoyment of digital entertainment, including over the Internet. There has been, and we believe that there will continue to be, an increasing level of litigation to determine the applicability of current laws to, and impact of new technologies on, the use and distribution of content over the Internet and through new devices. As we develop products and services that protect, provide or enable the provision of content in such ways, the risk of litigation against us may increase.

Our ability to maintain and enforce our trademark rights has a large impact on our ability to prevent third party infringement of our brand and technologies and if we are unable to maintain and strengthen our brands, our business could be harmed.

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Maintaining and strengthening our brands is important to maintaining and expanding our business, as well as to our ability to enter into new markets for our technologies and products. If we fail to promote and maintain these brands successfully, our ability to sustain and expand our business and enter into new markets may suffer. Because we engage in relatively little direct brand advertising, the promotion of our brand depends, among other things, upon hardware device manufacturing partners displaying our trademarks on their products. If these partners choose for any reason not to display our trademarks on their products, or if our partners use our trademarks incorrectly or in an unauthorized manner, the strength of our brand may be diluted or our ability to maintain or increase our brand awareness may be harmed. We generally rely on enforcing our trademark rights to prevent unauthorized use of our brand and technologies. Our ability to prevent unauthorized uses of our brand and technologies would be negatively impacted if our trademark registrations were overturned in the jurisdictions where we do business. Our brand and logo are widely used by consumers and entities, both licensed and unlicensed, in association with digital video compression technology, and if we are not vigilant in preventing unauthorized or improper use of our trademarks, then our trademarks could become generic and we would lose our ability to assert such trademarks against others. We also have trademark applications pending in a number of jurisdictions that may not ultimately be granted, or if granted, may be challenged or invalidated, in which case we would be unable to prevent unauthorized use of our brand and logo in such jurisdiction. We have not filed trademark registrations in all jurisdictions where our brand and logo are used.

We may be subject to legal liability for the provision of third-party products, services, content or advertising.

We periodically enter into arrangements to offer third-party products, services, content or advertising under our brands or via distribution on our websites or in connection with our various products or service offerings. For example, we license or incorporate certain entertainment metadata into our data offerings. Certain of these arrangements involve enabling the distribution of digital content owned by third parties, which may subject us to third party claims related to such products, services, content or advertising, including defamation, violation of privacy laws, misappropriation of publicity rights, violation of United States federal CAN-SPAM legislation, and infringement of intellectual property rights. We require users of our services to agree to terms of use that prohibit, among other things, the posting of content that violates third party intellectual property rights, or that is obscene, hateful or defamatory. We have implemented procedures to enforce such terms of use on certain of our services, including taking down content that violates our terms of use for which we have received notification, or that we are aware of, and/or blocking access by, or terminating the accounts of, users determined to be repeat violators of our terms of use. Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee that such unauthorized content will not exist on our services, that these procedures will reduce our liability with respect to such unauthorized third party conduct or content, or that we will be able to resolve any disputes that may arise with content providers or users regarding such conduct or content. Our agreements with these parties may not adequately protect us from these potential liabilities. It is also possible that, if any information provided directly by us contains errors or is otherwise negligently provided to users, third parties could make claims against us, including, for example, claims for intellectual property infringement. Investigating and defending any of these types of claims is expensive, even if the claims do not result in liability. If any of these claims results in liability, we could be required to pay damages or other penalties, which could harm our business and our operating results.

The effects of the global recession may impact our business, operating results, financial condition or liquidity.

The global recession has caused a general tightening in the credit markets, lower levels of liquidity, and increases in the rates of default and bankruptcy. Additionally, sovereign budget crises among members of the European Union and other countries worldwide have caused increased risk of default to holders of sovereign debt, including commercial banks, and an unprecedented risk about the continuing viability of the Euro as a global currency. These conditions have caused an unprecedented level of intervention from the United States federal government, other foreign governments, central banks and quasi-governmental agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, decreased consumer confidence, overall slower economic activity and extreme volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets. While the ultimate outcome of these events cannot be predicted, these macroeconomic developments could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition or liquidity in a number of ways. For example, if the economic downturn makes it difficult for our customers and suppliers to accurately forecast and plan future business activities, they may delay, decrease or cancel purchases of our solutions or reduce production of their products. As many of our solutions are licensed on a per-unit fee basis, our customers' decision to decrease production of their products or devices may decrease our licensing revenue and adversely impact our operating results.

Furthermore, as our customers face a weak economy, they may not be able to gain sufficient credit in a timely manner, which could result in an impairment of their ability to place orders with us or to make timely payments to us for previous purchases. If this occurs, our revenue may be reduced, thereby having a negative impact on our results of operations. In addition, we may be forced to increase our allowance for doubtful accounts and our days sales outstanding may increase, which would have a negative impact on our cash position, liquidity and financial condition. We cannot predict the timing or the

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duration of this or any other economic downturn in the economy and we are not immune to the effects of general worldwide economic conditions.

In addition, financial institution failures may cause us to incur increased expenses or make it more difficult either to utilize our existing debt capacity or otherwise obtain financing for our operations, investing activities (including the financing of any future acquisitions), or financing activities (including an increase in our liability to counterparties under interest rate swap contracts and the timing and amount of any repurchases of our common stock or debt we may make in the future). Our investment portfolio, which includes short-term debt securities, is generally subject to general credit, liquidity, counterparty, market and interest rate risks that may be exacerbated by the recent global financial crisis. If the banking system or the fixed income, credit or equity markets deteriorated or remained volatile, our investment portfolio may be impacted and the values and liquidity of our investments could be adversely affected.

Finally, like other stocks, our stock price can be affected by global economic uncertainties and if investors have concerns that our business, operating results and financial condition will be negatively impacted by a worldwide economic downturn, our stock price could decrease.

We have indebtedness which could adversely affect our financial position.

As of December 31, 2012, we had total debt with a par value of approximately $1.5 billion which includes $291.0 million of borrowings under our 2040 Convertible Notes and $1.2 billion under our senior secured term loans. Our term loans are guaranteed by us and certain of our domestic and foreign subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of our, the subsidiary guarantors and the co-borrowers' assets. Our indebtedness may:

• limit our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general business purposes;

• limit our ability to use our cash flow or obtain additional financing for future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general business purposes;

• require us to use a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make debt service payments;

• limit our flexibility to plan for, or react to, changes in our business and industry;

• place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors; and

• increase our vulnerability to the impact of adverse economic and industry conditions.

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations will depend on our future performance, which will be subject to financial, business, and other factors affecting its operations, many of which are beyond our control.

Covenants in our debt agreements restrict our business in many ways and if we do not effectively manage our covenants, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our senior secured term loans contain various covenants that limit our ability and/or our restricted subsidiaries' ability to, among other things:

• incur or assume liens or additional debt or provide guarantees in respect of obligations of other persons;

• issue redeemable preferred stock;

• pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock;

• prepay, redeem or repurchase certain debt;

• make loans, investments and capital expenditures;

• enter into agreements that restrict distributions from our subsidiaries;

• sell assets and capital stock of our subsidiaries;

• enter into certain transactions with affiliates; and

• consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another person.

In addition, our senior secured term loan contains restrictive covenants and requires us to maintain specified financial ratios. Our ability to meet those financial ratios can be affected by events beyond our control, and we may be unable to meet those ratios. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under our senior secured term loans and/or our other indebtedness, which could in turn result in an acceleration of a substantial portion of our indebtedness. In such event, we may be unable to repay all of the amounts that would become due under our indebtedness. If we were unable to repay those

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amounts, the lenders under our senior secured term loans could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. In any case, if a significant portion of our debt was accelerated, we might be forced to seek bankruptcy protection.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our debt obligations.

Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness will depend on our financial and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, or to sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. In the absence of such operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations. Our credit agreements restrict our ability to dispose of assets, use the proceeds from any disposition of assets and refinance our indebtedness. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions or to obtain the proceeds that we could realize from them and these proceeds may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due.

In addition, our borrowings under our senior secured credit facility are, and are expected to continue to be, at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income would decrease.

Repayment of debt is dependent on cash flow generated by our subsidiaries and their respective subsidiaries.

Rovi Corporation's subsidiaries, including Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides Inc., own a significant portion of our assets and conduct substantially all of our operations. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on the 2040 Convertible Notes. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness depends, to a significant extent, on the generation of cash flow by the subsidiaries, including Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides Inc., the senior secured position of their bank debt, and their ability to make cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Because they are not guarantors or a co-issuer of the 2040 Convertible Notes, our subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on those notes or to make funds available for that purpose. Conversely, the ability of Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides Inc. to repay their indebtedness under the senior secured credit facility depends, in part, on the generation of cash flow by their respective subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us, Rovi Solutions or Rovi Guides Inc. to make payments in respect of our indebtedness. Distributions from non-U.S. subsidiaries may be subject to foreign withholding taxes and U.S. corporate tax and further reduce the net cash available for principal and interest payments.

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we may still be able to incur more indebtedness. This could increase the risks associated with our indebtedness.

We and our subsidiaries may incur additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of our indentures do not prohibit us or our subsidiaries from incurring additional indebtedness. If we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with existing indebtedness, the holders of that indebtedness will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of our existing debt obligations in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up of us. If new indebtedness is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries now face could intensify.

Changes in, or interpretations of, tax rules and regulations, may adversely affect our effective tax rates.

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and foreign tax jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rates could be unfavorably affected by changes in tax laws or the interpretation of tax laws, by changes in the amount of revenue or earnings that we derive from international sources in countries with high or low statutory tax rates, or by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities. Unanticipated changes in our tax rates could affect our future results of operations.

In addition, federal, state, and foreign tax jurisdictions may examine our income tax returns, including income tax returns of acquired companies and acquired tax attributes included therein. We regularly assess the likelihood of outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. In making such assessments,

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we exercise judgment in estimating our provision for income taxes. While we believe our estimates are reasonable, we cannot assure you that the final determination from these examinations will not be materially different from that reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. Any adverse outcome from these examinations may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results, which could cause the market price of our stock to decline.

We may be subject to market risk and legal liability in connection with the data collection capabilities of our various online services.

Many components of our online services include interactive components that by their very nature require communication between a client and server to operate.  To provide better consumer experiences and to operate effectively, we collect certain information from users.  Collection and use of such information may be subject to United States state and federal privacy and data collection laws and regulations, standards used by credit card companies applicable to merchants processing credit card details, and foreign laws such as the EU Data Protection Directive.  We post our privacy policies concerning the collection, use and disclosure of user data, including that involved in interactions between client and server products.  Any failure by us to comply with such posted privacy policies, any failure to comply with standards set by credit card companies relating to privacy or data collection, any failure to conform the privacy policy to changing aspects of our business or applicable law, or any existing or new legislation regarding privacy issues could impact the market for our online services, technologies and products and subject us to fines, litigation or other liability.

In addition, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act imposes civil and criminal penalties on persons collecting personal information from children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly distribute harmful materials to minors, direct our websites or services to children under the age of 13, or collect personal information from children under the age of 13. However, we are not able to control the ways in which consumers use our technology, and our technology may be used for purposes that violate this or other similar laws. The manner in which such laws may be interpreted and enforced cannot be fully determined, and future legislation similar to this law could subject us to potential liability if we were deemed to be non-compliant with such rules and regulations.

Improper conduct by users could subject us to claims and compliance costs.

The terms of use and end-user license agreements for our products and services prohibit a broad range of unlawful or undesirable conduct. However, we are unable to block access in all instances to users who are determined to gain access to our products or services for improper motives. Claims may be threatened or brought against us using various legal theories based on the nature and content of information or media that may be created, posted online or generated by our users or the use of our technology. This risk includes actions by our users to copy or distribute third-party content. Investigating and defending any of these types of claims could be expensive, even if the claims do not ultimately result in liability. In addition, we may incur substantial costs to enforce our terms of use or end-user license agreements and to exclude certain users of our services or products who violate such terms of use or end-user license agreements, or who otherwise engage in unlawful or undesirable conduct.

For our business to succeed, we need to attract and retain qualified employees and manage our employee base effectively.

Our success depends on our ability to hire and retain qualified employees and to manage our employee base effectively. Because of the specialized nature of our business, our future success will depend upon our continuing ability to identify, attract, train and retain highly skilled managerial, technical, sales and marketing personnel, particularly as we enter new markets. Competition for people with the skills that we require is intense, particularly in the San Francisco Bay area, where our headquarters are located, and Southern California where we have significant operations, and the high cost of living in these areas makes our recruiting and compensation costs higher. Moreover, changes in our management or executive leadership team could lead to disruption of our business or distraction of our employees as the organization adapts to such management changes. If we are unable to hire and retain qualified employees, our business and operating results could be adversely affected.

Establishing and maintaining licensing relationships with companies are important to build and support a worldwide entertainment technology licensing ecosystem and to expand our business, and failure to do so could harm our business prospects.

Our future success will depend upon our ability to establish and maintain licensing relationships with companies in related business fields, including:

• semiconductor and equipment manufacturers;

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• operators of entertainment content distributors, including PPV and VOD networks;

• consumer electronics, digital PPV/VOD set-top hardware manufacturers, DVD hardware manufacturers and PC manufacturers;

• content right holders;

• retailers and advertisers;

• DRM suppliers; and

• Internet portals and other digital distribution companies.

Substantially all of our license agreements are non-exclusive, and therefore our licensees are free to enter into similar agreements with third parties, including our competitors. Our licensees may develop or pursue alternative technologies either on their own or in collaboration with others, including our competitors.

Some of our third party license arrangements require that we license others' technologies and/or integrate our solutions with others. In addition, we rely on third parties to report usage and volume information to us. Delays, errors or omissions in this information could harm our business. If these third parties choose not to support integration efforts or delay the integration of our solutions, our business could be harmed.

If we fail to maintain and expand our relationships with a broad range of participants throughout the entertainment industry, including motion picture studios, broadcasters, MSOs and DBS providers and manufacturers of CE products, our business and prospects could be materially harmed. Relationships have historically played an important role in the entertainment industries that we serve. If we fail to maintain and strengthen these relationships, these entertainment industry participants may not purchase and use our technologies, which could materially harm our business and prospects. In addition to directly providing a substantial portion of our revenue, these relationships are also critical to our ability to have our technologies adopted as industry standards. Moreover, if we fail to maintain our relationships, or if we are not able to develop relationships in new markets in which we intend to compete in the future, including markets for new technologies and expanding geographic markets, our business, operating results and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, if major industry participants form strategic relationships that exclude us, our business and prospects could be materially adversely affected.

It may be more difficult for us, in the future, to have our technologies adopted as individual industry standards if entertainment industry participants collaborate on the development of new or different industry standard technologies.

Increasingly, standards-setting organizations are adopting or establishing technology standards for use in a wide-range of CE products. As a result, it is more difficult for individual companies to have their technologies widely adopted as an informal industry standard. In addition, there are a large number of companies, including companies that typically compete against one another, involved in the development of new technologies for use in consumer entertainment products. As a result, these companies often license their collective intellectual property rights as a group, making it more difficult for any single company to have its technologies adopted widely as a de facto industry standard or to have its technologies adopted as an exclusive, explicit industry standard. Examples of this include MPEG-LA (codecs and DRM licensing); Blu-ray DVD (high definition DVD format); and Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Forum (interoperability of consumer electronics devices). If our technologies are not supported by these standards bodies or patent pools, it may be more difficult for us to grow our business in the future. Our major customers may have a large influence on industry standards and the widespread adoption of new technologies. The selection of alternative technologies to ours or to those on which our technologies operate would harm our business.

Because many of our technologies, products and services are designed to comply with industry standards, to the extent we cannot distinguish our technologies, products and services from those sold by our competitors, our current distributors and customers may choose alternate technologies, products and services or choose to purchase them from multiple vendors.

We cannot provide any assurance that the industry standards for which we develop new technologies, products and services will allow us to compete effectively with companies possessing greater financial and technological resources than we have to market, promote and exploit sales opportunities as they arise in the future.  Technologies, products and services that are designed to comply with standards may also be viewed as interchangeable commodities by certain customers.  We may be unable to compete effectively if we cannot produce technologies and products more quickly or at lower cost than our competitors.  Further, any new technologies, products and services developed may not be introduced in a timely manner or in advance of our competitors' comparable offerings and may not achieve the broad market acceptance necessary to generate significant revenues. 

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The markets for our advertising platform and web services may not develop and we may fail in our ability to fully exploit these new opportunities if these markets do not develop as we anticipate.

The market for interactive television advertising is at an early stage of development and we cannot assure you that we will succeed in our efforts to develop our advertising platform as a medium widely accepted by consumers and advertisers. In addition, MSO, DBS and Internet protocol television, or IPTV, providers who have a patent license from us are not required to provide advertising, although many have. Therefore our ability to derive advertising revenues from our patent licensees is also dependent on the implementation of advertising by such licensees.

Limitations on control of our IPG Inc. joint ventures may adversely impact our operations in Japan.

We hold a 46% interest in IPG Inc., as a joint venture with nonaffiliated third parties, which hold the remaining interest. As a result of such arrangement, we may be unable to control the operations, strategies and financial decisions of IPG Inc. which could in turn result in limitations on our ability to implement strategies that we may favor, or to cause dividends or distributions to be paid. In addition, our ability to transfer our interests in IPG Inc. may be limited under the joint venture arrangement.

Consolidation of the cable and satellite broadcasting industry could adversely affect existing agreements.

We have entered into agreements with a large number of MSOs and DBS providers for the licensing or distribution of our technology, products and services. If consolidation of the cable and satellite broadcasting industry continues, some of these agreements may be affected by mergers, acquisitions or system swaps which could result in an adverse effect on the amount of revenue we receive under these agreements.

We have limited control over existing and potential customers' and licensees' decisions to include our technology in their product offerings.

In general, we are dependent on our customers and licensees-including producers and distributors of content for films and videos-to incorporate our technology into their products. Although we have license agreements with many of these companies, many of these license agreements do not require any minimum purchase commitments, or are on a non-exclusive basis, or do not require incorporation of our technology in their products. If our customers were to determine that the benefits of our technology do not justify the cost of licensing the technology, then demand for our technology would decline. Furthermore, while we may be successful in having one or more industry standards-setting organizations require that our technology be used in order for a product to be compliant with the standards promulgated by such organizations, there is no guarantee that products associated with these standards will be successful in the market. Our licensees and other manufacturers might not utilize our technology in the future. If this were to occur, our business would be harmed.

Qualifying, certifying and supporting our technologies, products and services is time consuming and expensive.

We devote significant time and resources to qualify and support our software products on various PC, CE and mobile platforms, including Microsoft, Apple and Android operating systems.  In addition, we maintain high-quality standards for products that incorporate our technologies and products through a quality control certification process.  To the extent that any previously qualified, certified and/or supported platform or product is modified or upgraded, or we need to qualify, certify or support a new platform or product, we could be required to expend additional engineering time and resources, which could add significantly to our development expenses and adversely affect our operating results. 

The success of certain of our solutions depends on the interoperability of our technologies with consumer hardware devices.

To be successful we design certain of our solutions to interoperate effectively with a variety of consumer hardware devices, including personal computers, DVD players and recorders, Blu-ray players, digital still cameras, digital camcorders, portable media players, digital TVs, home media centers, set-top boxes, video game consoles, MP3 devices, multi-media storage devices and mobile tablets and handsets. We depend on significant cooperation with manufacturers of these devices and the components integrated into these devices, as well as software providers that create the operating systems for such devices, to incorporate certain of our technologies into their product offerings and ensure consistent playback of encoded files. Currently, a limited number of devices are designed to support our technologies. If we are unsuccessful in causing component manufacturers, device manufacturers and software providers to integrate our technologies into their product offerings, our technologies may become less accessible to consumers, which would adversely affect our revenue potential.

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Some software we provide may be subject to “open source” licenses, which may restrict how we use or distribute our software or require that we release the source code of certain products subject to those licenses.

Some of the products we support and some of our proprietary technologies incorporate open source software such as open source codecs that may be subject to the Lesser Gnu Public License or other open source licenses. The Lesser Gnu Public License and other open source licenses may require that source code subject to the license be released or made available to the public. Such open source licenses may mandate that software developed based on source code that is subject to the open source license, or combined in specific ways with such open source software, become subject to the open source license. We take steps to ensure that proprietary software we do not wish to disclose is not combined with, or does not incorporate, open source software in ways that would require such proprietary software to be subject to an open source license. However, few courts have interpreted the Lesser Gnu Public License or other open source licenses, and the manner in which these licenses may be interpreted and enforced is therefore subject to some uncertainty. We often take steps to disclose source code for which disclosure is required under an open source license, but it is possible that we have or will make mistakes in doing so, which could negatively impact our brand or our adoption in the community, or could expose us to additional liability. In addition, we rely on multiple software programmers to design our proprietary products and technologies. Although we take steps to ensure that our programmers (both internal and outsourced) do not include open source software in products and technologies we intend to keep proprietary, we cannot be certain that open source software is not incorporated into products and technologies we intend to keep proprietary. In the event that portions of our proprietary technology are determined to be subject to an open source license, or are intentionally released under an open source license, we could be required to publicly release the relevant portions of our source code, which could reduce or eliminate our ability to commercialize our products and technologies. Also, in relying on multiple software programmers to design products and technologies that we intend, or ultimately end up releasing in the open source community, we may discover that one or multiple such programmers have included code or language that would be embarrassing to us, which could negatively impact our brand or our adoption in the community, or could expose us to additional liability.

Our operating results may fluctuate, which may cause us to not be able to sustain our revenue levels or rate of revenue growth on a quarterly or annual basis, which may cause our common stock price to decline.

Our quarterly and annual revenues, expenses and operating results could vary significantly in the future and period-to-period comparisons should not be relied upon as indications of future performance. We may not be able to sustain our revenue levels, or our rate of revenue growth, on a quarterly or annual basis. In addition, we may be required to delay or extend recognition of revenue on more complex licensing arrangements as required under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. Fluctuations in our operating results have in the past caused, and may in the future cause, the price of our common stock to decline.

Other factors that could affect our operating results include:

• the acceptance of our technologies by system operators and CE manufacturers;

• expenses related to, and the financial impact of, possible acquisitions of other businesses and the integration of such businesses;

• expenses related to, and the financial impact of, the dispositions of businesses, including post-closing indemnification obligations;

• the timing and ability of signing high-value licensing agreements during a specific period;

• the potential that we may not be in a position to anticipate a decline in revenues in any quarter until (i) late in the quarter due to the closing of sales agreements late in the quarter or (ii) after the quarter ends due to the delay inherent in reporting from certain licensees;

• the extent to which new content technologies or formats replace technologies to which our solutions are targeted;

• the pace at which our analog and older products sales decline compared to the pace at which our digital and new product revenues grow, and  

• adverse changes in the level of economic activity in the United States or other major economies in which we do business as a result of the threat of terrorism, military actions taken by the United States or its allies, or generally weak and uncertain economic and industry conditions.

Our quarterly operating results may also fluctuate depending upon when we receive royalty reports from certain licensees. We recognize a portion of our license revenue only after we receive royalty reports from our licensees regarding the manufacture of their products that incorporate our technologies. As a result, the timing of our revenue is dependent upon the timing of our receipt of those reports, some of which are not delivered until late in the quarter or after the end of the quarter.

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This may put us in a position of not being able to anticipate a decline in revenues in any given quarter. In addition, it is not uncommon for royalty reports to include corrective or retroactive royalties that cover extended periods of time. Furthermore, there have been times in the past when we have recognized an unusually large amount of licensing revenue from a licensee in a given quarter because not all of our revenue recognition criteria were met in prior periods. This can result in a large amount of licensing revenue from a licensee being recorded in a given quarter that is not necessarily indicative of the amounts of licensing revenue to be received from that licensee in future quarters, thus causing fluctuations in our operating results.

A significant portion of our revenue is derived from international sales. Economic, political, regulatory and other risks associated with our international business or failure to manage our global operations effectively could have an adverse effect on our operating results.

As of December 31, 2012, we had three major locations (defined as a location with more than 50 employees) and employed approximately 380 employees in our continuing operations outside the United States.  We face challenges inherent in efficiently managing employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement appropriate systems, controls, policies, benefits and compliance programs.  Our inability to successfully manage our global organization could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We expect that international and export sales will continue to represent a substantial portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. Our future growth will depend to a large extent on worldwide acceptance and deployment of our solutions.

To the extent that foreign governments impose restrictions on importation of programming, technology or components from the United States, the demand for our solutions in these markets could diminish. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States, which increases the risk of unauthorized use of our technologies. Such laws also may not be conducive to copyright protection of digital content, which may make our content protection technology less effective and reduce the demand for it.

Because we sell our products worldwide, our business is subject to the risks associated with conducting business internationally, including:

• foreign government regulation;

• changes in diplomatic and trade relationships;

• changes in, or imposition of, foreign laws and regulatory requirements and the costs of complying with such laws (including consumer and data protection laws);

• changes in, or weakening of copyright and intellectual property (patent) laws;

• difficulty of effective enforcement of contractual provisions in local jurisdictions or difficulty in obtaining export licenses for certain technology;

• import and export restrictions and duties, including tariffs, quotas or taxes and other trade barriers and restrictions;

• fluctuations in our net effective income tax rate driven by changes in the percentage of revenues that we derive from international sources;

• changes in a specific country's or region's political or economic condition, including changes resulting from the threat of terrorism;

• difficulty in staffing and managing foreign operations, including compliance with laws governing labor and employment; and

• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

Our business could be materially adversely affected if foreign markets do not continue to develop, if we do not receive additional orders to supply our technologies or products for use by foreign system operators, CE manufacturers and PPV/VOD providers or if regulations governing our international businesses change. Any changes to the statutes or the regulations with respect to export of encryption technologies could require us to redesign our products or technologies or prevent us from selling our products and licensing our technologies internationally.

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We face risks with respect to conducting business in China due to China's historically limited recognition and enforcement of intellectual property and contractual rights and because of certain political, economic and social uncertainties relating to China.

In addition to other risks associated with our global business, we face risks due to the operations we conduct in China, which could be adversely affected by political, economic and social uncertainties in China.  Operations in China are subject to greater political, legal and economic risks than operations in other countries.  In particular, the political, legal and economic climate in China, both nationally and regionally, is fluid and unpredictable.  Our ability to operate in China may be adversely affected by changes in Chinese laws and regulations such as those related to, among other things, taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, intellectual property, employee benefits and other matters.  In addition, we may not obtain or retain the requisite legal permits to continue to operate in China, and costs or operational limitations may be imposed in connection with obtaining and complying with such permits.  Enforcement of existing laws or agreements may be sporadic and implementation and interpretation of laws inconsistent.  Any of the foregoing could limit the remedies available in the event of any claims or disputes with third parties.

 In addition, we have direct license relationships with many consumer hardware device manufacturers located in China and a number of the OEMs that license our technologies utilize captive or third-party manufacturing facilities located in China.  We expect consumer hardware device manufacturing in China to continue to increase due to its lower manufacturing cost structure as compared to other industrialized countries.  As a result, we face additional risks in China, in large part due to China's historically limited recognition and enforcement of contractual and intellectual property rights.  In particular, we have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, problems with China-based consumer hardware device manufacturers underreporting or failing to report shipments of their products that incorporate our technologies, or incorporating our technologies or trademarks into their products without our authorization or without paying us licensing fees. We may also experience difficulty enforcing our intellectual property rights in China, where intellectual property rights are not as respected as they are in the United States, Japan and Europe. Unauthorized use of our technologies and intellectual property rights by China-based consumer hardware device manufacturers may dilute or undermine the strength of our brands.  If we cannot adequately monitor the use of our technologies by China-based consumer hardware device manufacturers, or enforce our intellectual property rights in China, our revenue could be adversely affected.

We have made and expect to make significant investments in infrastructure which, if ineffective, may adversely affect our business results.

We have made and expect to make significant investments in infrastructure, tools, systems, technologies and content, including initiatives relating to digital asset and rights management and data warehouses, aimed to create, assist in the development or operation of, or enhance our ability to deliver innovative products and services across multiple media, digital and emerging platforms. These investments may ultimately cost more than is anticipated, their implementation may take longer than expected and they may not meaningfully contribute to or result in successful new or enhanced products, services or technologies.

Some terms of our agreements with licensees could be interpreted in a manner that could adversely affect licensing revenue payable to us under those agreements.

Some of our license agreements contain “most favored nation” clauses. These clauses typically provide that if we enter into an agreement with another licensee on more favorable terms, we must offer some of those terms to our existing licensees. We have entered into a number of license agreements with terms that differ in some respects from those contained in other agreements. These agreements may obligate us to provide different, more favorable, terms to licensees, which could, if applied, result in lower revenues or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. While we believe that we have appropriately complied with the most favored nation terms included in our license agreements, these contracts are complex and other parties could reach a different conclusion that, if correct, could have an adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Changes in the nature or level of customer support we provide customers of our technology, product and service offerings could cause us to defer the recognition of revenue, which could adversely impact our short-term operating results.

Our technologies, products and services contain advanced features and functionality that may require us to increase the levels of, or revise the nature of, our end user support. Our customers may also require us to provide various benefits over longer service terms.  To the extent that we offer a greater degree of customer support and ongoing services, we may be required to defer a greater percentage of revenues into future periods, which could harm short-term operating results.

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Our products could be susceptible to errors, defects, or unintended performance problems that could result in lost revenues, liability or delayed or limited market acceptance.

We develop and offer complex solutions, which we license to customers. The performance of these products typically involves working with sophisticated software, computing and communications systems. Due to the complexity of these products, and despite our quality assurance testing, the products may contain undetected defects or errors that may affect the proper use or application of such products by the customer. Because our products are embedded in digital content and other software, our solutions' performance could unintentionally jeopardize our customers' product performance. Any such defects, errors, or unintended performance problems in existing or new products, and any inability to meet customer expectations in a timely manner, could result in loss of revenue or market share, failure to achieve market acceptance, diversion of development resources, injury to our reputation, increased insurance costs and increased service costs, any of which could materially harm our business.

In addition, we rely on customers and third party replicators to properly use our products to protect the software and applications to which our technology may be applied. Any improper use or application of the software by customers or third party replicators may render our technologies useless and result in losses from claims arising out of such improper use of the products.

Because customers rely on our products as used in their software and applications, defects or errors in our products may discourage customers from purchasing our products. These defects or errors could also result in product liability or warranty claims. Although we attempt to reduce the risk of losses resulting from these claims through warranty disclaimers and limitation of liability clauses in our agreements, these contractual provisions may not be enforceable in every instance. Furthermore, although we maintain errors and omissions insurance, this insurance may not adequately cover these claims. If a court refused to enforce the liability-limiting provisions of our contracts for any reason, or if liabilities arose that were not contractually limited or adequately covered by insurance, our business could be materially harmed.

In protecting copyrights and other intellectual property rights of our customers, our products affect consumer use of our customers' products. Consumers may view this negatively and discontinue or threaten to discontinue purchase or use of our customers' products unless our customers stop using our technologies. This may cause a decline in demand for our products or legal actions against us by our customers or consumers.

Government regulations may adversely affect our business.

The satellite transmission, cable and telecommunications industries are subject to pervasive federal regulation, including FCC licensing and other requirements. These industries are also often subject to extensive regulation by local and state authorities. While these regulations do not apply directly to us, they affect cable television providers and other multi-channel video programming distributors, or MVPDs, which are the primary customers for certain of our products and services. FCC regulations prohibit MVPDs (except DBS providers) from deploying after July 1, 2007, consumer electronic navigation devices (e.g., set-top boxes) with combined security and non-security functions (the “integration ban”). The FCC has granted a number of requests for waiver of the integration ban, and denied several petitions for waivers or deferrals. Petitions for reconsideration of the decisions denying waivers are pending before the FCC. Further developments with respect to these issues or other related FCC action could impact the availability and/or demand for “plug and play” devices, including set-top boxes, all of which could affect demand for IPGs incorporated in set-top boxes or CE devices and correspondingly affect our license fees.

Legislative initiatives seeking to weaken copyright law or new governmental regulation or new interpretation of existing laws that cause resulting legal uncertainties could harm our business.

Consumer rights advocates and other constituencies continuously challenge copyright law, notably the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, or DMCA, through both legislative and judicial actions. Legal uncertainties surrounding the application of the DMCA may adversely affect our business. If copyright law is compromised, or devices that can circumvent our technology are permitted by law and become prevalent, this could result in reduced demand for our technologies, and our business would be harmed.

Many laws and regulations are pending and may be adopted in the United States, individual states and local jurisdictions and other countries with respect to the Internet. These laws may relate to many areas that impact our business, including copyright and other intellectual property rights, digital rights management, property ownership and taxation. These types of regulations are likely to differ between countries and other political and geographic divisions. Other countries and political organizations are likely to impose or favor more and different regulation than that which has been proposed in the United States, thus furthering the complexity of regulations. In addition, state and local governments may impose regulations in

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addition to, inconsistent with, or stricter than federal regulations. Changes to or the interpretation of these laws could increase our costs, expose us to increased litigation risk, substantial defense costs and other liabilities or require us or our customers to change business practices. It is not possible to predict whether or when such legislation may be adopted, and the adoption of such laws or regulations, and uncertainties associated with their validity, interpretation, applicability and enforcement, could materially and adversely affect our business.

Business interruptions could adversely affect our future operating results.

The provision of certain of our products and services depends on the continuing operation of communications and transmission systems and mechanisms, including satellite, cable, wire, over the air broadcast communications and transmission systems and mechanisms. These communication and transmission systems and mechanisms are subject to significant risks and any damage to or failure of these systems and mechanisms could result in an interruption of the provision of our products and services.

Several of our major business operations are subject to interruption by earthquake, fire, power shortages, terrorist attacks and other hostile acts, and other events beyond our control. The majority of our research and development activities, our corporate headquarters, our principal information technology systems, and other critical business operations are located near major seismic faults. Our operating results and financial condition could be materially harmed in the event of a major earthquake or other natural or man-made disaster that disrupts our business. The communications and transmission systems and mechanisms that we depend on are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities.

If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements could be impaired, which could increase our operating costs and affect our ability to operate our business.

We have a complex business that is international in scope. Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to help ensure that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently. We are continually in the process of documenting, reviewing and, if appropriate, improving our internal controls and procedures in connection with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and a report by our independent registered public accountants on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. If we or our independent registered public accountants identify areas for further attention or improvement, implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may require specific compliance training of our directors, officers and employees, entail substantial costs in order to modify our existing accounting systems, and take a significant period of time to complete. We have in the past identified, and may in the future identify, significant deficiencies in the design and operation of our internal controls, which have been or will in the future need to be remediated. Furthermore, our independent registered public accountants may interpret the Section 404 requirements and the related rules and regulations differently from how we interpret them, or our independent registered public accountants may not be satisfied with our internal control over financial reporting or with the level at which these controls are documented, operated or reviewed in the future. Finally, in the event we make a significant acquisition, or a series of smaller acquisitions, we may face significant challenges in implementing the required processes and procedures in the acquired operations. As a result, our independent registered public accountants may decline or be unable to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting or may issue a qualified report in the future. This could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to investors' perceptions that our internal controls are inadequate or that we are unable to produce accurate financial statements.

We will incur costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies, which could affect our operating results.

We have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant legal, accounting and other expenses associated with corporate governance and public company reporting requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as rules implemented by the SEC and NASDAQ. As long as the SEC requires the current level of compliance for public companies of our size, we expect these rules and regulations to require significant legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities time-consuming and costly. These rules and regulations may make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage than was previously available. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as our executive officers.

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We may be subject to assessment of sales and other taxes for the sale of our products, license of technology or provision of services.

We generally do not collect sales or other taxes on the sale of our products, license of technology or provision of services in states and countries other than those in which we have offices or employees. Our business would be harmed if one or more states or any foreign country required us to collect sales or other taxes from past sales of products, licenses of technology or provision of services, particularly because we would be unable to go back to customers to collect sales taxes for past sales and would likely have to pay such taxes out of our own funds.  

The price of our common stock may be volatile.

The market price of our common stock has been, and in the future could be, significantly affected by factors such as:

• actual or anticipated fluctuations in operating results;

• announcements of technical innovations;

• new products or new contracts;

• announcements by competitors or their customers;

• announcements by our customers;

• governmental regulatory and copyright action;

• developments with respect to patents or proprietary rights;

• announcements regarding acquisitions or divestitures;

• announcements regarding litigation or regulatory matters;

• changes in financial estimates or coverage by securities analysts;

• changes in interest rates which affect the value of our investment portfolio;

• changes in tax law or the interpretation of tax laws; and

• general market conditions.

Announcements by satellite television operators, cable television operators, major content providers or others regarding CE business combinations, evolving industry standards, consumer rights activists' “wins” in government regulations or the courts, motion picture production or distribution or other developments could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially.

There can be no assurance that our historic trading prices, or those of technology companies in general, will be sustained. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company's securities, some companies have been named in class action suits.

Further, the general stock market instability and economic uncertainty may adversely affect the global financial markets, which could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially.

Our telephone and computer networks are subject to security and stability risks that could harm our business and reputation and expose us to litigation or liability.

Online business activities depend on the ability to transmit confidential information and licensed intellectual property securely over private and public networks. Any compromise of our ability to transmit such information and data securely or reliably, and any costs associated with preventing or eliminating such problems, could harm our business. Online transmissions are subject to a number of security and stability risks, including:

• our own or licensed encryption and authentication technology, and access and security procedures, may be compromised, breached or otherwise be insufficient to ensure the security of customer information or intellectual property;

• we could experience unauthorized access, computer viruses, system interference or destruction, “denial of service” attacks and other disruptive problems, whether intentional or accidental, that may inhibit or prevent access to our websites or use of our products and services;

• someone could circumvent our security measures and misappropriate our, our partners' or our customers' proprietary information or content or interrupt operations, or jeopardize our licensing arrangements, which are contingent on our sustaining appropriate security protections;

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• our computer systems could fail and lead to service interruptions or downtime for our ecommerce websites; or

• we may need to grow, reconfigure or relocate our data centers in response to changing business needs, which may be costly and lead to unplanned disruptions of service.

The occurrence of any of these or similar events could damage our business, hurt our ability to distribute products and services and collect revenue, threaten the proprietary or confidential nature of our technology, harm our reputation, and expose us to litigation or liability. Because some of our technologies and businesses are intended to inhibit use of or restrict access to our customers' intellectual property, we may become the target of hackers or other persons whose use of or access to our customers' intellectual property is affected by our technologies. We may be required to expend significant capital or other resources to protect against the threat of security breaches, hacker attacks or system malfunctions or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches, attacks or failures.

Our Internet-based product and service offerings rely on a variety of systems, networks and databases, many of which are maintained by us at our data centers. We do not have complete redundancy for all of our systems, and we do not maintain real-time back-up of our data, so in the event of significant system disruption, particularly during peak periods, we could experience loss of data processing capabilities, which could cause us to lose customers and could harm our operating results. Notwithstanding our efforts to protect against “down time” for products and services, we do occasionally experience unplanned outages or technical difficulties. In order to provide our Internet-based products and services, we must protect the security of our systems, networks, databases and software.

We utilize non-GAAP reporting in our quarterly earnings press releases.

We publish non-GAAP financial measures in our quarterly earnings press releases along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to those measures compiled in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The reconciling items have adjusted GAAP net income and GAAP earnings per share for certain non-cash, non-operating or non-recurring items and are described in detail in each such quarterly earnings press release. We believe that this presentation may be more meaningful to investors in analyzing the results of operations and income generation as this is how our business is managed. The market price of our stock may fluctuate based on future non-GAAP results if investors base their investment decisions upon such non-GAAP financial measures. If we decide to curtail use of non-GAAP financial measures in our quarterly earnings press releases, the market price of our stock could be affected if investors analyze our performance in a different manner.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

The following table lists our principal locations.

Location	Approximate Square Footage	Lease Expiration
Santa Clara, California (Corporate Headquarters)	131,000	January 2017
Radnor, Pennsylvania	70,000	January 2015
Burbank, California	62,000	June 2019
San Diego, California	48,000	March 2014
Tulsa, Oklahoma	40,000	June 2014
Shanghai, China	35,000	August 2014
Ann Arbor, Michigan	34,000	April 2015
San Francisco, California	20,000	May 2013

Most U.S. sales, marketing and technical personnel for all product divisions are in these locations. We also lease space for sales, marketing and technical staff in Playa Vista, California; Golden, Colorado; Schaumburg, Illinois; Bedford and Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; London and Maidenhead, United Kingdom; Tomsk, Russia; Hangzhou,

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China; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Mumbai, India; Taipei, Taiwan; Luxemburg and Germany. A small number of individuals operate out of their home offices. We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet current requirements and that additional or substitute space will be available as needed to accommodate any expansion of operations.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is involved in legal proceedings related to intellectual property rights and other matters. The following legal proceedings include those of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnification of varying scopes and amounts to certain of its licensees against claims made by third parties arising out of the use and/or incorporation of the Company's products, intellectual property, services and/or technologies into the licensee's products and services, provided the licensee is not in violation of the terms and conditions of the agreement and/or additional performance or other requirements for such indemnification. In some cases, the Company may receive tenders of defense and indemnity arising out of products that are no longer provided by the Company due to having divested certain assets, but which were previously licensed by the Company. The Company's indemnification obligations are typically limited to the cumulative amount paid to the Company by the licensee under the license agreement, however some license agreements, including those with the Company's largest multiple system operators and digital broadcast satellite providers, have larger limits or do not specify a limit on amounts that may be payable under the indemnity arrangements. The Company cannot estimate the possible range of losses that may affect the Company's results of operations or cash flows in a given period or the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on its future results of operations.

Litigation. The Company is party to various legal actions, claims and proceedings as well as other actions, claims and proceedings incidental to its business. The Company has established loss provisions only for matters in which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Some of the matters pending against the Company involve potential compensatory, punitive or treble damage claims, or sanctions, that if granted, could require the Company to pay damages or make other expenditures in amounts that could have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. At this time, management has not reached a determination that any litigation matters, individually or in the aggregate, are expected to result in liabilities that will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information and Holders

The common stock of Rovi Corporation has been listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ROVI” since July 16, 2009. Prior to changing its name to Rovi Corporation on July 15, 2009, the company was named Macrovision Solutions Corporation and traded under the symbol “MVSN”. As part of Macrovision Solutions Corporation's assumption of the ownership on May 2, 2008 of both Gemstar and Macrovision Corporation (See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) Macrovision Corporation's stock was delisted. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the reported high and low sales prices for the common stock of Rovi Corporation:

	High		Low
2012
First Quarter	$	37.75	$	23.90
Second Quarter	$	33.46	$	19.01
Third Quarter	$	19.71	$	9.91
Fourth Quarter	$	16.42	$	13.25
2011
First Quarter	$	69.50	$	51.11
Second Quarter	$	60.84	$	46.00
Third Quarter	$	59.31	$	41.28
Fourth Quarter	$	51.83	$	23.20

As of February 8, 2013, the closing price of our common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market was $17.36 per share and there were 1,486 holders of record of our common stock, based upon information furnished by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the transfer agent for our securities. The number of beneficial stockholders is substantially greater than the number of holders of record as a large portion of our common stock is held through brokerage firms. As of February 8, 2013, there were 103,964,086 shares of common stock outstanding.

Stock Performance Graph*

The graph below shows a comparison of the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return on the NASDAQ Composite Index (the “NASDAQ”), the S&P 500 Composite Index (the “S&P 500”) and the Russell 2000 Index (“Russell 2000”) from May 2, 2008 through December 31, 2012. The graph assumes an investment of $100 in our common stock and in each of the market indices, and further assumes the reinvestment of all dividends. The comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not intended to forecast the possible future performance of our common stock.

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	Rovi Corporation		NASDAQ Composite Index		S&P 500		Russell 2000 Index
May 2, 2008	$	100	$	100	$	100	$	100
December 31, 2008	$	76	$	64	$	64	$	69
December 31, 2009	$	191	$	92	$	79	$	86
December 31, 2010	$	372	$	107	$	89	$	108
December 31, 2011	$	148	$	105	$	89	$	102
December 31, 2012	$	93	$	122	$	101	$	117

* The material in this section is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of Rovi Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Dividend Policy

We have not paid any cash dividends in the last two years and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. At this time, we intend to retain all earnings for use in our business operations and to pay down debt. Our Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on dividends and other distributions (See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

In November 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400.0 million of the Company's common stock. This authorization does not have an expiration date. The Company did not repurchase any of its equity securities during the quarter ended December 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $222.9 million remaining under its existing stock repurchase program.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data and other operating information. The financial data does not purport to indicate results of operations as of any future date or for any future period. The financial data is derived from our consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, related notes and other financial information included herein. For further discussion of factors that could affect comparability of these consolidated financial statements, see the notes following the table.

On May 2, 2008, the Company acquired Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (“Gemstar”) in a cash and stock transaction. Upon consummation of this transaction on May 2, 2008, Macrovision Solutions Corporation, a Delaware corporation founded in 2007, assumed ownership of both Gemstar and Macrovision Corporation. On April 30, 2009, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Muze, Inc. (“Muze”) in a cash transaction. On February 17, 2011, the Company acquired Sonic Solutions (“Sonic”) in a cash and stock transaction and on February 28, 2011, the Company acquired SideReel, Inc. (“SideReel”) in a cash transaction. The Company’s results of operations include the operations of Gemstar, Muze, Sonic and SideReel from those dates forward.

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	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010			2009			2008
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues	$	650,573		$	680,975		$	541,490		$	480,450		$	327,440
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	110,163			96,888			99,129			65,258			44,304
Research and development	147,648			149,310			95,687			91,984			65,911
Selling, general and administrative	156,963			177,199			142,197			132,939			114,563
Depreciation	20,770			19,534			18,758			18,368			13,797
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926			104,711			80,395			81,934			59,139
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	5,094			20,800			—			53,619			—
Total costs and expenses	544,564			568,442			436,166			444,102			297,714
Operating income from continuing operations	106,009			112,533			105,324			36,348			29,726
Interest expense	(61,742		)	(53,776		)	(42,935		)	(52,028		)	(54,834		)
Interest income and other, net	3,203			4,859			1,770			4,558			11,242
Debt modification expense	(4,496		)	—			—			—			—
(Loss) gain on interest rate swaps and caps, net	(10,624		)	(4,314		)	34,197			—			—
Loss on debt redemption	(1,758		)	(11,514		)	(16,806		)	(8,687		)	—
Gain on sale of strategic investments	—			—			5,895			—			5,238
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	30,592			47,788			87,445			(19,809		)	(8,628		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	15,691			8,723			(139,213		)	(1,421		)	(23,409		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax	14,901			39,065			226,658			(18,388		)	14,781
Discontinued operations, net of tax	(49,245		)	(80,351		)	(13,774		)	(34,563		)	(128,841		)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884		$	(52,951	)	$	(114,060	)
Basic earnings per common share:
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.36		$	2.20		$	(0.18	)	$	0.17
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	$	(0.47	)	$	(0.74	)	$	(0.14	)	$	(0.34	)	$	(1.49	)
Basic net earnings per share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.38	)	$	2.06		$	(0.52	)	$	(1.32	)
Shares used in computing basic net earnings per common share	104,623			108,923			102,658			100,860			85,334
Diluted earnings per common share:
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.34		$	2.07		$	(0.18	)	$	0.17
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	$	(0.47	)	$	(0.70	)	$	(0.13	)	$	(0.34	)	$	(1.49	)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.36	)	$	1.94		$	(0.52	)	$	(1.32	)
Shares used in computing diluted net earnings per common share	104,941			113,131			109,175			100,860			85,357

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	December 31,
	2012		2011		2010		2009		2008
	(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents, short and long-term investments and restricted cash	$	968,233	$	485,480	$	696,167	$	336,284	$	362,057
Working capital	874,164		463,051		387,935		289,962		561,313
Total assets	3,294,681		2,946,767		2,457,283		2,151,139		2,636,184
Long-term liabilities	1,478,818		1,099,573		484,186		514,479		950,068
Total stockholders’ equity	1,587,421		1,692,752		1,748,333		1,520,269		1,515,195

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following commentary should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Overview

We are focused on powering the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of digital entertainment. We provide a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in our customers' products and services, connecting consumers with entertainment. Our offerings enable discovery, advertising and video display and delivery. Content discovery solutions include interactive program guides (“IPGs”), search and recommendations, cloud data services and our extensive database of descriptive information about television, movie, music, books, and game content (“metadata”). In addition to offering IPGs developed by us, our customers may also license our patents and deploy their own IPG or a third party IPG. Advertising solutions include the Rovi Advertising Network and the Rovi Advertising Service, delivering advertising to IPGs, devices connected to the Internet, interactive applications and advertising on consumer websites operated by us. Video display and delivery solutions include video compression-decompression technology (“codecs”) and content protection technologies and services. Additionally, intellectual property is a significant part of our business. We have patented many aspects of content discovery, DVR and VOD functionality, multi-screen functionality, as well as interactive applications and advertising.  We have historically licensed this portfolio for use with linear television broadcast.  However, there is an emerging industry transition to Internet platform technologies which is enabling new video services for television in homes as well as on multiple screens such as tablets and smartphones.  We believe this transition presents new opportunities to license our intellectual property portfolio for different use cases and to different customers, as well as to develop, market and sell products and services which enable such functionality.  Building upon this, we are establishing broad industry relationships with the companies leading the next generation of digital entertainment.  Our strategy includes developing products and services that complement our intellectual property and address the opportunity presented by this industry transformation. Our solutions are deployed globally in the cable, satellite, consumer electronics, entertainment and online distribution markets.

We group our revenue into the following categories – (i) service providers, (ii) CE discovery and advertising, (iii) CE video display and delivery, and (iv) Other. We include in service provider revenues any revenue related to an IPG deployed by a service provider in a subscriber household whether the ultimate payment for that IPG comes from the service provider or from a manufacturer of a set-top box. Revenue related to an IPG deployed in a set-top box sold at retail is included in CE manufacturers. We also include in service provider revenues advertising revenue generated from our service provider IPGs and consumer websites such as AllRovi.com and SideReel.com. CE discovery and advertising includes license revenue received from consumer electronics companies for our IPG products as well as license revenue for our IPG patents, Rovi Cloud Services and advertising revenue from our CE IPGs or the Rovi Ad Network. CE video delivery and display includes revenue from consumer electronics companies for our DivX , ACP, VCR Plus+, connected platform and media recognition technologies. Other revenue consists primarily of licensing of our underlying media content/metadata, MainConcept codecs and licensing of our content protection technologies to entertainment companies.

On February 17, 2011, we acquired Sonic Solutions (“Sonic”) for approximately $763.1 million in cash and stock.

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Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011

The following tables present our 2012 results from continuing operations compared to the prior year (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			Change $		Change %
Revenues:
Service provider	$	317,053		$	299,883		17,170		6	%
CE discovery and advertising	132,693			169,243			(36,550	)	(22	)%
CE video delivery and display	140,470			148,523			(8,053	)	(5	)%
Other	60,357			63,326			(2,969	)	(5	)%
Total revenues	650,573			680,975			(30,402	)	(4	)%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	110,163			96,888			13,275		14	%
Research and development	147,648			149,310			(1,662	)	(1	)%
Selling, general and administrative	156,963			177,199			(20,236	)	(11	)%
Depreciation	20,770			19,534			1,236		6	%
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926			104,711			(785	)	(1	)%
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	5,094			20,800			(15,706	)	(76	)%
Total operating expenses	544,564			568,442			(23,878	)	(4	)%
Operating income from continuing operations	106,009			112,533			(6,524	)	(6	)%
Interest expense	(61,742		)	(53,776		)	(7,966	)	15	%
Interest income and other, net	3,203			4,859			(1,656	)	(34	)%
Debt modification expense	(4,496		)	—			(4,496	)	NM
Loss on interest rate swaps and caps, net	(10,624		)	(4,314		)	(6,310	)	146	%
Loss on debt redemption	(1,758		)	(11,514		)	9,756		(85	)%
Income from continuing operations before taxes	30,592			47,788			(17,196	)	(36	)%
Income tax expense	15,691			8,723			6,968		80	%
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	14,901			39,065			(24,164	)	(62	)%
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(49,245		)	(80,351		)	31,106		(39	)%
Net loss	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	6,942		(17	)%

Net Revenue

Service Providers Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2012, revenue from service providers increased by 6% compared to the prior year. This increase was primarily due to an increase in IPG product and patent revenues which benefited from continued domestic and international digital subscriber growth and rate increases on renewed IPG product agreements. Also contributing to the growth was an increase in advertising revenue. We expect revenue from licensing our IPG products and patents to continue to grow in the future from licensing additional solutions, from increased international licensing, from increased licensing to our existing customers to broaden their licenses into the Online and Mobile fields of use, from continued digital subscriber growth and from increased advertising revenue.

CE Discovery and Advertising Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2012, revenue from CE discovery and advertising decreased by 22% compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily due to fewer significant IPG patent licensing agreements, which included catch-up payments to make us whole for the pre-license period of use, entered into this year vs. the prior year. We expect revenue from licensing our IPG patents to increase in the future as we enter into renewals with existing and previously licensed customers.

CE Video Delivery and Display Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2012, revenue from CE video delivery and display decreased by 5% compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily due to a significant decrease in ACP revenue partially offset by 2012 including DivX product revenue for the full year, while 2011 only included DivX product revenue subsequent to the Sonic acquisition (see Note

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4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). The year ended December 31, 2012, also included revenue from license agreements which allow certain of our licensees to incorporate certain legacy DivX profiles in specified legacy device types in perpetuity. In 2013, we believe CE video delivery and display revenue will decrease by 35% to 45% due to declines in DivX product sales, the anticipated continuing decline in ACP sales and discontinuing sales of our connected platform product. Several significant DivX customer contracts will come up for renewal in 2013.  DivX revenue in 2013 and beyond will be impacted by the terms under which customers agree to renew such contracts.

Other Revenue

Other revenue consists primarily of licensing of our underlying media content/metadata, MainConcept codecs and licensing of our content protection technologies to entertainment companies. For the year ended December 31, 2012, Other revenue decreased compared to the prior year primarily due to a decrease in content protection technology sales to entertainment companies partially offset by 2012 including MainConcept product revenue for the full year, while 2011 only included MainConcept product revenue subsequent to the Sonic acquisition (see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Cost of Revenues

For the year ended December 31, 2012, cost of revenues increased from the prior year primarily due to increased patent litigation costs. We expect patent litigation costs in 2013 to be consistent with 2012 levels.

Research and Development

For the year ended December 31, 2012, research and development expenses decreased from the prior year primarily due to the prior year including Sonic integration costs and 2012 benefiting from the 2012 restructuring actions the Company undertook to more efficiently manage its operating expenses (See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Selling, General and Administrative

For the year ended December 31, 2012, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from the prior year primarily due to savings from Sonic acquisition synergies and the prior year including Sonic acquisition transaction and integration costs. Also contributing to the reduction in 2012 were savings from the 2012 restructuring actions the Company undertook to more efficiently manage its operating expenses (See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Depreciation

For the year ended December 31, 2012, depreciation increased from the prior year primarily due to an increase in fixed asset purchases in the second half of 2011, which lead to an increase in depreciation in 2012.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

For the year ended December 31, 2012, amortization of intangible assets decreased from the prior year primarily due to certain intangible assets acquired in the Gemstar TV-Guide International acquisition now being fully amortized.

Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

During the third quarter of 2012, we reviewed our costs in order to reduce and more efficiently manage our operating expenses. As a result of this analysis, we took cost reduction actions, which resulted in a restructuring charge of $3.7 million related to our continuing operations. In addition, in connection with a review of our operations in the first quarter of 2012, we reorganized certain parts of our sales and product development groups. These actions resulted in severance charges of $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2012 (see Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

In conjunction with the Sonic acquisition, we implemented restructuring activities to create cost efficiencies for the combined company. During the first quarter of 2012, we recorded $0.6 million in restructuring charges to our continuing operations related to the Sonic acquisition. During 2011, we recorded $7.3 million in restructuring charges to our continuing operations related to the Sonic acquisition (see Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

On July 1, 2011, we sold our BD+ technology assets. In connection with the sale, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to the BD+ intangible assets.

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Interest Expense

For the year ended December 31, 2012, interest expense increased compared to the same period in the prior year due to an increase in average debt outstanding.

Interest Income and Other, Net

The decrease in interest income and other, net, for the year ended December 31, 2012, as compared to the prior year, is primarily due to us recording a $1.2 million impairment charge to a strategic investment in 2012.

Loss on Interest Rate Swaps and Caps, Net

We have not designated any of our interest rate swaps, caps or foreign currency collars as hedges and therefore record the changes in fair value of these instruments in our Consolidated Statements of Operations (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). Loss on interest rate swaps and caps, for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily due to a decrease in the fair value of our swaps under which we have agreed to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, as there has been a decline in forward LIBOR rates.

The loss on interest rate swaps and caps, net for the year ended December 31, 2011, was primarily due to a decrease in the fair value of the swaps we entered into in November 2011 with a notional amount of $300 million. The fair value of these swaps declined due to a decrease in the forward LIBOR rate. As we pay fixed and receive floating under these swaps, the fair value of the swaps declined.         

Loss on Debt Redemption and Debt Modification Expense

On March 29, 2012, we borrowed $800 million consisting of (i) a 5-year $215 million term loan (“Term Loan A-2”), and (ii) a 7-year $585 million term loan (“Term Loan B-2”) (see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). The proceeds of the two new tranches of term loans were partially used to pay off the remaining $297.8 million balance of Term Loan B-1. We accounted for the issuance of Term Loan B-2 and subsequent repayment of Term Loan B-1 as a partial debt modification, as a significant number of Term Loan B-1 investors reinvested in Term Loan B-2, and the change in the present value of future cash flows was less than 10%. Under debt modification accounting, $3.5 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to Term Loan B-1 investors who reinvested in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. In addition, $1.0 million in Term Loan B-2 debt issuance costs, related to new investors in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. Debt issuance costs of $4.5 million relating to the issuance of Term Loan B-2 to Term Loan B-1 investors have been recorded as debt modification expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012. In addition, during the first quarter of 2012, we realized a loss on debt redemption of $1.8 million related to writing off the unamortized Term Loan B-1 debt issuance costs and unamortized discount related to investors who did not reinvest in Term Loan B-2.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased a total of $106.3 million in par value of the 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2011 Convertible Notes”) due in 2011 for $221.1 million. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased a total of $169.0 million in par value of the 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2040 Convertible Notes”) due in 2040 for $203.2 million. In connection with the repurchases, we recorded $11.5 million in losses on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011 (see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Income Taxes

We recorded income tax expense from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, of $15.7 million, which primarily consists of foreign withholding taxes, foreign income taxes, state income taxes, and the net change in our deferred tax asset valuation allowance. 

We recorded an income tax expense from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, of $8.7 million, primarily due to foreign withholding taxes and the net effect of the change in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance resulting from the Sonic and SideReel acquisitions and the sale of BD+.   The acquisitions resulted in a net deferred tax liability recorded for the acquired amortizable intangible assets described in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.  These net deferred tax liabilities are a source of future taxable income which allowed the Company to reduce its pre-acquisition valuation allowance.  The change in the Company's pre-acquisition valuation allowance, which resulted from the acquired net deferred tax liabilities, is not regarded as a component of the acquisition accounting and has been credited to income tax expense.

Discontinued Operations

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Discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 includes the Rovi Entertainment Store business, Roxio Consumer Software business and expenses we recorded for indemnification claims related to another former Software business which was disposed of in 2008 (see Note 5 to Consolidated Financial Statements). The loss in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, primarily relates to the loss from the Rovi Entertainment Store's operations. The loss in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, was primarily due to recording a $40.6 million impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of the intangible assets of the Roxio Consumer Software business to fair value less costs to sell and losses from the Rovi Entertainment Store's operations.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 from continuing operations

The following tables present our 2011 results from continuing operations compared to the prior year (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			Change $		Change %
Revenues:
Service providers	$	299,883		$	267,458		32,425		12	%
CE discovery and advertising	169,243			112,052			57,191		51	%
CE video delivery and display	148,523			104,573			43,950		42	%
Other	63,326			57,407			5,919		10	%
Total revenues	680,975			541,490			139,485		26	%
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	96,888			99,129			(2,241	)	(2	)%
Research and development	149,310			95,687			53,623		56	%
Selling, general and administrative	177,199			142,197			35,002		25	%
Depreciation	19,534			18,758			776		4	%
Amortization of intangible assets	104,711			80,395			24,316		30	%
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	20,800			—			20,800		NM
Total operating expenses	568,442			436,166			132,276		30	%
Operating income from continuing operations	112,533			105,324			7,209		7	%
Interest expense	(53,776		)	(42,935		)	(10,841	)	25	%
Interest income and other, net	4,859			1,770			3,089		175	%
(Loss) gain on interest rate swaps and caps, net	(4,314		)	34,197			(38,511	)	(113	)%
Loss on debt redemption	(11,514		)	(16,806		)	5,292		(31	)%
Gain on sale of strategic investments	—			5,895			(5,895	)	(100	)%
Income from continuing operations before taxes	47,788			87,445			(39,657	)	(45	)%
Income tax expense (benefit)	8,723			(139,213		)	147,936		(106	)%
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	39,065			226,658			(187,593	)	(83	)%
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(80,351		)	(13,774		)	(66,577	)	483	%
Net (loss) income	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884		(254,170	)	(119	)%

Net Revenue

Service Providers Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2011, revenue from service providers increased by 12% compared to the prior year. This increase was primarily due to an increase in IPG product revenues which benefited from continued domestic digital subscriber growth and rate increases on renewed agreements. Also contributing to the growth was an increase in IPG advertising revenue.

CE Discovery and Advertising Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2011, revenue from CE discovery and advertising increased by 51% compared to the prior year. This increase was primarily due to an increase in IPG patent licensing revenue, driven by 2011 including significant new IPG patent licensing agreements which included catch-up payments to make us whole for the pre-license period of use.

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CE Video Delivery and Display Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2011, revenue from CE video delivery and display increased by 42% compared to the prior year. This increase was primarily due to $79.7 million in DivX revenue partially offset by the continued decline in ACP revenue.

Other Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2011, Other revenue increased compared to the prior year primarily due to the MainConcept products acquired in the Sonic acquisition, which occurred in February 2011, contributing $11.2 million in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase was offset by the continued decline in content protection revenue from entertainment companies.

Cost of Revenues

For the year ended December 31, 2011, cost of revenues decreased from the prior year primarily due to 2010 including $28.5 million in costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting in conjunction with the Gemstar acquisition. These decreases were partially offset by costs related to the acquired Sonic operations and an increase in patent litigation costs.

Research and Development

For the year ended December 31, 2011, research and development expenses increased from the prior year primarily due to costs related to the acquired Sonic operations and an increase in cash and stock related compensation expense driven by increased headcount.

Selling, General and Administrative

For the year ended December 31, 2011, selling, general and administrative expenses increased from the prior year primarily due to costs related to the acquired Sonic operations. Also contributing to the increase was an increase in stock compensation expense and costs related to the Sonic transaction and integration activities.

Depreciation

For the year ended December 31, 2011, depreciation increased from the prior year primarily due to the Sonic acquisition.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

For the year ended December 31, 2011, amortization of intangible assets increased from the prior year primarily due to amortization related to the intangible assets acquired in the Sonic and SideReel acquisitions.

Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

In conjunction with the Sonic acquisition, the Company implemented restructuring activities to create cost efficiencies for the combined company. These restructuring actions resulted in a charge to continuing operations of $7.3 million.

On July 1, 2011, we sold our BD+ technology assets. In connection with the sale, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to the BD+ intangible assets.

Interest Expense

For the year ended December 31, 2011, interest expense increased compared to the same period in the prior year due to an increase in average debt outstanding. On February 7, 2011, the Company borrowed $750 million under a credit facility consisting of a 5-year $450 million term loan and a 7-year $300 million term loan (See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Interest Income and Other, Net

The increase in interest income and other, net, for the year ended December 31, 2011, as compared to the prior year, is primarily due to the prior year including a $1.0 million loss from the sale of the Guideworks LLC joint venture. Also contributing to the increase is a $0.4 million decrease in net foreign exchange losses as compared to the prior year.

(Loss) Gain on Interest Rate Swaps and Caps, Net

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The loss on interest swaps and caps, net for the year ended December 31, 2011, was primarily due to a decrease in the fair value of the swaps we entered into in November 2011 with a notional amount of $300 million. The fair value of these swaps declined due to a decrease in forward LIBOR rates. As we pay fixed and receive floating under these swaps the fair value of the swaps declined. The increase in the fair value of the interest rate swaps for the year ended December 31, 2010, was due to a decrease in the expected forward six month LIBOR rate. We have not designated any of our interest rate swaps and caps as hedges and therefore record the changes in fair value of these instruments in our consolidated statements of operations (see Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Loss on Debt Redemption

During the year ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased a total of $106.3 million in par value of the 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2011 Convertible Notes”) due in 2011 for $221.1 million. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased a total of $169.0 million in par value of the 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2040 Convertible Notes”) due in 2040 for $203.2 million. In connection with the repurchases, we recorded $11.5 million in losses on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011 (see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

During 2010, we spent $207.2 million to pay off and retire our term loan. We realized a $12.3 million loss on redemption, primarily due to writing off the remaining note issuance costs. In addition, we repurchased $105.0 million in par value of our 2011 Convertible Notes for $160.1 million. In connection with these repurchases, we recorded a $4.5 million loss on debt redemption which represents the difference between the carrying value of the 2011 Convertible Notes retired and the amount allocated to the liability component of the notes and the write-off of the related note issuance costs (see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Gain on Sale of Strategic Investment

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we sold a strategic investment and realized a $5.9 million gain.

Income Taxes

We recorded an income tax expense from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, of $8.7 million, primarily due to foreign withholding taxes and the net effect of the change in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance resulting from the Sonic and SideReel acquisition and the sale of BD+.  

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we entered into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement (PFA) program confirming that we recognized an ordinary tax loss of approximately $2.4 billion from the 2008 sale of our TV Guide Magazine business.  To account for the PFA closing agreement, we (i) recorded a discrete tax benefit for the release of $576.9 million of reserves for uncertain tax positions previously netted against our deferred tax assets, (ii) reduced the deferred tax asset originally established in connection with the tax loss by $115 million to reflect the PFA closing agreement and (iii) established a valuation allowance of $347 million against our deferred tax assets as a result of determining that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets would not be realized (see Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). 

The income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2010, of $139.2 million is primarily attributable to the PFA closing agreement described above plus an additional $17.3 million decrease in net tax contingency reserves.

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes the Rovi Entertainment Store business, Roxio Consumer Software business and expenses we recorded for indemnification claims related to another former Software business which was disposed of in 2008 (see Note 5 to Consolidated Financial Statements). The loss in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2011, was primarily due to recording a $40.6 million impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of the intangible assets of the Roxio Consumer Software business to fair value less costs to sell and losses from the Rovi Entertainment Store's operations.

Discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes expenses and reserves we recorded for indemnification claims related to a former Software business which was disposed of in 2008 (see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) and the results of our Norpak subsidiary which was disposed of in September 2010.

Costs and Expenses

Cost of revenues consists primarily of service costs, royalty expense, patent prosecution, patent maintenance and patent litigation costs and an allocation of overhead and facilities. Research and development expenses are comprised

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primarily of employee compensation and benefits, consulting costs and an allocation of overhead and facilities costs. Selling and marketing expenses are comprised primarily of employee compensation and benefits, travel, advertising and an allocation of overhead and facilities costs. General and administrative expenses are comprised primarily of employee compensation and benefits, travel, accounting, tax and corporate legal fees and an allocation of overhead and facilities costs.

Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our Consolidated Financial Statements. These Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, equity-based compensation, goodwill and intangible assets, impairment of long lived assets and income taxes. Our estimates are based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

We have identified the accounting policies below as critical to our continuing business operations and the understanding of our results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

On January 1, 2010, we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple Deliverable Arrangements, (“ASU 2009-13”) and Accounting Standards Update 2009-14, Software (Topic 985)—Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (“ASU 2009-14”). ASU 2009-13 modifies the requirements for determining whether a deliverable in a multiple element arrangement can be treated as a separate unit of accounting by removing the criteria that objective and reliable evidence of fair value exists for the undelivered elements. The new guidance requires consideration be allocated to all deliverables based on their relative selling price using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) of selling price, if it exists; otherwise selling price is determined based on third-party evidence (TPE) of selling price. If neither VSOE nor TPE exist, management must use its best estimate of selling price (ESP) to allocate the arrangement consideration. We adopted this update under the prospective method and have applied the guidance to agreements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

ASU 2009-14 excludes tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of ASC 985-605, Software-Revenue Recognition. We adopted ASU 2009-14 on a prospective basis and applied the new guidance to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010. The adoption of ASU 2009-14 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results from operations.

We recognize revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, we have delivered the product or performed the service, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonable assured. However, determining whether and when some of these criteria have been satisfied often involves assumptions and judgments that can have a significant impact on the timing and amount of revenue we report. For example, for multiple element arrangements, we must: (1) determine whether and when each element has been delivered and whether the delivered element has stand-alone value to the customer (2) determine the fair value of each element using the selling price hierarchy of VSOE, TPE or ESP, as applicable; and (3) allocate the total consideration among the various elements based on the relative selling price method.  

We account for cash consideration (such as sales incentives) given to our customers or resellers as a reduction of revenue, rather than as an operating expense unless we receive a benefit that is separate from the customer’s purchase and for which we can reasonably estimate the fair value of the benefit.

Amounts for fees collected or invoiced and due relating to arrangements where revenue cannot be recognized are reflected on our balance sheet as deferred revenue and recognized when the applicable revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

CE and Service Provider Licensing

We license our proprietary IPG technology, codec technology and ACP technology to CE manufacturers, integrated circuit makers, service providers and others. We generally recognize revenue from licensing our technology on a per-unit shipped model with CE manufacturers or a per-subscriber model with service providers. Our recognition of revenues from per-unit license fees is based on units reported shipped by the manufacturer. CE manufacturers normally report their unit shipments to us in the quarter immediately following that of actual shipment by the licensee. We have established significant experience and relationships with certain ACP technology licensing customers to reasonably estimate current period volume for purposes

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of making a revenue accrual. Accordingly, revenue from these customers is recognized in the period the customer ships the units. Revenues from per-subscriber fees are recognized in the period the services are provided by a licensee, as reported to us by the licensee. Revenues from annual or other license fees are recognized based on the specific terms of the license arrangement. For instance, some of our large CE IPG and codec technology licensees have entered into agreements for which they have the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a specified term for a flat fee. We record the fees associated with these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the specified term. At times, we enter into IPG patent license agreements in which we provide a licensee a release for past infringement as well as the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a future period for a flat fee. In this type of arrangement, we generally would use ESP to allocate the consideration between the release for past infringement and the go-forward patent license. As the revenue recognition criteria for the past infringement would generally be satisfied upon the execution of the agreement, the amount of consideration allocated to the past infringement would be recognized in the quarter the agreement is executed and the amount allocated to the go-forward license agreement would be recognized ratably over the term. In addition, we also enter into agreements in which the licensee pays us a one-time fee for a perpetual license to our ACP or DivX technology. Provided that collectability is reasonably assured, we record revenue related to these agreements when the agreement is executed as we have no continuing obligation and the amounts are fixed and determinable.

We also generate advertising revenue through our IPGs and other platforms. Advertising revenue is recognized when the related advertisement is provided. All advertising revenue is recorded net of agency commissions and revenue shares with service providers and CE manufacturers.

Discontinued Operations - Rovi Entertainment Store Video Delivery Solution

We recognize service fees we receive from retailers and others for operating their storefronts on a straight-line basis over the period we are providing services. We recognize transaction revenue from the sale or rental of individual content titles in the period when the content is purchased and delivered.  Transaction revenue is recorded on a gross basis when we are the principal in the transaction and is recorded net of payments to content owners and others when we are acting as an agent. We are generally the principal when we are the merchant of record and are the licensor of the content offered through the storefront.

Discontinued Operations - Roxio Consumer Software Products

Except in the case of consignment arrangements, we recognize revenue from the sale of packaged software products when title transfers to the distributor or retailer.  When we sell packaged software products to distributors and retailers on a consignment basis, we recognize revenue upon sell-through to an end customer.

 Our distributor arrangements often provide distributors with certain product rotation rights.  We estimate returns based on our historical return experience and other factors such as channel inventory levels and the introduction of new products.  These allowances are recorded as a reduction of revenues and as an offset to accounts receivable to the extent we have legal right of offset, otherwise they are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities.  If future returns patterns differ from past returns patterns, for example due to reduced demand for our products, we may be required to increase these allowances in the future and may be required to reduce future revenues.

We also license our software to OEMs who include it with the PCs they sell. We generally receive a per-unit royalty and recognize this revenue upon receipt of the customer royalty report.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible trade receivables. We specifically analyze accounts receivable and historical bad debts experience, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends, international situations (such as currency devaluation), and changes in our customer payment history when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. We review our trade receivables by aging category to identify significant customers with known disputes or collection issues. For accounts not specifically identified, we provide reserves based on historical bad debt loss experience. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required.

Equity-Based Compensation

We determine the fair value of stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares using the Black-Scholes option pricing model which uses a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include our expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and

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expected dividends. We estimate the volatility of our common stock by using a combination of historical volatility and implied volatility in market traded options.

The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of short-lived exchange traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. Existing valuation models, including the Black-Scholes and lattice binomial models, may not provide reliable measures of the fair values of our equity-based compensation. Consequently, there is a risk that our estimates of the fair values of our equity-based compensation awards on the grant dates may bear little resemblance to the actual values realized upon the exercise, expiration, early termination or forfeiture of those equity-based payments in the future. Certain equity-based payments, such as employee stock options, may expire worthless or otherwise result in zero intrinsic value as compared to the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements. Alternatively, values may be realized from these instruments that are significantly higher than the fair values originally estimated on the grant date and reported in our financial statements.

Classification and Fair Value Measurement of Auction Rate Securities

We hold investments in auction rate securities having contractual maturities of greater than one year and interest rate reset features of between 7 and 35 days. These auction rate securities were priced and subsequently traded as short-term investments because of the interest rate reset feature. As a result of adverse conditions in the financial markets, the auction rate securities we hold have failed to trade due to insufficient bids from buyers.

The fair values of these securities are estimated utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis or other type of valuation model rather than at par. These analyses are highly judgmental and consider, among other items, the likelihood of redemption, credit quality, duration, insurance wraps and expected future cash flows. These securities were also compared, when possible, to other observable market data with similar characteristics to the securities held by us.

Temporary declines in fair value for our available-for-sale auction rate securities, which we attribute to market liquidity issues rather than credit issues, are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. Any future fluctuation in fair value related to these instruments that we deem to be temporary, including any recoveries of previous write−downs, would be recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income. If we determine that any future valuation adjustment is other than temporary, we will record a charge to earnings as appropriate.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of cost over fair value of the net assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives.

On October 1, 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2011-8, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350)(“ASU 2011-8”). ASU 2011-8 allows us to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, we determine it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary.The adoption of ASU 2011-8 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Goodwill and intangible assets not subject to amortization are tested annually for impairment, and are tested for impairment more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired. In connection with our goodwill impairment analysis performed annually in our fourth quarter, we first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, we determine it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then we perform the two-step impairment test. The first step of the two-step impairment analysis is to determine the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. We determine the fair value of each reporting unit using the discounted cash flow approach and a market based approach. To the extent the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, we would be required to perform the second step of the impairment analysis, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, we compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all of the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. To the extent the implied fair value of goodwill of each reporting unit is less than its carrying amount we would be required to recognize an impairment loss. The process of evaluating the potential

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impairment of goodwill is subjective and requires judgment at many points during the test including future revenue forecasts and discount rates.

Impairment of Long‑Lived Assets

Long‑lived assets, such as property and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset group to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. If the carrying amount of an asset group exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset group exceeds the fair value of the asset group. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and would no longer be depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a disposal group classified as held for sale would be presented separately in the appropriate asset and liability sections of the balance sheet.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and for deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. From time to time, we enter into transactions in which the tax consequences may be subject to uncertainty. In determining our tax provision for financial reporting purposes, we establish reserves for uncertain tax positions unless such positions are determined to be “more likely than not” of being sustained upon examination, based on their technical merits. We must make significant assumptions, judgments and estimates to determine our current provision for income taxes and also our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance to be recorded against a deferred tax asset. Our judgments, assumptions and estimates relative to the current provision take into account current tax laws, our interpretation of current tax laws and possible outcomes of current and future audits conducted by foreign and domestic tax authorities. Changes in tax law or our interpretation of tax laws and the resolution of current and future tax audits could significantly impact the amount provided for income taxes in our consolidated financial statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We finance our operations primarily from cash generated by operations. Net cash provided by our continuing operating activities decreased to $228.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, from $253.3 million in the prior year. Cash from operating activities decreased from the prior year primarily due to a decline in operating income before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets and asset impairment charges. The availability of cash generated by our operations in the future could be affected by other business risks including, but not limited to, those factors referenced under the caption “Risk Factors” contained in this Form 10-K.

Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations increased to $360.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, from $306.9 million in the prior year. The year ended December 31, 2012, included $342.2 million in net marketable securities purchases, $15.3 million in capital expenditures and the $20.0 million payment for the Snapstick acquisition, partially offset by the receipt of $17.5 million from the sale of Roxio Consumer Software business. Included in 2011 investing activities was $433.7 million (net of cash acquired) used to acquire Sonic, SideReel and DigiForge, partially offset by $145.6 million in net marketable securities sales. We anticipate that capital expenditures to support the growth of our business and strengthen our operations infrastructure will be between $17.0 million and $22.0 million for the full year 2013.

Net cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations increased to $328.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, from $0.4 million in the prior year. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we borrowed an additional $800.0 million ($788.5 million, net of issuance costs and discounts) under our Amended and Restated Credit Facility described below. In addition, we received $15.6 million from the exercise of employee stock options and sales of stock through our employee stock purchase plan. These receipts were partially offset by using $297.8 million to pay off the preexisting Term Loan B-1 under our Initial Credit Agreement described below, $26.8 million in mandatory payments on the senior secured term loans and repurchasing $152.1 million of our common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2011, we entered into a $750 million senior secured credit facility which provided $733.0 million in cash, net of discounts and issuance costs. During the same period we used cash to repurchase $169.0 million in par value of our 2040 Convertible Notes for $203.2 million, repurchase $106.3 million in par value of our 2011 Convertible Notes for $221.1 million and repurchase $337.6 million of our common stock. In addition, we paid $28.4 million upon the conversion of the remainder of the 2011 Convertible Notes.

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As discussed in Note 7 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, in March 2010, we issued $460.0 million in 2.625% convertible senior notes due in 2040 at par. The 2040 Convertible Notes may be converted, under certain circumstances, based on an initial conversion rate of 21.1149 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $47.36 per share). As of December 31, 2012, $291.0 million par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes remains outstanding.

Prior to November 15, 2039, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and our common stock, at the applicable conversion rate, under any of the following circumstances: (i) during any fiscal quarter after the calendar quarter ending June 30, 2010, if the last reported sale price of our common stock for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect on each applicable trading day; (ii) during the five business-day period after any ten consecutive trading-day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per note for each day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of our common stock and the conversion rate on each such day; (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions, as described in the indenture, or (iv) if we call any or all of the notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the third scheduled trading day prior to that redemption date. From November 15, 2039 until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date of February 15, 2040, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and shares of our common stock, if any, at the applicable conversion rate, at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. On or after February 20, 2015, we have the right to call for redemption all, or a portion, of the 2040 Convertible Notes at 100% of the principal amount of notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. Holders have the right to require us to repurchase the 2040 Convertible Notes on February 20, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035 for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

Upon conversion, a holder will receive the conversion value of the 2040 Convertible Notes converted based on the conversion rate multiplied by the volume weighted average price of our common stock over a specified observation period following the conversion date. The conversion value of each 2040 Convertible Note will be paid in cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes to be converted and shares of common stock to the extent the conversion value exceeds the principal amount of the converted note. Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture), the holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their 2040 Convertible Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes being repurchased plus accrued interest, if any. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to February 20, 2015, the conversion rate will be increased for holders who elect to convert their notes in connection with such a corporate event in certain circumstances.

On February 7, 2011, the Company and certain subsidiaries, as borrowers or guarantors entered into a credit agreement (the "Initial Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which we jointly borrowed $750 million. The Initial Credit Agreement provided for a 5-year $450 million term loan (“Term Loan A-1”) and a 7-year $300 million term loan (“Term Loan B-1”). The term loans are secured by substantially all of our assets. On March 29, 2012, the Initial Credit Agreement was amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") to provide for two new tranches of term loans totaling $800 million: (i) a 5-year $215 million term loan (“Term Loan A-2”), and (ii) a 7-year $585 million term loan (“Term Loan B-2”). The proceeds of the two new tranches of term loans were partially used to pay off the remaining $297.8 million balance of Term Loan B-1. The Term Loan A-1 and Term Loan A-2 require annual amortization payments and mature on February 7, 2016 and March 29, 2017, respectively. Term Loan B-2 requires quarterly amortization payments and matures on March 29, 2019. Term Loan A-1 bears interest, at our election, at either prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.5% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.5% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $2.8 million to par value. Term Loan A-2 bears interest, at our election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.25% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.25% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $1.0 million to par value. Term Loan B-2 bears interest, at our election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 2.0% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 3.0% per annum (subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor) and was issued at a discount of $2.9 million to par value. The applicable margin for Term Loan B-2 is subject to reduction by 0.25% based upon the our total leverage ratio.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness, and dividends and other distributions. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require us to maintain a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. Beginning in 2013, we may be required to make an additional payment on the Senior Secured Term Loan each February. This payment is a percentage of the prior year's Excess Cash Flow as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. We anticipate making an Excess Cash Flow payment of approximately $84.0 million in February 2013. As of December 31, 2012, Term Loan A-1, Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2 carrying values were $425.8 million, $214.2 million and $578.0 million, net of discount, respectively.

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In connection with the issuance of Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of the $297.8 million remaining balance of Term Loan B-1. This repurchase authorization was in addition to the May 2011 authorization to repurchase up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. As of December 31, 2012, we had $210.1 million remaining under our existing debt repurchase authorization.

In November 2011, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400.0 million of our common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we repurchased 8.4 million shares of our common stock for $152.1 million and as of December 31, 2012, had $222.9 million remaining under our existing stock repurchase program.

As of December 31, 2012, we had $285.4 million in cash and cash equivalents, $578.0 million in short-term investments and $104.9 million in long-term marketable securities. Of these amounts, $277.8 million is held by our foreign subsidiaries. Due to our net operating loss carryforwards, we could repatriate the cash and investments held by our foreign subsidiaries back to the United States with a minimal tax impact.

We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities and our annual cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our working capital, capital expenditure, debt and operating requirements for at lest the next twelve months.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	Payments due by period
Contractual Obligations (3)	Total		Less Than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More Than 5 years
Long-term debt obligations (1)	$	1,514,103	$	106,407	$	391,654	$	497,993	$	518,049
Interest expense associated with long-term debt obligations	210,683		46,686		85,592		50,800		27,605
Purchase obligations	23,445		21,502		1,854		89		—
Operating lease obligations(2)	68,591		22,418		29,692		11,407		5,074
	$	1,816,822	$	197,013	$	508,792	$	560,289	$	550,728

(1) Includes current and long-term portion. The 2040 Convertible Notes have been included in the above table at the first put / call date which is February 2015. However, the 2040 Convertible Notes may be converted by the noteholders prior to their maturity under certain circumstances. See above for additional details.

(2) Operating leases in the above table have been included on a gross basis. The Company has agreements to receive approximately $17.0 million under operating subleases.

(3) We are unable to reliably estimate the timing of future payments related to uncertain tax positions, therefore, $50.8 million of income taxes payable has been excluded from the table above.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and security investments. Changes in these factors may cause fluctuations in our earnings and cash flows. We evaluate and manage the exposure to these market risks as follows:

Fixed Income Investments. We have an investment portfolio of money market funds and fixed income securities, including those classified as cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term marketable investment securities of $916.6 million as of December 31, 2012. Most of these securities are subject to interest rate fluctuations. An increase in interest rates could adversely affect the market value of our fixed income securities while a decrease in interest rates could adversely affect the amount of interest income we receive.

Our investment portfolio consists principally of money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, corporate bonds, commercial paper and auction rate securities. We regularly monitor the credit risk in our investment portfolio and take appropriate measures to manage such risks prudently in accordance with our investment policies.

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As a result of adverse conditions in the financial markets, auction rate securities may present risks arising from liquidity and/or credit concerns. At December 31, 2012, the fair value of our auction rate securities portfolio totaled approximately $14.3 million. Our auction rate securities portfolio is comprised solely of AAA rated federally insured student loans, municipal and educational authority bonds. The auction rate securities we hold have failed to trade for over one year due to insufficient bids from buyers. This limits the short-term liquidity of these securities.

We limit our exposure to interest rate and credit risk, however, by establishing and strictly monitoring clear policies and guidelines for our fixed income portfolios. The primary objective of these policies is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing yields, without significantly increasing risk. A hypothetical 50 basis point increase in interest rates would result in a $1.5 million decrease in the fair value of our fixed income available-for-sale securities as of December 31, 2012

While we cannot predict future market conditions or market liquidity, we believe that our investment policies provide an appropriate means to manage the risks in our investment portfolio.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates. Due to our reliance on international and export sales, we are subject to the risks of fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Because a substantial majority of our international and export revenues, as well as expenses, are typically denominated in U.S. dollars, fluctuations in currency exchange rates could cause our products to become relatively more expensive to customers in a particular country, leading to a reduction in sales or profitability in that country. Many of our subsidiaries operate in their local currency, which mitigates a portion of the exposure related to the respective currency collected.

Indebtedness. We have convertible notes with a par value of $291 million. We also have a senior secured credit facility with an outstanding principal balance of $1.2 billion. Our borrowings under our senior secured credit facility are, and are expected to continue to be, at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same. The terms of these debt instruments are more fully described in Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Interest Rate Swaps and Caps. We have entered into a number of interest rate swaps. Under these swaps we have generally agreed to pay interest at a fixed rate and receive a floating rate from the counterparties. The terms of these interest rate swaps are more fully described in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The information required by this item is submitted in a separate section of this report beginning on F-1 of this report.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual report.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

• pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

• provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and

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• provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012. In making this assessment, we used the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on our assessment and the criteria set forth by COSO, we believe that Rovi maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our system of internal control over financial reporting was designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all error and fraud. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues within our company have been detected, even with respect to those systems of internal control that are determined to be effective. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdown can occur because of simple error or mistake. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of these inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Our system contains self-monitoring mechanisms, and actions are taken to correct deficiencies as they are identified.

Audit Committee Oversight

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, has oversight responsibility for our financial reporting process and the audits of our consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee meets regularly with management and with our internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (collectively, the "accountants") to review matters related to the quality and integrity of our financial reporting, internal control over financial reporting (including compliance matters related to our Code of Personal and Business Conduct and Ethics), and the nature, extent, and results of internal and external audits. Our accountants have full and free access and report directly to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended December 31, 2012, there have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, these controls.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries

We have audited Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012 of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries and our report dated February 13, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 13, 2013

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information regarding directors, the Company’s Audit Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, stockholder nominations to our Board, and Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The information regarding executive officers appears under the heading “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Item 1 of this Form 10-K and is also incorporated by reference in this section.

Code of Conduct. In February 2004, we adopted our Code of Personal and Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Conduct”) as required by applicable securities laws, rules of the SEC and the listing standards of Nasdaq. The Code of Conduct applies to all of our directors and employees, including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. A copy of such code of conduct and ethics was filed as an Exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. If we make any substantive amendments to the code of conduct and ethics or grant any waiver, including implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of conduct and ethics to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website at www.rovicorp.com or in a current report on Form 8-K that will be publicly filed.

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Committee Charters. In February 2009, we adopted amended Corporate Governance Guidelines to assist the Board in following corporate practices that serve the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. From time to time, we have further amended such Guidelines as we believe appropriate and in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. Our currently effective Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of each of our audit committee, compensation committee and corporate governance and nominating committee are available at our website at www.rovicorp.com.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information for this item is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Information for this item is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Information for this item is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Information for this item is incorporated herein by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:

1.     Financial Statements

		Page
●	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-2
●	Consolidated Balance Sheets	F-3
●	Consolidated Statements of Operations	F-4
●	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income	F-5
●	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity	F-6
●	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	F-7
●	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-8

2. Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules are either included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements or are omitted because they are not applicable.

3. Exhibits

Exhibits

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Date	Number	Filed Herewith
2.01	Agreement and Plan of Mergers, dated as of December 6, 2007, among Macrovision Corporation, Saturn Holding Corp, Galaxy Merger Sub, Inc., Mars Merger Sub, Inc. and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc	8-K	5/5/08	2.1
2.02	Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of December 22, 2010, among Rovi Corporation, Sparta AcquisitionSub, Inc. and Sonic Solutions	8-K	12/27/10	2.1
3.01	Certificate of Incorporation of Rovi Corporation, as amended, on July 15, 2009	10-Q	8/6/09	3.01
3.02	Bylaws of Rovi Corporation	8-K	5/8/09	3.01
4.01	Form of Common Stock Certificate	S-3	7/15/08	4.1
4.02	Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2010, by and between the Company and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee	8-K	3/18/10	4.1
4.03	Form of Note representing the Rovi Corporation 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2040 (included in the Indenture referenced in Exhibit 4.03)	8-K	3/18/10	4.1

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4.04	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2012, among Rovi Corporation, Rovi Guides, Inc. and Rovi Solutions Corporation, as borrowers, the subsidiary guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., as joint bookrunner, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.	8-K	3/29/12	10.1
4.05	Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 12, 2013, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2011 and amended and restated as of March 29, 2012, among Rovi Corporation, Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint bookrunners, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.				X
10.01	Rovi Corporation 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended**	8-K	5/24/11	10.01
10.02	Rovi Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan**	S-8	7/23/08	10.02
10.03	Rovi Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan**	DEF14A	3/16/06	Annex A
10.04	Sonic Solutions 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended and restated July 2010**	S-8	3/17/11	---
10.05	Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant/Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 2000 and 2008 Equity Incentive Plans**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.05
10.06	Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant/Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement (Director grant form) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.06
10.07	Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.07
10.08	Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement (Director grant form) pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.08
10.09	Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit/Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2008 Equity Incentive Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.09

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10.10	Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant/Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 2004 Equity Compensation Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.10
10.11	Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to 2004 Equity Compensation Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.11
10.12	Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit/Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2004 Equity Compensation Plan**	10-K	2/23/2012	10.12
10.13	2012 Senior Executive Company Incentive Plan**	8-K	2/17/12	10.1
10.14	Lease Between WB Airport Technology, L.L.C. (“Landlord”) and Macrovision Corporation (“Tenant”) dated August 2, 2001	10-Q	11/13/01	10.39
10.15	First Amendment to Lease between WB Airport Technology, L.L.C. (“Landlord”) and Macrovision Corporation (“Tenant”) dated December 13, 2004	10-K	3/31/05	10.09
10.16	Second Amendment to Lease between WB Airport Technology, L.L.C. (“Landlord”) and Macrovision Corporation (“Tenant”) dated December 13, 2004	10-K	3/31/05	10.10
10.17	Lease between WB Airport Technology, L.L.C. (“Landlord”) and Macrovision Corporation (“Tenant”) dated December 13, 2004	10-K	3/31/05	10.11
10.18	Offer letter to Thomas Carson dated December 14, 2011**	8-K	12/16/11	10.1
10.19	Amended and Restated Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement with Thomas Carson dated December 14, 2011**	8-K	12/16/11	10.2
10.20	Executive Succession Planning Agreement dated May 25, 2011 by and between Alfred J. Amoroso and Rovi Corporation**	8-K	5/25/11	10.1
10.21	Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into by Rovi Corporation with each of its directors and executive officers	10-K	3/2/09	10.15
10.22	Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement with Peter Halt dated June 4, 2012**	10-Q	8/2/12	10.01
10.23	Form of Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement **	10-Q	8/8/07	10.05
10.24	Executive Severance and Arbitration Agreement with James Budge dated August 6, 2007**	10-Q	8/8/07	10.06
10.25	Charter of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors	10-K	2/15/11	10.20
14.01	Code of Personal and Business Conduct and Ethics	10-K	3/12/04	14.01
21.01	List of subsidiaries				X
23.01	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm				X
31.01	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002				X
31.02	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002				X

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32.01	Section 1350 Certification	X
32.02	Section 1350 Certification	X
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document	X
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	X
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	X
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document	X
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document	X
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document	X

** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 13th day of February, 2013.

ROVI CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Thomas Carson
	Thomas Carson
	President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant, and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Name	Title	Title	Date
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Thomas Carson		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	February 13, 2013
Thomas Carson
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
/s/ Peter C. Halt		Chief Financial Officer	February 13, 2013
Peter C. Halt
Additional Directors:
/s/ Andrew K. Ludwick		Chairman of the Board of Directors	February 13, 2013
Andrew K. Ludwick
/s/ Alan L. Earhart		Director	February 13, 2013
Alan L. Earhart
/s/ James E. Meyer		Director	February 13, 2013
James E. Meyer
/s/ James P. O’Shaughnessy		Director	February 13, 2013
James P. O’Shaughnessy
/s/ Ruthann Quindlen		Director	February 13, 2013
Ruthann Quindlen

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ROVI CORPORATION

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

	PAGE
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets		F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations		F-4
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income		F-5
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity		F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-8

F-1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Rovi Corporation and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 13, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 13, 2013

F-2

ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

	December 31,
	2012			2011
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	285,352		$	136,780
Short-term investments	577,988			283,433
Trade accounts receivable, net	106,018			126,752
Taxes receivable	9,237			2,976
Deferred tax assets, net	20,373			32,152
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	26,786			15,056
Assets held for sale	76,852			20,344
Total current assets	1,102,606			617,493
Long-term marketable investment securities	104,893			65,267
Property and equipment, net	32,791			43,203
Finite-lived intangible assets, net	689,494			815,049
Other assets	23,862			41,610
Goodwill	1,341,035			1,364,145
Total assets	$	3,294,681		$	2,946,767
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	94,830		$	107,037
Deferred revenue	16,152			16,460
Current portion of long-term debt	106,407			25,500
Liabilities held for sale	11,053			5,445
Total current liabilities	228,442			154,442
Taxes payable, less current portion	50,800			63,980
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,373,818			969,598
Deferred revenue, less current portion	3,921			4,041
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	41,596			36,267
Other non current liabilities	8,683			25,687
Total liabilities	1,707,260			1,254,015
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 124,795,676 shares issued and 103,374,663 outstanding as of December 31, 2012, and 122,519,604 shares issued and 109,453,371 outstanding as of December 31, 2011, at par	125			123
Treasury stock, 21,421,013 shares at December 31, 2012 and 13,066,233 shares at December 31, 2011, at cost	(634,571		)	(482,479		)
Additional paid-in capital	2,196,567			2,114,402
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,375		)	(313		)
Retained earnings	26,675			61,019
Total stockholders’ equity	1,587,421			1,692,752
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	3,294,681		$	2,946,767

See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-3

ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Revenues	$	650,573		$	680,975		$	541,490
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	110,163			96,888			99,129
Research and development	147,648			149,310			95,687
Selling, general and administrative	156,963			177,199			142,197
Depreciation	20,770			19,534			18,758
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926			104,711			80,395
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	5,094			20,800			—
Total costs and expenses	544,564			568,442			436,166
Operating income from continuing operations	106,009			112,533			105,324
Interest expense	(61,742		)	(53,776		)	(42,935		)
Interest income and other, net	3,203			4,859			1,770
Debt modification expense	(4,496		)	—			—
(Loss) gain on interest rate swaps and caps, net	(10,624		)	(4,314		)	34,197
Loss on debt redemption	(1,758		)	(11,514		)	(16,806		)
Gain on sale of strategic investment	—			—			5,895
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	30,592			47,788			87,445
Income tax expense (benefit)	15,691			8,723			(139,213		)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	14,901			39,065			226,658
Discontinued operations, net of tax	(49,245		)	(80,351		)	(13,774		)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Basic earnings per share:
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.36		$	2.20
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.74		)	(0.14		)
Basic net (loss) income per share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.38	)	$	2.06
Shares used in computing basic net earnings per share	104,623			108,923			102,658
Diluted earnings per share:
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.34		$	2.07
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.70		)	(0.13		)
Diluted net (loss) income per share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.36	)	$	1.94
Shares used in computing diluted net earnings per share	104,941			113,131			109,175

See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-4

ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(In thousands)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1,226		)	304			1,144
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net	164			522			(205		)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(1,062		)	826			939
Comprehensive (loss) income	$	(35,406	)	$	(40,460	)	$	213,823

See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-5

ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except share data)

	Common stock			Treasury Stock				Additional paid-in capital			Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)			Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)			Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount
Balances as of December 31, 2009	105,720,821	$	106	(2,262,975)	$	(25,068	)	1,657,888			$	(2,078	)	$	(110,579	)	$	1,520,269
Net (loss) income														212,884			212,884
Other comprehensive (loss) income											939						939
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	4,042,549	4						73,873									73,877
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	907,608	1						10,922									10,923
Issuance of restricted stock, net	639,615	1						(1		)							—
Equity-based compensation								34,383									34,383
Conversion of convertible debt	4,664							237									237
Equity component of convertible debt, net of tax								56,947									56,947
Convertible debt repurchase								(56,721		)							(56,721		)
Reclass redeemable equity component of convertible debt								(3,859		)							(3,859		)
Repurchase of warrant and sale of call option, net								5,834									5,834
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans								2,483									2,483
Stock repurchase				(2,971,000)	(109,863		)										(109,863		)
Balances as of December 31, 2010	111,315,257	$	112	(5,233,975)	$	(134,931	)	$	1,781,986		$	(1,139	)	$	102,305		$	1,748,333
Net (loss) income														(41,286		)	(41,286		)
Other comprehensive (loss) income											826						826
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	1,996,022	2						41,823									41,825
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	839,237	1						14,205									14,206
Issuance of restricted stock, net	1,274,682	1						(1		)							—
Acquisitions	5,904,436	6						356,749									356,755
Exercise of warrants	701,474	1						(1		)							—
Conversion of convertible debt	488,496																—
Exercise of convertible bond call option				(807,935)													—
Equity-based compensation								64,051									64,051
Convertible debt repurchase								(170,231		)							(170,231		)
Tax benefit from convertible debt repurchase								7,972									7,972
Reclass redeemable equity component of convertible debt								3,859									3,859
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans								319									319
Repurchase of warrant and sale of call option, net				(185,247)	(9,976		)	13,671									3,695
Stock repurchase				(6,839,076)	(337,572		)										(337,572		)
Balances as of December 31, 2011	122,519,604	$	123	(13,066,233)	$	(482,479	)	$	2,114,402		$	(313	)	$	61,019		$	1,692,752
Net (loss) income														(34,344		)	(34,344		)
Other comprehensive (loss) income											(1,062		)				(1,062		)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	332,623							5,280									5,280
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	528,755	1						10,327									10,328
Issuance of restricted stock, net	1,414,694	1						(1		)							—
Equity-based compensation								65,646									65,646
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans								913									913
Stock repurchase				(8,354,780)	(152,092		)										(152,092		)
Balances as of December 31, 2012	124,795,676	$	125	(21,421,013)	$	(634,571	)	$	2,196,567		$	(1,375	)	$	26,675		$	1,587,421

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-6

ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	49,245			80,351			13,774
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps and caps, net of premium	20,202			16,727			(33,160		)
Depreciation	20,770			19,534			18,758
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926			104,711			80,395
Asset impairment charge	1,292			15,318			—
Debt modification expense	4,496			—			—
Amortization of note issuance costs and convertible note discount	15,911			19,727			26,099
Equity-based compensation	61,224			59,109			34,298
Loss on debt redemption	1,758			11,514			16,494
Deferred taxes	10,039			(13,121		)	(2,677		)
Gain on sale of strategic investment	—			—			(5,895		)
Other, net	9,838			7,924			2,072
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets and liabilities acquired:
Accounts receivable, net	16,984			(25,125		)	(7,057		)
Deferred revenue	945			(1,916		)	(1,913		)
Prepaid expenses, other current assets, and other assets	(14,403		)	4,108			(6,843		)
Income taxes	(19,441		)	4,779			(17,455		)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other long-term liabilities	(19,523		)	(9,089		)	(13,454		)
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	228,919			253,265			316,320
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	(42,540		)	(6,350		)	(2,383		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	186,379			246,915			313,937
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of long and short-term marketable investments	(781,134		)	(390,803		)	(628,966		)
Sales or maturities of long and short-term marketable investments	438,954			536,425			269,457
Proceeds from sale of business	18,458			2,000			—
Purchases of property and equipment	(15,334		)	(18,887		)	(15,431		)
Payments for acquisition, net of cash acquired	(19,989		)	(433,733		)	(5,922		)
Change in restricted cash	—			—			36,838
Other investing, net	(1,374		)	(1,906		)	2,404
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations	(360,419		)	(306,904		)	(341,620		)
Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations	(5,321		)	(4,078		)	(5		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(365,740		)	(310,982		)	(341,625		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under capital lease and debt obligations	(324,639		)	(455,060		)	(367,576		)
Sale of convertible bond call option and repurchase of warrant, net	—			3,695			5,834
Purchase of treasury stock	(152,092		)	(337,572		)	(109,863		)
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs	788,532			732,978			446,517
Excess tax benefits associated with equity plans	913			319			2,483
Proceeds from exercise of options and employee stock purchase plan	15,608			56,031			84,800
Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations	328,322			391			62,195
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations	—			—			—
Net cash provided by financing activities	328,322			391			62,195
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(389		)	261			278
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	148,572			(63,415		)	34,785
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	136,780			200,195			165,410
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	285,352		$	136,780		$	200,195
Supplemental disclosures:
Income taxes paid	$	27,212		$	16,625		$	15,128
Income tax refunds received	$	3,547		$	1,625		$	134,132
Interest paid	$	46,440		$	34,504		$	13,251

See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ROVI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(1) Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Rovi Corporation (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2007. On May 2, 2008, Macrovision Corporation acquired Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (“Gemstar”). Upon consummation of this transaction, the Company assumed ownership of both Gemstar and Macrovision Corporation. The common stock of Macrovision Corporation and Gemstar were de-registered and Macrovision Corporation stockholders were provided one share in Rovi Corporation for each share of Macrovision Corporation common stock owned as of the closing.

The Company is focused on powering the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of digital entertainment. The Company provides a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in its customers' products and services, connecting consumers with entertainment. Company offerings enable discovery; video display and delivery; and advertising. Content discovery solutions include interactive program guides (“IPGs”), search and recommendations, cloud data services and the Company's extensive database of descriptive information about television, movie, music, books, and game content (“metadata”). Video display and delivery solutions include video compression-decompression technology (“codecs”) and content protection technologies and services. Advertising solutions include the Rovi Advertising Network and the Rovi Advertising Service, delivering advertising to IPGs, connected devices, interactive applications and advertising on consumer websites operated by the Company. In addition to offering Company developed IPGs, customers may also license the Company's patents and deploy their own IPG or a third party IPG. Rovi's solutions are deployed globally in the cable, satellite, consumer electronics, entertainment and online distribution markets.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rovi Corporation and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Rovi Entertainment Store business. On February 1, 2012, the Company sold its Roxio Consumer Software business. On September 17, 2010, the Company sold its Canadian subsidiary, Norpak Corporation (“Norpak”), which manufactured equipment for embedding data in a television signal. The results of operations and cash flows of the Rovi Entertainment Store, the Roxio Consumer Software business and Norpak have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented (See Note 5).

On February 26, 2010, the Company sold its 49% interest in the Guideworks LLC joint venture (“Guideworks”) to Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) and simultaneously purchased Comcast’s interest in the patents which had been developed by Guideworks. Guideworks was a research and development joint venture with Comcast that developed interactive program guide solutions, which are distributed by the Company under the i-Guide brand. Under these agreements, the Company received a net payment of $4.6 million and realized a $1.0 million loss on sale of its interest in Guideworks. The Company had been recording its 49% interest in Guideworks as an operating expense in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements.

Reclassifications

Certain financial statement items for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported results of operations during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, investments, equity-based compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets and income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

The Company considers investments with original maturities from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks, money market funds and corporate debt securities. All other liquid investments with maturities over three months and less than 12 months are classified as short-term investments. All marketable securities with maturities over one year or those for which the Company’s intent is to retain them for more than twelve months are classified as long-term marketable investment securities.

Management determines the appropriate classification of investment securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Trading securities are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as part of interest and other income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary for available-for-sale securities are reported in interest income and other, net as incurred. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale and trading are included in interest income and other, net.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The Company reviews its trade receivables by aging category to identify significant customers with known disputes or collection issues. For accounts not specifically identified, the Company provides reserves based on historical bad debt loss experience.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Computer equipment and software are depreciated over three years. Furniture and fixtures are depreciated over five years. Leasehold improvements and assets recorded under capital leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the assets’ useful lives or lease terms.

Joint Ventures and Other Investments

Investments of 50% or less in entities in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over operations are accounted for using the equity method.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue represents cash amounts received from customers under certain license agreements for which the revenue earnings process has not been completed.

Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Comprehensive income includes net income (loss), foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses, net of related taxes, on marketable investment securities that have been excluded from the determination of net income (loss).

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2011-05"), except for the provisions of ASU 2011-05 which were deferred by Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05 ("ASU 2011-12"). The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Instead, the Company presents other comprehensive income in a separate statement following the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The new guidance also requires entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the Consolidated Statement of Operations and the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-12 indefinitely defers the guidance related to the presentation of reclassification

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adjustments. ASU 2011-05 only relates to disclosure requirements and its adoption did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Revenue Recognition

On January 1, 2010, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple Deliverable Arrangements, (“ASU 2009-13”) and Accounting Standards Update 2009-14, Software (Topic 985)—Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (“ASU 2009-14”). ASU 2009-13 modifies the requirements for determining whether a deliverable in a multiple element arrangement can be treated as a separate unit of accounting by removing the criteria that objective and reliable evidence of fair value exists for the undelivered elements. The new guidance requires consideration be allocated to all deliverables based on their relative selling price using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) of selling price, if it exists; otherwise selling price is determined based on third-party evidence (TPE) of selling price. If neither VSOE nor TPE exist, management must use its best estimate of selling price (ESP) to allocate the arrangement consideration. The Company adopted this update under the prospective method and has applied the new guidance to agreements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

ASU 2009-14 excludes tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of ASC 985-605, Software-Revenue Recognition. The Company adopted ASU 2009-14 on a prospective basis and applied the new guidance to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

The Company’s revenue from continuing operations primarily consists of license fees for IPG products and patents, license fees for the Company’s codec technology, royalty fees on copy-protected products, license fees for the Company’s content protection technologies and license fees for entertainment metadata. The Company recognizes revenue when the following conditions are met: (i) there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or service has been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable and (iv) collection is reasonably assured.

Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into separate units of accounting when the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The Company then determines the fair value of each element using the selling price hierarchy of VSOE, TPE or ESP, as applicable; and allocates the total consideration among the various elements based on the relative selling price method. The allocation of value may impact the amount and timing of revenue recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during a given period.

The Company accounts for cash consideration (such as sales incentives) that it gives to its customers or resellers as a reduction of revenue, rather than as an operating expense unless the Company receives a benefit that is separate from the customer’s purchase from the Company and for which it can reasonably estimate the fair value.

Amounts for fees collected or invoiced and due relating to arrangements where revenue cannot be recognized are reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as deferred revenue and recognized when the applicable revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

CE and Service Provider Licensing

The Company licenses its proprietary IPG technology, codec technology and ACP technology to consumer electronics (“CE”) manufacturers, integrated circuit makers, service providers and others. The Company generally recognizes revenue from licensing technology on a per-unit shipped model with CE manufacturers or a per-subscriber model with service providers. The Company’s recognition of revenues from per-unit license fees is based on units reported shipped by the manufacturer. CE manufacturers normally report their unit shipments to the Company in the quarter immediately following that of actual shipment by the manufacturer. The Company has established significant experience and relationships with certain ACP technology licensing customers to reasonably estimate current period volume for purposes of making an accurate revenue accrual. Accordingly, revenue from these customers is recognized in the period the customer shipped the units. Revenues from per-subscriber fees are recognized in the period the services are provided by a licensee, as reported to the Company by the licensee. Revenues from annual or other license fees are recognized based on the specific terms of the license arrangement. For instance, some of the Company’s large CE IPG and codec technology licensees have entered into agreements for which they have the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a specified term for a flat fee. The Company records the fees associated with these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the specified term. The Company at times enters into IPG patent license agreements in which it provides a licensee a release for past infringement as well as the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a future period for a flat fee. In this type of arrangement, the Company generally would use ESP to allocate the consideration between the release for past infringement and the go-forward patent license. As the revenue recognition criteria for the past infringement would generally be satisfied upon the execution of the agreement, the amount of consideration

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allocated to the past infringement would be recognized in the quarter the agreement is executed and the amount allocated to the go-forward license agreement would be recognized ratably over the term. In addition, the Company enters into agreements in which the licensee pays the Company a one-time fee for a perpetual license to its ACP or DivX technology. Provided that collectability is reasonably assured, the Company records revenue related to these agreements when the agreement is executed as the Company has no continuing obligation and the amounts are fixed and determinable.

The Company also generates advertising revenue through its IPGs and other platforms. Advertising revenue is recognized when the related advertisement is provided. All advertising revenue is recorded net of agency commissions and revenue shares with service providers and CE manufacturers.

Discontinued Operations-Rovi Entertainment Store Video Delivery Solution

The Company recognizes service fees it receives from retailers and others for operating their storefronts on a straight-line basis over the period it is providing services. The Company recognizes transaction revenue from the sale or rental of individual content titles in the period when the content is purchased and delivered. Transaction revenue is recorded on a gross basis when the Company is the principal in the transaction and is recorded net of payments to content owners and others when the Company is acting as an agent. The Company is generally the principal in the transaction when it is the merchant of record and is licensing the content distribution rights.

Discontinued Operations-Roxio Consumer Software Products

Except in the case of consignment arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its packaged software products when title transfers to the distributor or retailer. When the Company sells packaged software products to distributors and retailers on a consignment basis, it recognizes revenue upon sell-through to an end customer.

The Company’s distributor arrangements often provide distributors with certain product rotation rights. The Company estimates returns based on its historical return experience and other factors such as channel inventory levels and the introduction of new products. These allowances are recorded as a reduction of revenues and as an offset to accounts receivable to the extent the Company has legal right of offset, otherwise they are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. If future returns patterns differ from past returns patterns, for example due to reduced demand for the Company’s product, the Company may be required to increase these allowances in the future and may be required to reduce future revenues.

The Company also licenses its software to OEMs who include it with the PCs they sell. The Company generally receives a per-unit royalty and recognizes this revenue upon receipt of the customer royalty report.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of data costs, royalty expenses, patent prosecution, patent maintenance and patent litigation costs.

Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company recognizes compensation costs for shares that are expected to vest, on a straight-line basis, over the requisite service period of the award.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance for any tax benefits of which future realization is not evaluated to be more likely than not.

From time to time, the Company engages in transactions in which the tax consequences may be subject to uncertainty. Significant judgment is required in assessing and estimating the tax consequences of these transactions. In determining the Company’s tax provision for financial reporting purposes, the Company establishes a reserve for uncertain tax positions unless such positions are determined to be “more likely than not” of being sustained upon examination, based on their technical merits.

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Taxes Collected from Customers

The Company applies the net basis presentation for taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

Foreign Currency Translation

The translation of the accounts of Company subsidiaries with a foreign currency other than the United States Dollar is performed for balance sheet accounts using current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenues and expense accounts using an average exchange rate for the respective periods. Adjustments resulting from such translation are included in comprehensive income. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material in any of the periods presented.

Business and Concentration of Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, interest rate swaps and caps and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and money market funds with various high credit quality institutions.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers as necessary. As a percentage of net revenues from continuing operations, the Company did not have any customers that were equal to or greater than 10% of net revenue for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have any customers whose receivable exceeded 10% of its gross accounts receivable.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs ("ASU 2011-04"). The new guidance limits the highest-and-best-use measure to nonfinancial assets, permits certain financial assets and liabilities with offsetting positions in market or counterparty credit risks to be measured at a net basis, and provides guidance on the applicability of premiums and discounts. Additionally, the new guidance expands the disclosures on Level 3 inputs by requiring quantitative disclosure of the unobservable inputs and assumptions, as well as the description of the valuation processes and the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs. The Company is making an accounting policy election to use the exception in Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") 820-10-35-18D (commonly referred to as the portfolio exception) with respect to measuring counterparty credit risk for derivative instruments subject to master netting arrangements, consistent with the guidance in ASC 820-10-35-18G. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Earnings Per Share

ASC 260 defines unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends as participating securities that should be included in computing EPS using the two-class method. The Company’s non-vested restricted stock awards granted prior to June 30, 2009, qualify as participating securities.

Basic net EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, except for periods of operating loss for which no common share equivalents are included because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

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The calculation of earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

	December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Basic earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(73		)	(1,125		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,992		$	225,533
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			151			68
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,200	)	$	(13,706	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Income allocated to participating securities	15			78			(1,057		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,208	)	$	211,827
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.36		$	2.20
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.74		)	(0.14		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.38	)	$	2.06
Diluted earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(71		)	(1,058		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,994		$	225,600
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			145			64
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,206	)	$	(13,710	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Loss (income) allocated to participating securities	15			74			(994		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,212	)	$	211,890
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Dilutive potential common shares	318			4,208			6,517
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,941			113,131			109,175
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.34		$	2.07
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.70		)	(0.13		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.36	)	$	1.94

The following weighted average potential common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012	2011	2010
Stock options	4,452	1,754	1,219
Restricted stock	2,697	462	213
Convertible notes (1)	6,144	—	9,713
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	13,293	2,216	11,145

(1) See Note 7 for additional details.

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Goodwill and Other Intangibles from Acquisitions

On October 1, 2011, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2011-8, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350) (“ASU 2011-8”). ASU 2011-8 allows the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. The adoption of ASU 2011-8 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, or more frequently, if facts and circumstances warrant a review. The provisions require the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the Company performs the two-step impairment test. In the first step of the two-step impairment test, the fair value of each reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, goodwill is not impaired and no further testing is performed. The second step is performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill must be determined and compared to the carrying value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference will be recorded.

Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful life, generally three to eighteen years, and reviewed for impairment when events and circumstances indicate that the intangible asset might be impaired.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of, Excluding Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that long-lived assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. If required, the impairment recognized is the difference between the fair value of the asset and its carrying amount.

Software Development Costs

Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility, which is generally the completion of a working prototype that has been certified as having no critical bugs and is a release candidate or when alternative future use exists. To date, software development costs incurred between completion of a working prototype and general availability of the related product have not been material and have not been capitalized.

Research and Development

Expenditures for research and development are expensed as incurred. The Company had no capitalized research and development costs as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Advertising Expenses

The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred and for its continuing operations classifies these costs under selling, general and administrative expense. Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, were $12.4 million, $12.3 million and $13.0 million, respectively.

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(3) Financial Statement Details

Property and Equipment, Net (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Computer software and equipment	$	113,378		$	107,366
Leasehold improvements	21,056			18,553
Furniture and fixtures	6,430			6,235
	140,864			132,154
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(108,073		)	(88,951		)
Property and equipment, net	$	32,791		$	43,203

Depreciation expense for our continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $20.8 million, $19.5 million, and $18.8 million, respectively.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accounts payable	$	2,274	$	1,452
Accrued compensation	31,295		34,249
Interest payable	2,957		4,665
Other accrued liabilities	58,304		66,671
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	94,830	$	107,037

Interest Income and Other, Net (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
Interest income	$	2,898	$	2,775		$	2,698
Foreign currency gains (losses)	63		(205		)	(640		)
Other income (expense)	242		2,289			(288		)
Interest income and other, net	$	3,203	$	4,859		$	1,770

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (in thousands):

Continuing Operations

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions			Deductions		Balance at End of Period
2012	$	2,689	$	81		$	244	$	2,526
2011	$	2,141	$	731		$	183	$	2,689
2010	$	3,127	$	(545	)	$	441	$	2,141

(4) Acquisitions

2012 Acquisitions

On May 21, 2012, the Company acquired Snapstick, Inc. ("Snapstick") for approximately $20.0 million in cash. Snapstick has developed a software platform that allows consumers to use a mobile device or laptop to make content available on a TV monitor.

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2011 Acquisitions

Sonic Acquisition

On February 17, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Sonic in a cash and stock transaction. Sonic was a leading developer of technologies, products and services that enable the creation, management, and enjoyment of digital media content across a wide variety of technology platforms. Those businesses acquired through the Sonic acquisition that remain in continuing operations enhanced the Company’s offerings and continue to facilitate the next step forward in its strategy of allowing consumers who have found content they are seeking using its guides, technologies and metadata, to enjoy that content in multiple environments from multiple sources on multiple devices. The combination of the Company and Sonic also provides the opportunity for cost savings. The Company believes these factors support the amount of goodwill recorded in connection with the transaction.

The Company is accounting for the transaction under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations” (ASC 805). The total purchase price for Sonic was approximately $763.1 million and was comprised of the following (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Cash consideration paid to acquire the common stock of Sonic	$	398,146
Fair value of 5.8 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged for the common stock of Sonic (1)	348,193
Cash consideration paid to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options	8,242
Fair value of 0.1 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options (1)	6,840
Fair value of vested Sonic employee stock options assumed	1,722
Total purchase price	$	763,143

(1) Based on the Company's February 17, 2011, closing common stock price of $60.13 per share.

Under the acquisition method, the total purchase price of the acquired company is allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their fair values. The Company has made significant estimates and assumptions in determining the allocation of the purchase price.

The Company’s purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands, except lives):

	Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life (In Years)
Cash and cash equivalents				$	22,127
Short-term investments				2,254
Trade accounts receivable				27,020
Property and equipment				2,895
Goodwill				476,093
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technology	6	$	105,900
Trademarks/tradenames	10	17,700
Customer relationships	6	146,400
Studio relationships and content library	4	9,700
Identifiable intangible assets				279,700
Prepaid and other assets				15,755
Accounts payable and other liabilities				(51,118		)
Deferred tax liabilities, net				(8,248		)
Deferred revenue				(3,335		)
Total purchase price				$	763,143

The developed technology intangible assets relate to Sonic's products across all of their product lines that have reached technological feasibility, primarily the Rovi Entertainment Store technology, Roxio's developed software products and the DivX codec technology and player application. Trademarks/tradenames are primarily related to the Roxio and DivX brandname. Customer relationships represent existing contracted relationships with CE manufacturers, retailers, distributors and others. Studio relationships and content library primarily relate to Rovi Entertainment Store's relationships with the studios and digitized content library. The estimated fair values of the developed technology, trademarks/tradenames and customer

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relationships were primarily determined using either the relief-from-royalty or excess earnings methods. The rates utilized to discount net cash flows to their present values ranged from 8%-11% and were determined after consideration of the overall enterprise rate of return and the relative risk and importance of the assets to the generation of future cash flows. The estimated fair values of the studio relationships and content library were determined under the cost method. The Company did not record any in process research and development assets as Sonic's major technology projects are either substantially complete or primarily represent improvements and additional functionality to existing products for which a substantial risk of completion does not exist.

Developed technology, trademarks/tradenames and studio relationships and content library will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. As the majority of the cash flows generated by the customer relationships occur in the first four years of the intangible assets' estimated useful life, the customer relationship intangible assets are being amortized based on the proportion of the expected future cash flow generated by the assets in each year to the total future cash flow expected to be generated by the asset. Approximately $28.5 million of the acquired goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company incurred approximately $2.3 million in transaction costs related to the Sonic acquisition. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the period from acquisition to December 31, 2011, the acquired Sonic operations that remained in continuing operations generated approximately $90.9 million of revenue.

SideReel Acquisition

On February 28, 2011, the Company acquired SideReel, Inc. (“SideReel”) for approximately $35.5 million in cash. SideReel provides an advertising supported website to help consumers find, track and watch online popular network and cable TV shows, movies, and Web TV series.

DigiForge Acquisition

On June 1, 2011, the Company acquired the assets of DigiForge, LLC (“DigiForge”) for approximately $14.7 million. DigiForge provides professional services to the cable industry and was acquired to increase the Company’s professional service capabilities.

2010 Acquisitions

On March 1, 2010, the Company paid approximately $5.9 million for substantially all of the assets of MediaUnbound, Inc. The Company acquired these assets to enhance and expand its media search and recommendations capability.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below (in thousands, except per share amounts) assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010. The pro forma information presented is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been realized if the acquisition had been completed on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of future operating results. The pro forma financial information does not include any adjustments for operating efficiencies or cost savings.

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
Net revenue	$	702,849	$	629,242
Operating income (1)	$	120,786	$	58,132
Income from continuing operations, net of tax (1)(2)(3)	$	23,155	$	176,968
Basic income per share from continuing operations	$	0.21	$	1.62
Diluted income per share from continuing operations	$	0.20	$	1.53

(1) Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes a $28.5 million charge related to costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting in conjunction with the Gemstar acquisition.

(2) The Company's historical results for the year ended December 31, 2010, included a $139.2 million income tax benefit, primarily related to entering into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business (See Note 14).

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(3) As a result of recording deferred tax liabilities related to its acquisition of Sonic, the Company determined that its deferred tax valuation allowance should be reduced by $22.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011. As the pro forma financial information assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010, and this deferred tax valuation allowance reduction is non-recurring in nature and is directly related to the transaction, the $22.2 million tax benefit has been removed from the above pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2011.

(5) Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale

Rovi Entertainment Store

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Rovi Entertainment Store business. The Company has therefore reclassified the assets and liabilities of the Rovi Entertainment Store to held for sale as of December 31, 2012, and recorded the operations and cash flows of the Rovi Entertainment Store business as discontinued operations.

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	8,746
Prepaid and other assets	1,255
Property and equipment, net	6,637
Intangible assets	23,246
Goodwill	36,941
Other long-term assets	27
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(8,013		)
Deferred revenue	(3,040		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	65,799

Roxio Consumer Software

On February 1, 2012, the Company sold its Roxio Consumer Software business for approximately $17.5 million. The results of operations and cash flows of the Roxio Consumer Software business have been reclassified to discontinued operations for all periods presented.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Roxio Consumer Software business. In connection with moving the Roxio assets to held for sale the Company recorded a $40.6 million impairment to the goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets of the Roxio Consumer Software business to reduce the carrying value of the asset group to fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of the Roxio Consumer Software business was based upon the negotiated selling price of the business.

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	7,076
Inventory	2,183
Prepaid and other assets	960
Property and equipment, net	200
Intangible assets	9,925
Accrued liabilities	(1,700		)
Deferred revenue	(3,745		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	14,899

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Previous Software Business

In 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded $2.1 million, $1.5 million and $11.7 million in expenses related to indemnification for IP infringement claims relating to the Company’s previous software business which included FLEXnet, InstallShield and AdminStudio software tools, which was sold in 2008.

Norpak

On September 17, 2010, the Company sold its Canadian subsidiary, Norpak Corporation ("Norpak"), which manufactured equipment for embedding data in a television signal for $11.8 million. The sales price was paid entirely out of cash on Norpak's balance sheet. In connection with the sale, the Company recorded a $1.6 million loss on disposal.

All Discontinued Operations

The results of operations of the Company’s discontinued businesses consist of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenue:
Norpak	$	—		$	—		$	2,600
Roxio Consumer Software	5,295			52,566			—
Rovi Entertainment Store	14,632			9,834			—
Pre-tax loss from operations:
Previous Software	$	(2,133	)	$	(1,496	)	$	(11,732	)
Norpak	—			—			(617		)
Roxio Consumer Software	(449		)	(49,529		)	—
Rovi Entertainment Store	(41,130		)	(29,231		)	—
Pre-tax gain (loss) on disposal of business units (1)	573			—			(1,632		)
Income tax (expense) benefit (2)	(6,106		)	(95		)	207
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)

(1) The year ended December 31, 2012, includes $1.0 million received to settle a note payable from TV Guide Magazine LLC, which was previously reserved.

(2) The income tax expense recorded in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily the result of establishing a deferred tax liability to reflect the disposal of tax basis goodwill in the Roxio Consumer Software business which was sold in the first quarter of 2012.

(6) Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company assesses its goodwill for impairment annually as of October 1, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. To accomplish this, the Company determines the fair value of its reporting units using a discounted cash flow approach and / or a market approach and compares it to the carrying amount of the reporting units at the date of the impairment analysis. The Company’s publicly traded equity is a key input in determining the fair value of its reporting units. An other-than-temporary decline in the value of the Company’s publicly traded equity and / or a significant decrease in the Company’s future business prospects could require the Company to record a goodwill and / or intangible asset impairment charge in the future. The Company did not record any goodwill impairment charges to its continuing operations for any of the periods presented.

Goodwill information is as follows for continuing operations (in thousands):

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Goodwill Acquired		Foreign Currency Translation			Reclassified to Assets Held for Sale			Balance at End of Period
2012	$	1,364,145	$	14,386	$	(555	)	$	(36,941	)	$	1,341,035
2011	$	857,216	$	510,998	$	(307	)	$	(3,762	)	$	1,364,145
2010	$	854,065	$	2,853	$	298		$	—		$	857,216

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The following tables summarize the Company’s intangible assets for its continuing operations subject to amortization as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,571	$	(339,966	)	$	555,605
Existing contracts and customer relationships	146,524		(54,512		)	92,012
Content databases and other	57,234		(29,204		)	28,030
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(11,453		)	13,847
	$	1,124,629	$	(435,135	)	$	689,494
	December 31, 2011
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,420	$	(267,913	)	$	627,507
Existing contracts and customer relationships	167,524		(34,426		)	133,098
Content databases and other	63,687		(24,790		)	38,897
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(9,753		)	15,547
	$	1,151,931	$	(336,882	)	$	815,049

The following table summarizes the Company's estimated amortization expense for its continuing operations through the year 2017 and thereafter (in thousands):

	Amortization Expense
2013	$	99,221
2014	92,967
2015	85,520
2016	83,325
2017	82,069
Thereafter	246,392
Total amortization expense	$	689,494

(7) Debt

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2040

In March 2010, the Company issued $460.0 million in 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2040 Convertible Notes”) due in 2040 at par. The 2040 Convertible Notes may be converted, under the circumstances described below, based on an initial conversion rate of 21.1149 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $47.36 per share).

Prior to November 15, 2039, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and the Company’s common stock, at the applicable conversion rate, under any of the following circumstances: (i) during any fiscal quarter after the calendar quarter ending June 30, 2010, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect on each applicable trading day; (ii) during the five business-day period after any ten consecutive trading-day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per note for each day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such day; (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions, as described in the indenture, or (iv) if the Company calls any or all of the notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the third scheduled trading day prior to that redemption date. From November 15, 2039 until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date of February 15, 2040, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and shares of the Company’s common stock at the applicable conversion rate, at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. After February 20, 2015, the Company has the right to call for redemption all, or a portion, of the 2040 Convertible Notes at 100% of the principal amount of notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest to, but

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excluding, the redemption date. Holders have the right to require the Company to repurchase the 2040 Convertible Notes on February 20, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035 for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

Upon conversion, a holder will receive the conversion value of the 2040 Convertible Notes converted based on the conversion rate multiplied by the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock over a specified observation period following the conversion date. The conversion value of each 2040 Convertible Note will be paid in cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes to be converted and shares of common stock to the extent the conversion value exceeds the principal amount of the converted note. Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture), the holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their 2040 Convertible Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes being repurchased plus accrued interest, if any. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to February 20, 2015, the conversion rate will be increased for holders who elect to convert their notes in connection with such a corporate event in certain circumstances.

In accordance with ASC 470, related to accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion, the Company separately accounted for the liability and equity components of the 2040 Convertible Notes to reflect its non-convertible debt borrowing rate of 7.75%, at the time the instrument was issued, when interest cost is recognized. The debt discount is being amortized through February 2015, which represents the first date the 2040 Convertible notes can be called by the Company or put to the Company by the noteholders. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased a total of $169.0 million in par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes for $203.2 million. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recorded a $8.3 million loss on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company did not repurchase any of the 2040 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the principal amount of the Company’s 2040 Convertible Notes was $291.0 million and $291.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the unamortized discount on the 2040 Convertible Notes was $28.8 million and $40.7 million, respectively, resulting in a carrying amount of $262.2 million and $250.3 million, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $12.0 million and $14.4 million of interest expense, respectively, for the 2040 Convertible Notes related to the amortization of the discount.

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2011

In August 2006, Rovi Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $240.0 million in 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2011 Convertible Notes”) due in 2011 at par. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased a total of $106.3 million in par value of the 2011 Convertible Notes for $221.1 million. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recorded $3.2 million in losses on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011. In August 2011, the remaining 2011 Convertible Notes with a par value of $28.4 million were converted by the noteholders. In connection with the conversion, the Company issued 0.5 million shares of its common stock and paid $28.4 million in cash to the noteholders.

In accordance with ASC 470, the Company separately accounted for the liability and equity component of the 2011 Convertible Notes to reflect its non-convertible debt borrowing rate of 7.4%, at the time the instrument was issued, when interest cost is recognized. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded $1.5 million of interest expense for the 2011 Convertible Notes related to the amortization of the discount.

Concurrently with the issuance of the 2011 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into a convertible bond call option whereby the Company had options to purchase up to 7.96 million shares of the Company's common stock at a price of approximately $28.28 per share. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company unwound a portion of the convertible bond call option, and in the process, received $85.6 million in cash and 0.2 million shares of its common stock with a fair value of $10.0 million. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes in 2010, the Company unwound a portion of the convertible bond call option and in the process received $29.0 million. These payments and the fair value of the common stock received have been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in-capital and the common stock received has been recorded as treasury stock. In August 2011, the Company exercised the remaining convertible bond call options and received a net share settlement of 0.8 million shares of its common stock.

In addition, concurrent with the issuance of 2011 Convertible Notes, the Company sold warrants to purchase up to 7.96 million shares of its common stock at a price of $32.9248 per share. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company unwound a portion of the warrants for $81.9 million in cash. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes in 2010, the Company unwound a portion of the warrants for $23.2 million in cash. These payments have been recorded as a decrease to additional paid-in-

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capital. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued 0.3 million shares of its common stock in connection with the exercise of a portion of the warrants.

Senior Secured Term Loans

On February 7, 2011, the Company, as guarantor, two of the Company’s subsidiaries, Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides Inc. (collectively, the "Borrowers") and certain of the Company's other subsidiaries, as subsidiary guarantors (together with the Company and the Borrowers, the "Loan Parties"), entered into a credit agreement (the "Initial Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Borrowers jointly borrowed $750 million. The Initial Credit Agreement provided for a 5-year $450 million term loan (“Term Loan A-1”) and a 7-year $300 million term loan (“Term Loan B-1”). The term loans are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets. On March 29, 2012, the Initial Credit Agreement was amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") to provide for two new tranches of term loans totaling $800 million: (i) a 5-year $215 million term loan (“Term Loan A-2”), and (ii) a 7-year $585 million term loan (“Term Loan B-2”). The proceeds of the two new tranches of term loans were partially used to pay off the remaining $297.8 million balance of Term Loan B-1. The Term Loan A-1 and Term Loan A-2 require annual amortization payments and mature on February 7, 2016 and March 29, 2017, respectively. Term Loan B-2 requires quarterly amortization payments and matures on March 29, 2019. Term Loan A-1 bears interest, at the Company’s election, at either prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.5% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.5% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $2.8 million to par value. Term Loan A-2 bears interest, at the Company's election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.25% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.25% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $1.0 million to par value. Term Loan B-2 bears interest, at the Company's election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 2.0% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 3.0% per annum (subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor) and was issued at a discount of $2.9 million to par value. The applicable margin for Term Loan B-2 is subject to reduction by 0.25% based upon the Company's total leverage ratio.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness, and dividends and other distributions. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require the Loan Parties to maintain a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. Beginning in 2013, the Company may be required to make an additional payment on the Senior Secured Term Loan each February. This payment is a percentage of the prior year's Excess Cash Flow as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Company anticipates making an Excess Cash Flow payment of approximately $84.0 million in February 2013. As of December 31, 2012, the carrying values of Term Loan A-1, Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2 were $425.8 million, $214.2 million and $578.0 million, net of discount, respectively.

The Company accounted for the issuance of Term Loan B-2 and subsequent repayment of Term Loan B-1 as a partial debt modification, as a significant number of Term Loan B-1 investors reinvested in Term Loan B-2, and the change in the present value of future cash flows between Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan B-2 was less than 10%. Under debt modification accounting, $3.5 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to Term Loan B-1 investors who reinvested in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. In addition, $1.0 million in Term Loan B-2 debt issuance costs, related to new investors in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. Debt issuance costs of $4.5 million relating to the issuance of Term Loan B-2 to Term Loan B-1 investors, have been recorded as debt modification expenses on the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company realized a loss on debt redemption of $1.8 million related to writing off the unamortized Term Loan B-1 debt discount and the unamortized debt issuance costs related to investors who did not reinvest in Term Loan B-2.

Debt Repurchase Program

In February 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. In May 2011, the Company's Board of Directors replaced the February 2011 authorization with a new repurchase authorization of up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company paid $424.4 million to repurchase debt under its debt repurchase program, of which $89.9 million was repurchased under the May 2011 authorization with the remainder being repurchased under prior authorization.

In connection with the issuance of Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of the $297.8 million remaining balance of Term Loan B-1. This repurchase authorization was in addition to the May 2011 authorization to repurchase up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the

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Company did not repurchase any debt under the May 2011 authorization. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $210.1 million remaining under its existing debt repurchase authorization.

The following is a summary of the carrying value and par value of the Company's debt (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Carrying Value		Par Value
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,500
Term Loan A-2	214,161		215,000
Term Loan B-2	577,976		580,613
2040 Convertible Notes	262,245		290,990
	$	1,480,225	$	1,514,103

The aggregate amount of debt payments due in each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	106,407
2014	28,667
2015 (1)	362,987
2016	341,997
2017	155,996
Thereafter	518,049
Total	$	1,514,103

(1) The 2040 Convertible Notes have been included in the above table based on the first put / call date which is February 2015 (see above for additional information)

(8) Investments

The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	51,629	$	—	$	—		$	51,629
Cash equivalents - Money markets	212,123		—		—			212,123
Cash equivalents - Corporate debt securities	21,600		—		—			21,600
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	285,352	$	—	$	—		$	285,352
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287
Corporate debt securities	365,268		196		(100		)	365,364
Foreign government obligations	20,745		19		(1		)	20,763
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	282,412		75		(20		)	282,467
Total available-for-sale investments	$	684,125	$	290	$	(1,534	)	$	682,881
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	968,233

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The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2011:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	50,766	$	—	$	—		$	50,766
Cash equivalents - Money markets	86,014		—		—			86,014
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	136,780	$	—	$	—		$	136,780
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314
Corporate debt securities	158,729		117		(206		)	158,640
Foreign government obligations	37,764		17		(24		)	37,757
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	137,940		80		(31		)	137,989
Total available-for-sale investments	$	350,133	$	214	$	(1,647	)	$	348,700
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	485,480

As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of available-for-sale debt investments, by contractual maturity, was as follows (in thousands):

Due in 1 year or less	$	599,588
Due in 1-2 years	90,606
Due in 2-3 years	—
Due in greater than 3 years	14,287
Total	$	704,481

The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to available-for-sale securities, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,287	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287	$	(1,413	)
Corporate securities	165,882		(100		)	—		—			165,882		(100		)
Foreign government obligations	3,162		(1		)	—		—			3,162		(1		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	64,386		(20		)	—		—			64,386		(20		)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,314	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314	$	(1,386	)
Corporate securities	86,111		(206		)	—		—			86,111		(206		)
Foreign government obligations	21,139		(24		)	—		—			21,139		(24		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	19,514		(18		)	3,409		(13		)	22,923		(31		)

Market values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio. The Company attributes the unrealized losses in its auction rate securities portfolio to liquidity issues rather than credit issues. The Company’s available-for-sale auction rate securities portfolio at December 31, 2012 is comprised solely of AAA rated investments in federally insured student loans and municipal and educational authority bonds. The Company continues to earn interest on all of its auction rate security instruments and has the ability and intent to hold these securities until they recover.

During 2010, the Company sold a strategic investment and realized a gain of $5.9 million.

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(9) Interest Rate Swaps and Caps

In March 2010, in connection with the issuance of the 2040 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $460.0 million under which it pays a weighted average floating rate of six month USD – LIBOR minus 0.342%, set in arrears, and receives a fixed rate of 2.625%. These swaps expire in February 2015. In November 2010, after future interest rate expectations decreased, the Company entered into additional swaps with a notional amount of $460.0 million under which it pays a fixed rate which gradually increases from 0.203% for the six-month settlement period ended in February 2011, to 2.619% for the six-month settlement period ending in February 2015 and receives a floating rate of six month USD – LIBOR minus 0.342%, set in arrears. These swaps expire in February 2015. The combination of these swaps has the effect of fixing the interest rate the Company pays on its 2040 Convertible Notes at a fixed rate which gradually increases from 0.203% for the six-month settlement period ended in February 2011, to 2.619% for the six-month settlement period ending in February 2015.

In October 2011, the Company entered into swaps with a notional amount of $300.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of June 2013, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.81% for the three month settlement period ending September 2013, to 2.65% for the final settlement period ending in January 2016 and receives a floating rate of three month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in January 2016. In May 2012, the Company entered into swaps with a notional amount of $197.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of January 2014, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.58% for the three month settlement period ending June 2014, to 1.65% for the final settlement period ending in January 2016 and receives a floating rate of one month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in January 2016. In May 2012, the Company entered into additional swaps with a notional amount of $215.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of April 2014, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.65% for the three month settlement period ending June 2014, to 2.11% for the final settlement period ending in March 2017 and receives a floating rate of one month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in March 2017. The Company entered into these swaps to effectively fix the future interest rate during the applicable periods on a portion of its senior secured term loan.

In June 2012, the Company entered into several zero cost foreign currency collars to reduce its risk from future Euro appreciation.  Under these collars, the Company purchased an option to buy 0.5 millionEuros for $0.65 million (a strike price of 1.30 USD / EUR) each month from July 2012 to June 2013.  The Company also sold puts which could require it to buy 0.5 millionEuros for $0.61 million (a strike price of 1.23 USD / EUR) each month from July 2012 to June 2013. 

The Company has not designated any of its interest rate swaps, caps or foreign currency collars as hedges. The Company records these interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars on its balance sheet at fair market value with the changes in fair value recorded as gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps, net, in its Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded a loss of $10.6 million, $4.3 million and a gain of $34.2 million, respectively, for the change in the fair value of its interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars and the related settlements. For information on the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars, see Note 10.

(10) Fair Value

In accordance with ASC 820, the Company uses three levels of inputs to measure fair value:

Level 1. Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2. Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be obtained from observable market data.

Level 3. Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of assets or liabilities.

The Company values its interest rate swaps using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each interest rate swap. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the interest rate swaps, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. The Company also incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective

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counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its interest rate swaps for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings.

The Company’s auction rate securities are valued using a discounted cash flow analysis or other type of valuation model. These analyses are highly judgmental and consider, among other items, the likelihood of redemption, credit quality, duration, insurance wraps and expected future cash flows. These securities were also compared, when possible, to other observable market data with similar characteristics to the securities held by the Company.

The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following types of instruments at December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	Total			Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	212,123		$	212,123	$	—		$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	345,044			—		345,044			—
Foreign government obligations (3)	17,601			—		17,601			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	236,943			—		236,943			—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (4)	14,287			—		—			14,287
Corporate debt securities (4)	41,920			—		41,920			—
Foreign government obligations (4)	3,162			—		3,162			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (4)	45,524			—		45,524			—
Total	$	916,604		$	212,123	$	690,194		$	14,287
Non-Current Liabilities
Interest rate swaps and caps (5)	$	(3,769	)	$	—	$	(3,769	)	$	—

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Includes $21.6 million included in cash and cash equivalents and $323.4 million included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(5) Included in other non current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $27.4 million and the fair value in a liability position was $31.2 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

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As of December 31, 2011, assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis, were as follows (in thousands):

	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	86,014	$	86,014	$	—	$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	150,458		—		150,458		—
Foreign government obligations (2)	19,757		—		19,757		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (2)	113,218		—		113,218		—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (3)	14,314		—		—		14,314
Corporate debt securities (3)	8,182		—		8,182		—
Foreign government obligations (3)	18,000		—		18,000		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	24,771		—		24,771		—
Interest rate swaps and caps (4)	16,433		—		16,433		—
Total	$	451,147	$	86,014	$	350,819	$	14,314

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $29.8 million and the fair value in a liability position was $13.4 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

The following table provides a summary of changes in the Company’s Level 3 auction rate securities ("ARS") as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	14,314		$	14,999		$	73,004
Acquired ARS-Sonic Solution acquisition	—			3,002			—
Gain on ARS classified as trading and recorded in other income				—			5,773
Unrealized (loss) gain included in accumulated other comprehensive income	(27		)	622			20
Realized gain on settlement	—			51			—
ARS Put Option loss recorded in other income				—			(5,773		)
Settlements	—			(4,360		)	(58,025		)
Balance at end of period	$	14,287		$	14,314		$	14,999

The fair value of the Company’s outstanding debt at December 31, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

	Carrying Value		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,244
Term Loan A-2	214,161		214,205
Term Loan B-2	577,976		578,465
2040 Convertible Notes (1)	262,245		290,001
	$	1,480,225

(1) The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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(11) Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

Q3 2012 Restructuring Action

During the third quarter of 2012, the Company reviewed its costs in order to reduce and more efficiently manage its operating expenses. As a result of this analysis, the Company has taken cost reduction actions, which have resulted in a restructuring charge of $4.8 million being recorded during 2012. Included in the restructuring charge is $2.9 million of severance charges, $0.9 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments (net of subleases) for abandoned office space and $1.0 million in asset impairment charges. Of the total restructuring charge of $4.8 million, $3.7 million related to continuing operations and $1.1 million relate to discontinued operations. As of December 31, 2012, $1.1 million of severance costs and $0.7 million in future lease payments for abandoned office space remain unpaid.

Q1 2012 Restructuring Action

In connection with a review of the Company's operations, the Company reorganized certain parts of its sales and product development groups. These actions resulted in severance charges of $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2012, all of which have been paid.

Sonic Acquisition Restructuring Plan

In conjunction with the Sonic acquisition, management acted upon a plan to restructure certain Sonic operations to create cost efficiencies for the combined company. These restructuring actions occurred throughout 2011 and resulted in a restructuring charge of $8.1 million, which included $4.4 million for employee severance, $1.0 million in stock compensation expense due to the contractual acceleration of restricted stock and stock options, $1.4 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments (net of subleases) for abandoned office space and $1.3 million in asset impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2011. Of the total 2011 restructuring charge of $8.1 million, $7.3 million related to continuing operations and $0.8 million related to discontinued operations.

During the first quarter of 2012, the Company recorded an additional $0.6 million in restructuring charges to its continuing operations, which included $0.3 million for employee severance and contract termination costs and $0.3 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments for abandoned office space. As of December 31, 2012, $0.1 million of the Sonic acquisition restructuring costs remain unpaid and primarily relate to the future lease payments for abandoned office space.

BD+

On July 1, 2011, the Company sold its BD+ technology assets.In conjunction with the disposition of the BD+ technology assets, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to the BD+ intangible assets during the second quarter of 2011.

(12) Equity-based Compensation

Stock Options Plans

The Company currently grants stock options and restricted stock awards from the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) and, effective February 17, 2011, the 2004 Sonic Plan.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had a total of 31.8 million shares reserved and 7.2 million shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan, 2000 Plan and 2004 Sonic Plan.

These equity plans provide for the grant of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and similar types of equity awards by the Company to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. For options granted during the period ended December 31, 2012, the vesting period was generally four years where one quarter of the grant vests at the end of the first year, and the remainder vests monthly. Options granted during the period ended December 31, 2012 have a contractual term of seven years.

Restricted stock award and restricted stock unit grants generally vest annually over four years. Restricted stock awards are considered outstanding at the time of the grant, as the stockholders are entitled to voting rights. As of December 31, 2012, the number of restricted stock awards outstanding and unvested was 2.6 million. As of December 31, 2012, the number of restricted stock units outstanding and unvested was 0.3 million.

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) allows eligible employee participants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The ESPP consists of a twenty-four month offering period with four six-month purchase periods in each offering period. Employees purchase shares in each purchase period at 85% of the market value of the Company’s common stock at either the beginning of the offering period or the end of the purchase period, whichever price is lower.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had reserved, and available for future issuance, 4.7 million shares of common stock under the ESPP.

Valuation and Assumptions

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares. The fair value of equity-based payment awards on the date of grant is determined by an option-pricing model using a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends. The Company determines the fair value of its restricted stock grants as the difference between the market value on the date of grant less the exercise price.

Estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock for new grants is determined by using a combination of historical volatility and implied volatility in market traded options. When historical data is available and relevant, the expected term of options granted is determined by calculating the average term from historical stock option exercise experience. When there is insufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected term due to changes in the terms of option grants, the Company uses the “simplified method” as permitted under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110. For options granted after July 15, 2008, the Company changed its standard vesting terms from three to four years and its contractual term from five to seven years. For the period from July 15, 2008 to June 30, 2012, the Company did not have sufficient data for options with four year vesting terms and seven year contractual life and used the simplified method to calculate the expected term. The risk-free interest rate used in the option valuation model is from U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term on the options. The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and therefore uses an expected dividend yield of zero in the option pricing model. In accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, the Company estimates forfeitures at the time of grant and revises those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and records equity-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. The assumptions used to value equity-based payments are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Option Plans:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	4.4 years		4.6 years		4.5 years
Risk free interest rate	0.6	%	1.6	%	2.0	%
Volatility rate	47	%	44	%	39	%
ESPP Plan:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	1.3 years		1.3 years		1.3 years
Risk free interest rate	0.3	%	0.3	%	0.4	%
Volatility rate	56	%	40	%	35	%

The weighted average per share fair value of equity-based awards are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Weighted average fair value:
Option grants	$	9.92	$	20.34	$	13.27
Employee purchase share rights	$	4.41	$	14.97	$	9.92
Restricted stock award grants	$	30.20	$	51.23	$	43.57

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As of December 31, 2012, there was $105.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to unvested equity-based payments granted to employees in continuing operations. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.

Activity under the Company's stock option plans is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average exercise price		Weighted-average remaining contractual term (years)	Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	7,547,063		$	18.27
Granted	1,963,304		$	37.94
Canceled	(536,265	)	$	22.46
Exercised	(4,042,549	)	$	18.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	4,931,553		$	25.64
Assumed options from Sonic acquisition	899,873		$	36.11
Granted	1,786,296		$	52.81
Canceled	(834,187	)	$	43.01
Exercised	(1,996,022	)	$	20.95
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	4,787,513		$	36.67
Granted	1,819,900		$	25.62
Canceled	(1,443,379	)	$	39.62
Exercised	(332,623	)	$	15.87
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	4,831,411		$	33.06	5.0	$	1,036
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2012	3,966,405		$	32.94	4.8	$	909
Exercisable at December 31, 2012	2,118,034		$	33.79	4.0	$	581

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $3.8 million, $66.5 million and $99.4 million, respectively. The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the shares.

Activity related to the Company's restricted awards is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value		Aggregate fair value (1) (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	1,229,600		$	24.70
Granted	700,630		$	43.57
Vested	(460,371	)	$	24.87	18,592
Forfeited	(61,015	)	$	26.01
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	1,408,844		$	33.97
Granted	1,436,774		$	51.23
Vested	(503,328	)	$	30.52	25,394
Forfeited	(168,197	)	$	44.76
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	2,174,093		$	45.34
Granted	2,158,282		$	30.20
Vested	(916,479	)	$	42.96	21,905
Forfeited	(773,568	)	$	41.37
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	2,642,328		$	34.97

(1) Represents the fair value of the restricted award on the day the award vested.

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The Company recorded $61.2 million, $59.1 million and $34.3 million in stock compensation expense from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

(13) Stock Repurchase Program

In November 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400 million of the Company’s common stock. This November 2011 $400.0 million authorization includes any amounts which were outstanding under previously authorized stock repurchase programs. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company repurchased 8.4 million shares of its common stock, which includes the 5.3 million shares repurchased under the accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") discussed below, for $152.1 million. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $222.9 million remaining under its existing stock repurchase program. As of December 31, 2012, treasury stock consisted of 21.4 million shares of common stock that had been repurchased, with a cost basis of approximately $634.6 million.

On August 10, 2012, the Company entered into an ASR agreement with UBS AG, London Branch, and UBS Securities LLC, as agent for UBS AG, London Branch, to repurchase an aggregate of $80 million of the Company's common stock. The number of shares to be delivered under the ASR was based on the volume-weighted average price of Company common stock during the repurchase period, less a discount. At inception of the ASR, the Company received 4.3 million shares of its common stock. On September 28, 2012, the Company received an additional 1.0 million shares to complete the ASR program.

In December 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400.0 million of the Company's common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased 6.8 million shares of its common stock for $337.6 million of which $312.6 million was repurchased under the December 2010 authorization and $25.0 million was repurchased under the November 2011 authorization. In February 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100.0 million of common stock in connection with the offering of the 2040 Convertible Notes as well as up to an additional $200.0 million of its common stock in the open market from time to time at prevailing market prices or otherwise, as conditions warrant. This $200.0 million authorization included any amounts which were outstanding under previously authorized stock repurchase programs. In connection with the 2040 Convertible Note offering, the Company repurchased 3.0 million shares of its common stock for $109.9 million. These repurchases were recorded as treasury stock and resulted in a reduction of stockholders' equity.

(14) Income Taxes

The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011		2010
Domestic income	$	30,843		$	41,291	$	73,845
Foreign (loss) income	(251		)	6,497		13,600
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	30,592		$	47,788	$	87,445

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Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	(5,052	)	$	(1,415	)	$	(134,132	)
State	(1,057		)	3,028			(15,881		)
Foreign	20,827			17,823			13,006
Total current expense (benefit)	$	14,718		$	19,436		$	(137,007	)
Deferred:
Federal	2,256			(8,909		)	14,184
State	970			(1,299		)	(16,390		)
Foreign	(2,253		)	(505		)	—
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)	973			(10,713		)	(2,206		)
Total tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)
Total tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations	$	6,106		$	95		$	(207	)

Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to pretax income from continuing operations as a result of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Federal tax statutory rate	$	10,709		$	16,726		$	30,606
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2,698			(423		)	(9,371		)
Tax credits	—			(3,269		)	—
Foreign tax rate differential	(738		)	1,589			1,622
Change in uncertain tax positions	(3,459		)	1,163			(17,295		)
Compensation expense	3,356			1,755			3,620
PFA Settlement	—			—			(458,353		)
Change in valuation allowance	2,246			(8,499		)	320,264
Others	879			(319		)	(10,306		)
Total tax expense (benefit)	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)

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The tax effects of the temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Accruals, reserves and others	$	17,476		$	20,556
Impairment losses on investments	8,462			8,043
Equity-based compensation	18,819			15,278
Deferred revenue	4,714			3,456
Credits	89,676			82,837
Others	9,832			15,317
State NOL's and credits	14,226			12,741
Net operating loss carryforwards	450,648			480,297
Gross deferred tax assets	613,853			638,525
Valuation allowance	(358,233		)	(345,396		)
Total deferred tax assets	255,620			293,129
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(261,352		)	(268,650		)
Debt amortization	(7,305		)	(14,378		)
Others	(8,186		)	(14,216		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(276,843		)	(297,244		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(21,223	)	$	(4,115	)

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company entered into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement (PFA) program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss of approximately $2.4 billion from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business. In connection with the PFA closing agreement the Company established a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as a result of determining that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets would not be realized. At December 31, 2012, the Company reviewed the determination made at March 31, 2010, that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized. While the Company believes that its fundamental business model is robust, there has not been a change from the March 31, 2010, determination that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized and as such has maintained a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets at December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had federal tax loss carryforwards of approximately $1.5 billion, of which $177.6 million related to stock option deductions and are not included in deferred tax assets.  The federal loss carryforwards will expire from 2020 through 2030.  The Company has state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $114.0 million as of December 31, 2012.  The state loss carryforwards will expire from 2015 through 2032.

The Company has federal and state research and development credits available to reduce future income tax expense of approximately $21.6 million and $11.0 million, respectively.  The federal research credits will expire from 2016 through 2031. The state research credits can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company had foreign tax credits available to reduce future income tax expense of approximately $77.4 million and will expire from 2013 through 2022.

Utilization of state and federal net operating loss and credit carryforwards may be subject to limitations due to ownership changes.

The Company recognizes a liability for uncertain tax positions. The gross tax-affected unrecognized tax benefits which, if recognized, would affect the Company's tax rate were $49.5 million and $49.9 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011. The Company recorded interest related to unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $1.2 million, $1.2 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and released interest and penalties of $1.1 million and $4.0 million for settlements and statute closures for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Total accrued interest and penalties was $3.2 million and $3.2 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011. Interest and penalties are classified in income tax expense. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is (in thousands):

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	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Balance as of January 1	$	130,063		$	50,593
Additions from acquired companies	—			6,659
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	1,443			72,430
Reductions for tax provisions of prior years	(1,413		)	1,666
Reductions for audit settlements	(388		)	—
Reductions for statute of limitations closures	(3,170		)	(1,285		)
Balance as of December 31	$	126,535		$	130,063

The Company does not expect a material change in unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.

The Company has not provided U.S. Federal or state taxes on approximately $218.4 million of undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries as such earnings are considered to be permanently reinvested outside the U.S.

The Company conducts business globally and, as a result, files U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax returns in various jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years before 2008.

(15) Geographic Information

Information on Revenue from Continuing Operations by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
United States	$	356,304	$	340,603	$	262,236
International	294,269		340,372		279,254
Total Revenue	$	650,573	$	680,975	$	541,490

Information on Long Lived Assets by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
United States
Property and Equipment, net	$	29,765	$	39,967
Goodwill, net	1,321,107		1,336,186
Intangibles, net	687,013		811,888
Total United States	2,037,885		2,188,041
International
Property and Equipment, net	3,026		3,236
Goodwill, net	19,928		27,959
Intangibles, net	2,481		3,161
Total International	25,435		34,356
Total Long Lived Assets	$	2,063,320	$	2,222,397

(16) Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

The Company leases its facilities and certain equipment pursuant to noncancelable operating lease agreements expiring through 2019. The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California and such leases expire in 2017.  The Company also leases office space in Ann Arbor, Bedford, Burbank, New York, Radnor, San Diego, San Francisco, Tulsa, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, China, Japan and other locations, with various expiration dates through 2019.  The Company records rent expense on a straight-line basis based on contractual lease payments.  Allowances from lessors for tenant improvements have been included in the straight-line rent expense for applicable locations. Tenant improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the applicable lease.

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Future minimum lease payments pursuant to these leases as of December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2013	$	22,418
2014	16,502
2015	13,190
2016	7,691
2017	3,716
Thereafter	5,074
Total minimum lease payments	$	68,591
Less sublease revenues	(17,038		)
Net future minimum lease payments	$	51,553

Rent expense from continuing operations was $14.1 million, $15.8 million, and $13.5 million, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnification of varying scopes and amounts to certain of its licensees against claims made by third parties arising out of the use and / or incorporation of the Company's products, intellectual property, services and / or technologies into the licensees' products and services, provided the licensee is not in violation of the terms and conditions of the agreement and / or additional performance or other requirements for such indemnification. In some cases, the Company may receive tenders of defense and indemnity arising out of products that are no longer provided by the Company due to having divested certain assets, but which were previously licensed by the Company. The Company's indemnification obligations are typically limited to the cumulative amount paid to the Company by the licensee under the license agreement, however some license agreements, including those with the Company's largest multiple system operators and digital broadcast satellite providers, have larger limits or do not specify a limit on amounts that may be payable under the indemnity arrangements. The Company cannot estimate the possible range of losses that may affect the Company's results of operations or cash flows in a given period or the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on its future results of operations.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is party to various legal actions, claims and proceedings as well as other actions, claims and proceedings incidental to its business. The Company has established loss provisions only for matters in which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Some of the matters pending against the Company involve potential compensatory, punitive or treble damage claims, or sanctions, that if granted, could require the Company to pay damages or make other expenditures in amounts that could have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. At this time, management has not reached a determination that any litigation matters, individually or in the aggregate, are expected to result in liabilities that will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

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(17) Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

	Quarter
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Year
	(in thousands, except per share data)
2012 (1)
Revenues	$	171,727		$	156,298		$	165,597		$	156,951		$	650,573
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes	$	12,520		$	(4,248	)	$	(2,814	)	$	9,443		$	14,901
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(17,129	)	$	(14,301	)	$	(10,513	)	$	(7,302	)	$	(49,245	)
Net (loss) income	$	(4,609	)	$	(18,549	)	$	(13,327	)	$	2,141		$	(34,344	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
2011 (1)
Revenues	$	151,208		$	176,709		$	178,745		$	174,313		$	680,975
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes (2)	$	22,108		$	113		$	14,541		$	2,303		$	39,065
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(5,073	)	$	(10,841	)	$	(12,788	)	$	(51,649	)	$	(80,351	)
Net (loss) income (2)	$	17,035		$	(10,728	)	$	1,753		$	(49,346	)	$	(41,286	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.20		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.36
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.10		)	(0.11		)	(0.48		)	(0.74		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	0.16		$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.46	)	$	(0.38	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.34
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.09		)	(0.11		)	(0.47		)	(0.70		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	0.15		$	(0.09	)	$	0.02		$	(0.45	)	$	(0.36	)

(1) Amounts have been reclassified to reflect the Rovi Entertainment Store business as discontinued operations.

(2) During the first quarter of 2011, the Company recorded a $14.4 million income tax benefit from continuing operations including a discrete benefit from the reduction in the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance resulting from the Company’s acquisition of Sonic (See Note 14). During the second quarter of 2011, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to its former BD+ technology intangible assets (See Note 11).

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EX-4.05

AMENDMENT NO. 1

AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of February 12, 2013 (this “Amendment”), to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2011 and amended and restated as of March 29, 2012 (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Rovi Corporation (“Holdings”), Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides, Inc. (together, the “Borrowers”), the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint bookrunners, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and collateral agent. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Lenders have extended credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement, and the Lenders whose signatures appear below, constituting the Required Lenders, are willing to amend the Credit Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Amendment to Credit Agreement. The definition of “Cash Equivalents” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

(a) dollars, the lawful money of the European Union or the United Kingdom and any other foreign currency, provided such other foreign currency is not subject to exchange controls or other restriction on its conversion into United States dollars;

(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case with maturities not more than two years from the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;

(c) time deposits (including eurodollar time deposits) with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of

America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper (including without limitation promissory notes or other borrowings) rated at least “Prime-l” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, as of the date of acquisition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d) commercial paper issued by any person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P as of the date of acquisition, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(e) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank (or any Affiliate thereof) satisfying the requirements of clause (c) above, having a term of not more than 12 months;

(f) securities issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or by any political subdivision (including any municipality) or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least “A” (or A-1, SP1 or other then equivalent grade) by S&P or at least “A1” (or “Prime-1” or MIG-1 or other then equivalent grade) by Moody’s as of the date of acquisition and, in each case, with a maturity of not more than two years from the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012;

(g) securities and loans with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued by, or backed by a standby letter of credit issued by, any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (c) above;

(h) shares in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P;

(i) investments denominated in the currency of foreign jurisdictions with a maturity of not more than two years from the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012 which are substantially similar (including creditworthiness) to the items specified in subsections (b) through (h) of this definition made in the ordinary course of business (and which, in the case of investments denominated in the currency of a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the applicable Company is organized, are made for non-speculative bona fide business purposes);

(j) securities of government sponsored entities having ratings of at least Aaa by Moody’s (or the then equivalent grade) or AAA by S&P (or the then equivalent grade) as of the date of acquisition and having maturities not more than two years from the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012;

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(k) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries in Indebtedness issued by persons with a long term rating of “A3” or higher from Moody’s (or the then equivalent grade) or “A-” or higher from S&P (or the then equivalent grade), with maturities not more than two years from the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012; and

(l) Investments in Indebtedness issued by persons with a long term rating of “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or the then equivalent grade) or “A” or higher from S&P (or the then equivalent grade), with maturities not more than one year after the later of (A) the date of acquisition thereof or (B) March 29, 2012.

Section 2. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party party hereto represents and warrants that:

(a)As of the date hereof, this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Loan Party. This Amendment constitutes such Loan Party’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

(b)The representations and warranties of such Loan Party set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents that are qualified by materiality are true and correct, and the representations and warranties that are not so qualified are true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (other than with respect to any representation and warranty that expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(c)Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 3. Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall be effective, and the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have been amended pursuant to Section 1 above, as of March 29, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i)the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the authorized signatures of Holdings, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders; and

(ii)the Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all fees (including the fee payable pursuant to Section 4 below) and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the date hereof.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the effectiveness of this Amendment and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

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Section 4. Fee. The Borrowers shall pay each Lender party to this Amendment a fee, payable on the date hereof, in an amount equal to 0.025% of the aggregate principal amount of Loans held by such Lender.

Section 5. Effect of Amendment; Reaffirmation; Etc.. (a) Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.

(b)Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby consents to the Amendment and hereby confirms its respective guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests as applicable under each of the Loan Documents to which it is party, and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of the Amendment, such guarantees, pledges and grants of security interests, as applicable, shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall continue to inure to the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties.

(c)On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import, and each reference to this “Agreement” or the “Credit Agreement” in any other Loan Document shall be deemed a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 6. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

Section 7. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g., pdf or tif) of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.

Section 9. Headings. Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
ROVI GUIDES, INC.,
as Borrowers
By:	/s/ Stephen Yu
Name:	Stephen Yu
Title:	Secretary
ALL MEDIA GUIDE HOLDINGS, INC.,
in its individual capacity and as sole member of
ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC
APTIV DIGITAL, INC.
DIRECTCOM NETWORKS, INC.
DIVX LLC
EUROMEDIA GROUP, INC.
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERACTIVE, LLC
GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE MARKETING LLC
INDEX SYSTEMS INC
IPG DEVELOPMENT VENTURE LLC
MOODLOGIC, INC.
PDT HOLDINGS, INC.
ROVI CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
ROVI CORPORATION
ROVI DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION,
as Managing Member of
MACROVISION INTERNATIONAL
HOLDINGS LLC,
ROVI PAYROLL SERVICES, LLC
ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
SONIC SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
SONIC SOLUTIONS LLC
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.
TV GUIDE, INC.
TV GUIDE AFFILIATE SALES &
MARKETING, INC.
TV GUIDE INTERACTIVE GROUP, INC.
TV GUIDE INTERACTIVE, INC.

[signature page to Amendment No. 1]

TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL IPG, INC.
TV GUIDE MEDIA SALES, INC.
TV GUIDE MEDIA SERVICES, INC.
TV GUIDE MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
TV GUIDE ON SCREEN, INC.
TV GUIDE ONLINE, INC.
TV GUIDE ONLINE, LLC
TV GUIDE VISION GROUP, INC.
TVSM PUBLISHING, INC.
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
UV CORP.,
as Guarantors
By:	/s/ Stephen Yu
Name:	Stephen Yu
Title:	Secretary

[signature page to Amendment No. 1]

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and as Lender
By:	/s/ John G. Kowalcznk
Name:	John G. Kowalcznk
Title:	Executive Director

[Signature page to Amendment No. 1]

EX-21.01

Exhibit 21.01

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

NAME	STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
All Media Guide Holdings, Inc.	Delaware
All Media Guide, LLC	Delaware
Aptiv Digital, Inc.	Delaware
Canada Services, Inc.	Delaware
DirectCom Networks, Inc.	Delaware
DivX Holdings, Inc.	Delaware
DivX International, Inc.	Delaware
DivX International Hong Kong, Limited	Hong Kong
DivX LLC	Delaware
DivX Networks (Europe GMBH)	Germany
DivX Technologia Ltda.	Brazil
EuroMedia Group, Inc.	Delaware
Gemstar (B.V.I.) Limited	British Virgin Islands
Gemstar Development Corporation	California
Rovi Hong Kong Ltd. (formerly Gemstar Technology Development Limited)	Hong Kong
Gemstar-TV Guide Interactive, LLC	Delaware
Gemstar-TV Guide Marketing LLC	Delaware
Index Systems Inc.	British Virgin Islands
Interactive Program Guide, Inc. (46.25% owned)	Japan
InterActual Technologies, Inc.	California
IPG Development Ventures, LLC	Delaware
Macrovision International Holdings LLC	Delaware
Macrovision International Licensing SARL	Switzerland
Macrovision Japan YK	Japan
Macrovision Licensing & Holdings B.V.	Netherlands
MainConcept DivX LLC	Russia
MainConcept Gmbh	Germany
MainConcept LLC	California
Mediabolic, Inc.	Delaware
Moodlogic, Inc.	Delaware
Nowtilus Gmbh	Germany
PDT Holdings, Inc.	California
Rational Feeling (Austria) Inc.	Delaware
Rovi Canada Inc.	Canada
Rovi Corporation	Delaware
Rovi Corporation (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	China
Rovi Corporate Services, Inc.	Delaware
Rovi Data Solutions, Inc.	Delaware
Rovi Europe Limited	United Kingdom
Rovi Global Services SARL	Luxembourg
Rovi Guides, Inc.	Delaware
Rovi International Solutions SARL	Luxembourg
Rovi Payroll Services LLC	California
Rovi KK	Japan
Rovi Korea Co. Ltd.	Korea
Rovi Solutions Corporation	Delaware

Rovi Taiwan Ltd.	Taiwan
Rovi Technologies Corporation	Delaware
Rovi Technologies SARL	Luxembourg
Sidereel, Inc.	Delaware
Sonic IP, Inc.	California
Sonic Solutions International, Inc.	Delaware
Sonic Solutions Holdings Inc.	Delaware
Sonic Solutions LLC	California
Snapstick, Inc.	Delaware
Snapstick Technologies PVT Ltd.	India
StarSight Telecast, Inc.	California
System OK AB	Sweden
TV Guide Affiliate Sales & Marketing, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Interactive Group, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Interactive, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide International IPG, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide International, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Media Sales, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Media Services, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Mobile Entertainment, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Online, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Online, LLC	Delaware
TV Guide On Screen, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide Vision Group, Inc.	Delaware
TV Guide, Inc.	Delaware
TVG-PMC, Inc.	Delaware
TVSM Publishing, Inc.	Delaware
United Video Properties, Inc.	Delaware
United Video, LLC	Delaware
UV Corp.	Delaware

All subsidiaries are 100% owned unless otherwise noted.

EX-23.01

Exhibit 23.01

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

(1) Registration Statement (No. 333-152337) on Form S-3ASR of Macrovision Solutions Corporation,

(2) Registration Statement (No. 333-171706) on Post Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 and Amendment No. 1 on Form S-4 of Rovi Corporation, and

(3) Registration Statements (Nos. 333-150626 and 333-152485) on Form S-8 of Macrovision Solutions Corporation and Registration Statement (No. 333-172886) on Form S-8 of Rovi Corporation;

of our reports dated February 13, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Rovi Corporation and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Rovi Corporation, included in this Form 10-K of Rovi Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2012.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 13, 2013

EX-31.01

Exhibit 31.01

CERTIFICATION

I, Thomas Carson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Rovi Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	February 13, 2013
		/s/ Thomas Carson
		Thomas Carson
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.02

Exhibit 31.02

CERTIFICATION

I, Peter C. Halt, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Rovi Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	February 13, 2013
		/s/ Peter C. Halt
		Peter C. Halt
		Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.01

Exhibit 32.01

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

In connection with the Annual Report of Rovi Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Thomas Carson certifies in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted), that to the best of his knowledge:

(a) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)), and

(b) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto signed this Certification as of February 13, 2013.

/s/ Thomas Carson

Thomas Carson

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.02

Exhibit 32.02

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

In connection with the Annual Report of Rovi Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Peter C. Halt certifies in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted), that to the best of his knowledge:

(a) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)), and

(b) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto signed this Certification as of February 13, 2013.

/s/ Peter C. Halt

Peter C. Halt

Chief Financial Officer

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Basis Of Presentation (Details) (Guideworks, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 26, 2010
Guideworks
Basis of Presentation
Percentage interest in joint venture	49.00%
Net payment received on sale of ownership interest	$ 4.6
Loss recognized on sale of ownership interest	$ 1.0

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of Goodwill Activity) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Goodwill
Balance at Beginning of Period	$ 1,364,145	$ 857,216	$ 854,065
Goodwill Acquired	14,386	510,998	2,853
Foreign Currency Translation	(555)	(307)	298
Reclassified to Assets Held for Sale	(36,941)	(3,762)	0
Balance at End of Period	$ 1,341,035	$ 1,364,145	$ 857,216

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Acquisitions (Purchase Price Components) (Details) (Sonic, USD $) In Thousands, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2011
Business Acquisition
Total purchase price	$ 763,143
Closing common stock price per share	$ 60.13
Common Stock
Business Acquisition
Cash consideration	398,146
Fair value of shares issued towards acquisition	348,193	[1]
Number of shares issued towards acquisition	5.8
Employee Stock Option
Business Acquisition
Fair value of vested Sonic employee stock options assumed	1,722
Cost To Terminate Vested In Money Employee Stock Options
Business Acquisition
Cash consideration	8,242
Fair value of shares issued towards acquisition	$ 6,840	[1]
Number of shares issued towards acquisition	0.1

[1] Based on the Company's February 17, 2011, closing common stock price of $60.13 per share.

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Fair Value (Outstanding Debt Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Long-term debt, Carrying Amount	$ 1,480,225
Par value of debt	1,514,103
Term Loan A-1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	425,843
Par value of debt	427,500
Term Loan A-1 | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair Value of outstanding debt	427,244
Term Loan A-2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	214,161
Par value of debt	215,000
Term Loan A-2 | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair Value of outstanding debt	214,205
Term Loan B-2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	577,976
Par value of debt	580,613
Term Loan B-2 | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair Value of outstanding debt	578,465
2040 Convertible Notes
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Carrying Value of outstanding convertible debt	262,245	[1]	250,300
Par value of debt	290,990		291,000
2040 Convertible Notes | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair Value of outstanding debt	$ 290,001	[1]

[1] The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Summary Of Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Costs	$ 1,124,629	$ 1,151,931
Accumulated Amortization	(435,135)	(336,882)
Net	689,494	815,049
Developed technology and patents
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Costs	895,571	895,420
Accumulated Amortization	(339,966)	(267,913)
Net	555,605	627,507
Existing contracts and customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Costs	146,524	167,524
Accumulated Amortization	(54,512)	(34,426)
Net	92,012	133,098
Content databases and other
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Costs	57,234	63,687
Accumulated Amortization	(29,204)	(24,790)
Net	28,030	38,897
Trademarks / Tradenames
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Costs	25,300	25,300
Accumulated Amortization	(11,453)	(9,753)
Net	$ 13,847	$ 15,547

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended								3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Foreign	Dec. 31, 2012 Federal	Dec. 31, 2012 Federal Research	Dec. 31, 2012 State	Dec. 31, 2012 State Research	Mar. 31, 2010 Pre-Filing Agreement
Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations
Ordinary tax loss from sale of business									$ 2,400,000,000
Operating loss carryforwards					1,500,000,000		114,000,000
Federal tax loss carryforwards related to stock options					177,600,000
Tax credits				77,400,000		21,600,000		11,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	49,500,000	49,900,000
Interest related to unrecognized tax benefits	1,200,000	1,200,000	1,000,000
Interest and penalties	1,100,000	4,000,000
Accrued interest and penalties	3,200,000	3,200,000
Undistributed earnings of non-US subsidiaries	$ 218,400,000

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Financial Statement Details (Allowance For Doubtful Accounts, Continuing Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable
Balance at Beginning of Period	$ 2,689	$ 2,141	$ 3,127
Additions	81	731	(545)
Deductions	244	183	441
Balance at End of Period	$ 2,526	$ 2,689	$ 2,141

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Fair Value (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Assets And Liabilities Measured And Recorded At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis

As of December 31, 2011, assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis, were as follows (in thousands):

	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	86,014	$	86,014	$	—	$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	150,458		—		150,458		—
Foreign government obligations (2)	19,757		—		19,757		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (2)	113,218		—		113,218		—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (3)	14,314		—		—		14,314
Corporate debt securities (3)	8,182		—		8,182		—
Foreign government obligations (3)	18,000		—		18,000		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	24,771		—		24,771		—
Interest rate swaps and caps (4)	16,433		—		16,433		—
Total	$	451,147	$	86,014	$	350,819	$	14,314

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $29.8 million and the fair value in a liability position was $13.4 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following types of instruments at December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	Total			Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	212,123		$	212,123	$	—		$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	345,044			—		345,044			—
Foreign government obligations (3)	17,601			—		17,601			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	236,943			—		236,943			—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (4)	14,287			—		—			14,287
Corporate debt securities (4)	41,920			—		41,920			—
Foreign government obligations (4)	3,162			—		3,162			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (4)	45,524			—		45,524			—
Total	$	916,604		$	212,123	$	690,194		$	14,287
Non-Current Liabilities
Interest rate swaps and caps (5)	$	(3,769	)	$	—	$	(3,769	)	$	—

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Includes $21.6 million included in cash and cash equivalents and $323.4 million included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(5) Included in other non current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $27.4 million and the fair value in a liability position was $31.2 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

Summary Of Level 3 Auction Rate Securities

The following table provides a summary of changes in the Company’s Level 3 auction rate securities ("ARS") as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	14,314		$	14,999		$	73,004
Acquired ARS-Sonic Solution acquisition	—			3,002			—
Gain on ARS classified as trading and recorded in other income				—			5,773
Unrealized (loss) gain included in accumulated other comprehensive income	(27		)	622			20
Realized gain on settlement	—			51			—
ARS Put Option loss recorded in other income				—			(5,773		)
Settlements	—			(4,360		)	(58,025		)
Balance at end of period	$	14,287		$	14,314		$	14,999

Outstanding Debt Fair Value

The fair value of the Company’s outstanding debt at December 31, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

	Carrying Value		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,244
Term Loan A-2	214,161		214,205
Term Loan B-2	577,976		578,465
2040 Convertible Notes (1)	262,245		290,001
	$	1,480,225

(1) The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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Income Taxes (Components of Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Domestic income	$ 30,843	$ 41,291	$ 73,845
Foreign (loss) income	(251)	6,497	13,600
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ 30,592	$ 47,788	$ 87,445

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Equity-Based Compensation (Assumptions Used To Value Equity-Based Payments) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected term	4 years 5 months	4 years 7 months 6 days	4 years 6 months
Risk free interest rate	0.60%	1.60%	2.00%
Volatility rate	47.00%	44.00%	39.00%
ESPP Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected term	1 year 3 months 18 days	1 year 3 months 18 days	1 year 3 months 18 days
Risk free interest rate	0.30%	0.30%	0.40%
Volatility rate	56.00%	40.00%	35.00%

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Debt (Convertible Senior Notes Due 2040) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010 2040 Convertible Notes	Mar. 31, 2010 2040 Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2012 2040 Convertible Notes		Dec. 31, 2011 2040 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument
Debt issued				$ 460,000,000	$ 460,000,000
Interest rate of debt, stated percentage				2.625%	2.625%
Shares issued per $1,000 principal amount				21.1149
Principal amount of each note				1,000
Debt conversion, price per share				$ 47.36	$ 47.36
Minimum percentage of common stock price on applicable conversion price resulting in the noteholders ability to convert the notes into cash or stock						130.00%
Maximum percentage of product under last reported sale price for conversion eligibility						98.00%
Convertible notes, percentage of principal to be paid on notes redeemed						100.00%
Interest rate of debt, effective percentage					7.75%
Par value of debt repurchased								169,000,000
Repurchase of convertible debt								203,200,000
Loss on debt redemption	1,758,000	11,514,000	16,806,000					8,300,000
Par value of debt	1,514,103,000					290,990,000		291,000,000
Unamortized discount						28,800,000		40,700,000
Carrying Value of outstanding convertible debt						262,245,000	[1]	250,300,000
Interest expense						$ 12,000,000		$ 14,400,000

[1] The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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Equity-Based Compensation (Summary of Restricted Stock Awards) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares
Outstanding, Shares	2,174,093		1,408,844		1,229,600
Granted, Shares	2,158,282		1,436,774		700,630
Vested, Shares	(916,479)		(503,328)		(460,371)
Forfeited, Shares	(773,568)		(168,197)		(61,015)
Outstanding, Shares	2,642,328		2,174,093		1,408,844
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value, Outstanding	$ 45.34		$ 33.97		$ 24.70
Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value, Granted	$ 30.20		$ 51.23		$ 43.57
Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value, Vested	$ 42.96		$ 30.52		$ 24.87
Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value, Forfeited	$ 41.37		$ 44.76		$ 26.01
Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value, Outstanding	$ 34.97		$ 45.34		$ 33.97
Aggregate Fair Value, Vested	$ 21,905	[1]	$ 25,394	[1]	$ 18,592	[1]

[1] Represents the fair value of the restricted award on the day the award vested.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
2013	$ 22,418,000
2014	16,502,000
2015	13,190,000
2016	7,691,000
2017	3,716,000
Thereafter	5,074,000
Total minimum lease payments	68,591,000
Less sublease revenues	(17,038,000)
Net future minimum lease payments	51,553,000
Rent expense from continuing operations	$ 14,100,000	$ 15,800,000	$ 13,500,000

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Income Taxes (Schedule of Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal tax statutory rate	$ 10,709	$ 16,726	$ 30,606
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2,698	(423)	(9,371)
Tax credits	0	(3,269)	0
Foreign tax rate differential	(738)	1,589	1,622
Change in uncertain tax positions	(3,459)	1,163	(17,295)
Compensation expense	3,356	1,755	3,620
PFA Settlement	0	0	(458,353)
Change in valuation allowance	2,246	(8,499)	320,264
Others	879	(319)	(10,306)
Total tax expense (benefit)	$ 15,691	$ 8,723	$ (139,213)

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Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Restructuring Cost and Reserve
Revenues	$ 156,951,000	$ 165,597,000	$ 156,298,000	$ 171,727,000	$ 174,313,000	$ 178,745,000	$ 176,709,000	$ 151,208,000	$ 650,573,000	$ 680,975,000	$ 541,490,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes	9,443,000	(2,814,000)	(4,248,000)	12,520,000	2,303,000	14,541,000	113,000	22,108,000	14,901,000	39,065,000	226,658,000
Discontinued operations, net of tax	(7,302,000)	(10,513,000)	(14,301,000)	(17,129,000)	(51,649,000)	(12,788,000)	(10,841,000)	(5,073,000)	(49,245,000)	(80,351,000)	(13,774,000)
Net (loss) income	2,141,000	(13,327,000)	(18,549,000)	(4,609,000)	(49,346,000)	1,753,000	(10,728,000)	17,035,000	(34,344,000)	(41,286,000)	212,884,000
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0.09	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.13	$ 0.00	$ 0.20	$ 0.14	$ 0.36	$ 2.20
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.16)	$ (0.48)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.74)	$ (0.14)
Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.02	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.46)	$ 0.02	$ (0.10)	$ 0.16	$ (0.33)	$ (0.38)	$ 2.06
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0.09	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.13	$ 0.00	$ 0.19	$ 0.14	$ 0.34	$ 2.07
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.16)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.70)	$ (0.13)
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.02	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.45)	$ 0.02	$ (0.09)	$ 0.15	$ (0.33)	$ (0.36)	$ 1.94
Income tax benefit from continuing operations								14,400,000	(15,691,000)	(8,723,000)	139,213,000
BD Plus
Restructuring Cost and Reserve
Intangible assets impairment charge							$ 13,500,000

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Stock Repurchase Program (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 28, 2012 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Aug. 10, 2012 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Dec. 31, 2012 Accelerated Share Repurchase	Dec. 31, 2010 December 2010 Authorization	Dec. 31, 2011 December 2010 Authorization	Nov. 30, 2011 November 2011 Authorization	Dec. 31, 2012 November 2011 Authorization	Dec. 31, 2011 November 2011 Authorization	Feb. 26, 2010 February 2010 Authorization	Feb. 26, 2010 2040 Convertible Notes February 2010 Authorization
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock
Authorized amount of common stock for repurchase						$ 400,000,000		$ 400,000,000			$ 200,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Common stock repurchased during period, shares	8,400,000	6,800,000	1,000,000	4,300,000	5,300,000						3,000,000
Common stock repurchased during period, value	152,100,000	337,600,000		80,000,000			312,600,000			25,000,000	109,900,000
Common stock, remaining authorized amount to be repurchased									222,900,000
Treasury stock held, shares	21,421,013	13,066,233
Treasury stock held, value	$ 634,571,000	$ 482,479,000

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Restructuring And Asset Impairment Charges (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Q3 2012 Restructuring Action	Mar. 31, 2012 Q1 2012 Restructuring Action	Dec. 31, 2011 Sonic	Dec. 31, 2012 Sonic	Jun. 30, 2011 BD Plus	Dec. 31, 2012 Continuing Operations Q3 2012 Restructuring Action	Mar. 31, 2012 Continuing Operations Sonic	Dec. 31, 2011 Continuing Operations Sonic	Dec. 31, 2012 Discontinued Operations Q3 2012 Restructuring Action	Dec. 31, 2011 Discontinued Operations Sonic
Restructuring Cost and Reserve
Restructuring charges	$ 5,094,000	$ 20,800,000	$ 0	$ 4,800,000		$ 8,100,000			$ 3,700,000	$ 600,000	$ 7,300,000	$ 1,100,000	$ 800,000
Severance costs				2,900,000	800,000	4,400,000				300,000
Abandonment costs				900,000		1,400,000				300,000
Asset impairment charges	1,292,000	15,318,000	0	1,000,000		1,300,000		13,500,000
Unpaid severance				1,100,000
Unpaid abandon costs				700,000			100,000
Stock compensation expense	$ 61,224,000	$ 59,109,000	$ 34,298,000			$ 1,000,000

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Description of Business

Rovi Corporation (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2007. On May 2, 2008, Macrovision Corporation acquired Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (“Gemstar”). Upon consummation of this transaction, the Company assumed ownership of both Gemstar and Macrovision Corporation. The common stock of Macrovision Corporation and Gemstar were de-registered and Macrovision Corporation stockholders were provided one share in Rovi Corporation for each share of Macrovision Corporation common stock owned as of the closing.

The Company is focused on powering the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of digital entertainment. The Company provides a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in its customers' products and services, connecting consumers with entertainment. Company offerings enable discovery; video display and delivery; and advertising. Content discovery solutions include interactive program guides (“IPGs”), search and recommendations, cloud data services and the Company's extensive database of descriptive information about television, movie, music, books, and game content (“metadata”). Video display and delivery solutions include video compression-decompression technology (“codecs”) and content protection technologies and services. Advertising solutions include the Rovi Advertising Network and the Rovi Advertising Service, delivering advertising to IPGs, connected devices, interactive applications and advertising on consumer websites operated by the Company. In addition to offering Company developed IPGs, customers may also license the Company's patents and deploy their own IPG or a third party IPG. Rovi's solutions are deployed globally in the cable, satellite, consumer electronics, entertainment and online distribution markets.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rovi Corporation and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Rovi Entertainment Store business. On February 1, 2012, the Company sold its Roxio Consumer Software business. On September 17, 2010, the Company sold its Canadian subsidiary, Norpak Corporation (“Norpak”), which manufactured equipment for embedding data in a television signal. The results of operations and cash flows of the Rovi Entertainment Store, the Roxio Consumer Software business and Norpak have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented (See Note 5).

On February 26, 2010, the Company sold its 49% interest in the Guideworks LLC joint venture (“Guideworks”) to Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) and simultaneously purchased Comcast’s interest in the patents which had been developed by Guideworks. Guideworks was a research and development joint venture with Comcast that developed interactive program guide solutions, which are distributed by the Company under the i-Guide brand. Under these agreements, the Company received a net payment of $4.6 million and realized a $1.0 million loss on sale of its interest in Guideworks. The Company had been recording its 49% interest in Guideworks as an operating expense in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements.

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

Certain financial statement items for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported results of operations during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, investments, equity-based compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets and income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

The Company considers investments with original maturities from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks, money market funds and corporate debt securities. All other liquid investments with maturities over three months and less than 12 months are classified as short-term investments. All marketable securities with maturities over one year or those for which the Company’s intent is to retain them for more than twelve months are classified as long-term marketable investment securities.

Management determines the appropriate classification of investment securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Trading securities are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as part of interest and other income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary for available-for-sale securities are reported in interest income and other, net as incurred. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale and trading are included in interest income and other, net.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful AccountsThe Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The Company reviews its trade receivables by aging category to identify significant customers with known disputes or collection issues. For accounts not specifically identified, the Company provides reserves based on historical bad debt loss experience.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Computer equipment and software are depreciated over three years. Furniture and fixtures are depreciated over five years. Leasehold improvements and assets recorded under capital leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the assets’ useful lives or lease terms.

Joint Ventures and Other Investments

Joint Ventures and Other Investments

Investments of 50% or less in entities in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over operations are accounted for using the equity method.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue represents cash amounts received from customers under certain license agreements for which the revenue earnings process has not been completed.

Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Comprehensive income includes net income (loss), foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses, net of related taxes, on marketable investment securities that have been excluded from the determination of net income (loss).

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2011-05"), except for the provisions of ASU 2011-05 which were deferred by Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05 ("ASU 2011-12"). The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Instead, the Company presents other comprehensive income in a separate statement following the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The new guidance also requires entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the Consolidated Statement of Operations and the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-12 indefinitely defers the guidance related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. ASU 2011-05 only relates to disclosure requirements and its adoption did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

On January 1, 2010, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple Deliverable Arrangements, (“ASU 2009-13”) and Accounting Standards Update 2009-14, Software (Topic 985)—Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (“ASU 2009-14”). ASU 2009-13 modifies the requirements for determining whether a deliverable in a multiple element arrangement can be treated as a separate unit of accounting by removing the criteria that objective and reliable evidence of fair value exists for the undelivered elements. The new guidance requires consideration be allocated to all deliverables based on their relative selling price using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) of selling price, if it exists; otherwise selling price is determined based on third-party evidence (TPE) of selling price. If neither VSOE nor TPE exist, management must use its best estimate of selling price (ESP) to allocate the arrangement consideration. The Company adopted this update under the prospective method and has applied the new guidance to agreements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

ASU 2009-14 excludes tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of ASC 985-605, Software-Revenue Recognition. The Company adopted ASU 2009-14 on a prospective basis and applied the new guidance to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

The Company’s revenue from continuing operations primarily consists of license fees for IPG products and patents, license fees for the Company’s codec technology, royalty fees on copy-protected products, license fees for the Company’s content protection technologies and license fees for entertainment metadata. The Company recognizes revenue when the following conditions are met: (i) there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or service has been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable and (iv) collection is reasonably assured.

Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into separate units of accounting when the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The Company then determines the fair value of each element using the selling price hierarchy of VSOE, TPE or ESP, as applicable; and allocates the total consideration among the various elements based on the relative selling price method. The allocation of value may impact the amount and timing of revenue recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during a given period.

The Company accounts for cash consideration (such as sales incentives) that it gives to its customers or resellers as a reduction of revenue, rather than as an operating expense unless the Company receives a benefit that is separate from the customer’s purchase from the Company and for which it can reasonably estimate the fair value.

Amounts for fees collected or invoiced and due relating to arrangements where revenue cannot be recognized are reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as deferred revenue and recognized when the applicable revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of data costs, royalty expenses, patent prosecution, patent maintenance and patent litigation costs.

Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company recognizes compensation costs for shares that are expected to vest, on a straight-line basis, over the requisite service period of the award.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance for any tax benefits of which future realization is not evaluated to be more likely than not.

From time to time, the Company engages in transactions in which the tax consequences may be subject to uncertainty. Significant judgment is required in assessing and estimating the tax consequences of these transactions. In determining the Company’s tax provision for financial reporting purposes, the Company establishes a reserve for uncertain tax positions unless such positions are determined to be “more likely than not” of being sustained upon examination, based on their technical merits.

Taxes Collected from Customers

Taxes Collected from Customers

The Company applies the net basis presentation for taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

Foreign Currency Translation

Foreign Currency Translation

The translation of the accounts of Company subsidiaries with a foreign currency other than the United States Dollar is performed for balance sheet accounts using current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenues and expense accounts using an average exchange rate for the respective periods. Adjustments resulting from such translation are included in comprehensive income. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material in any of the periods presented.

Business and Concentration of Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Business and Concentration of Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, interest rate swaps and caps and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and money market funds with various high credit quality institutions.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers as necessary. As a percentage of net revenues from continuing operations, the Company did not have any customers that were equal to or greater than 10% of net revenue for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have any customers whose receivable exceeded 10% of its gross accounts receivable.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs ("ASU 2011-04"). The new guidance limits the highest-and-best-use measure to nonfinancial assets, permits certain financial assets and liabilities with offsetting positions in market or counterparty credit risks to be measured at a net basis, and provides guidance on the applicability of premiums and discounts. Additionally, the new guidance expands the disclosures on Level 3 inputs by requiring quantitative disclosure of the unobservable inputs and assumptions, as well as the description of the valuation processes and the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs. The Company is making an accounting policy election to use the exception in Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") 820-10-35-18D (commonly referred to as the portfolio exception) with respect to measuring counterparty credit risk for derivative instruments subject to master netting arrangements, consistent with the guidance in ASC 820-10-35-18G. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

ASC 260 defines unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends as participating securities that should be included in computing EPS using the two-class method. The Company’s non-vested restricted stock awards granted prior to June 30, 2009, qualify as participating securities.

Basic net EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, except for periods of operating loss for which no common share equivalents are included because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

Goodwill and Other Intangibles from Acquisitions

Goodwill and Other Intangibles from Acquisitions

On October 1, 2011, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2011-8, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350) (“ASU 2011-8”). ASU 2011-8 allows the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. The adoption of ASU 2011-8 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, or more frequently, if facts and circumstances warrant a review. The provisions require the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the Company performs the two-step impairment test. In the first step of the two-step impairment test, the fair value of each reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, goodwill is not impaired and no further testing is performed. The second step is performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill must be determined and compared to the carrying value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference will be recorded.

Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful life, generally three to eighteen years, and reviewed for impairment when events and circumstances indicate that the intangible asset might be impaired.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of, Excluding Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of, Excluding Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that long-lived assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. If required, the impairment recognized is the difference between the fair value of the asset and its carrying amount.

Software Development Costs

Software Development Costs

Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility, which is generally the completion of a working prototype that has been certified as having no critical bugs and is a release candidate or when alternative future use exists. To date, software development costs incurred between completion of a working prototype and general availability of the related product have not been material and have not been capitalized.

Research and Development

Research and Development

Expenditures for research and development are expensed as incurred. The Company had no capitalized research and development costs as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Advertising Expenses

Advertising Expenses

The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred and for its continuing operations classifies these costs under selling, general and administrative expense.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy

In accordance with ASC 820, the Company uses three levels of inputs to measure fair value:

Level 1. Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2. Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be obtained from observable market data.

Level 3. Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of assets or liabilities.

The Company values its interest rate swaps using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each interest rate swap. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the interest rate swaps, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. The Company also incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its interest rate swaps for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings.

The Company’s auction rate securities are valued using a discounted cash flow analysis or other type of valuation model. These analyses are highly judgmental and consider, among other items, the likelihood of redemption, credit quality, duration, insurance wraps and expected future cash flows. These securities were also compared, when possible, to other observable market data with similar characteristics to the securities held by the Company.

Fair Value Transfer, Policy

The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period.

CE and Service Provider Licensing

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

CE and Service Provider Licensing

The Company licenses its proprietary IPG technology, codec technology and ACP technology to consumer electronics (“CE”) manufacturers, integrated circuit makers, service providers and others. The Company generally recognizes revenue from licensing technology on a per-unit shipped model with CE manufacturers or a per-subscriber model with service providers. The Company’s recognition of revenues from per-unit license fees is based on units reported shipped by the manufacturer. CE manufacturers normally report their unit shipments to the Company in the quarter immediately following that of actual shipment by the manufacturer. The Company has established significant experience and relationships with certain ACP technology licensing customers to reasonably estimate current period volume for purposes of making an accurate revenue accrual. Accordingly, revenue from these customers is recognized in the period the customer shipped the units. Revenues from per-subscriber fees are recognized in the period the services are provided by a licensee, as reported to the Company by the licensee. Revenues from annual or other license fees are recognized based on the specific terms of the license arrangement. For instance, some of the Company’s large CE IPG and codec technology licensees have entered into agreements for which they have the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a specified term for a flat fee. The Company records the fees associated with these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the specified term. The Company at times enters into IPG patent license agreements in which it provides a licensee a release for past infringement as well as the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a future period for a flat fee. In this type of arrangement, the Company generally would use ESP to allocate the consideration between the release for past infringement and the go-forward patent license. As the revenue recognition criteria for the past infringement would generally be satisfied upon the execution of the agreement, the amount of consideration allocated to the past infringement would be recognized in the quarter the agreement is executed and the amount allocated to the go-forward license agreement would be recognized ratably over the term. In addition, the Company enters into agreements in which the licensee pays the Company a one-time fee for a perpetual license to its ACP or DivX technology. Provided that collectability is reasonably assured, the Company records revenue related to these agreements when the agreement is executed as the Company has no continuing obligation and the amounts are fixed and determinable.

The Company also generates advertising revenue through its IPGs and other platforms. Advertising revenue is recognized when the related advertisement is provided. All advertising revenue is recorded net of agency commissions and revenue shares with service providers and CE manufacturers.

Discontinued Operations-Rovi Entertainment Store Video Delivery Solution

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Discontinued Operations-Rovi Entertainment Store Video Delivery Solution

The Company recognizes service fees it receives from retailers and others for operating their storefronts on a straight-line basis over the period it is providing services. The Company recognizes transaction revenue from the sale or rental of individual content titles in the period when the content is purchased and delivered. Transaction revenue is recorded on a gross basis when the Company is the principal in the transaction and is recorded net of payments to content owners and others when the Company is acting as an agent. The Company is generally the principal in the transaction when it is the merchant of record and is licensing the content distribution rights.

Discontinued Operations-Roxio Consumer Software Products

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Discontinued Operations-Roxio Consumer Software Products

Except in the case of consignment arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its packaged software products when title transfers to the distributor or retailer. When the Company sells packaged software products to distributors and retailers on a consignment basis, it recognizes revenue upon sell-through to an end customer.

The Company’s distributor arrangements often provide distributors with certain product rotation rights. The Company estimates returns based on its historical return experience and other factors such as channel inventory levels and the introduction of new products. These allowances are recorded as a reduction of revenues and as an offset to accounts receivable to the extent the Company has legal right of offset, otherwise they are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. If future returns patterns differ from past returns patterns, for example due to reduced demand for the Company’s product, the Company may be required to increase these allowances in the future and may be required to reduce future revenues.

The Company also licenses its software to OEMs who include it with the PCs they sell. The Company generally receives a per-unit royalty and recognizes this revenue upon receipt of the customer royalty report.

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Acquisitions (Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Business Acquisition
Net revenue			$ 702,849,000		$ 629,242,000
Operating income (1)			120,786,000		58,132,000	[1]
Income from continuing operations, net of tax (1)(2)(3)			23,155,000	[2]	176,968,000	[1],[2],[3]
Basic income per share from continuing operations			$ 0.21		$ 1.62
Diluted income per share from continuing operations			$ 0.20		$ 1.53
Income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	(14,400,000)	15,691,000	8,723,000		(139,213,000)
Gemstar
Business Acquisition
Charges related to costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting					28,500,000
Sonic
Business Acquisition
Estimated reduction in deferred tax valuation allowance removed from proforma financial information	$ 22,200,000

[1] Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes a $28.5 million charge related to costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting in conjunction with the Gemstar acquisition.

[2] As a result of recording deferred tax liabilities related to its acquisition of Sonic, the Company determined that its deferred tax valuation allowance should be reduced by $22.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011. As the pro forma financial information assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010, and this deferred tax valuation allowance reduction is non-recurring in nature and is directly related to the transaction, the $22.2 million tax benefit has been removed from the above pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2011.

[3] The Company's historical results for the year ended December 31, 2010, included a $139.2 million income tax benefit, primarily related to entering into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business (See Note 14).

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Weighted Average Potential Anti-Dilutive Common Shares) (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	13,293		2,216		11,145
Stock options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	4,452		1,754		1,219
Restricted stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	2,697		462		213
Convertible notes
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	6,144	[1]	0	[1]	9,713	[1]

[1] See Note 7 for additional details.

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Equity-Based Compensation (Summary of Stock Option Activity) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding
Outstanding, Shares	4,787,513	4,931,553	7,547,063
Assumed options from Sonic acquisition, Shares		899,873
Granted, Shares	1,819,900	1,786,296	1,963,304
Canceled, Shares	(1,443,379)	(834,187)	(536,265)
Exercised, Shares	(332,623)	(1,996,022)	(4,042,549)
Outstanding, Shares	4,831,411	4,787,513	4,931,553
Vested and expected to vest, Shares	3,966,405
Exercisable, Shares	2,118,034
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Weighted-average exercise price, Outstanding	$ 36.67	$ 25.64	$ 18.27
Weighted-average exercise price, Assumed options from Sonic acquisition		$ 36.11
Weighted-average exercise price, Granted	$ 25.62	$ 52.81	$ 37.94
Weighted-average exercise price, Canceled	$ 39.62	$ 43.01	$ 22.46
Weighted-average exercise price, Exercised	$ 15.87	$ 20.95	$ 18.27
Weighted-average exercise price, Outstanding	$ 33.06	$ 36.67	$ 25.64
Weighted-average exercise price, Vested and expected to vest	$ 32.94
Weighted-average exercise price, Exercisable	$ 33.79
Weighted-average remaining contractual term, Outstanding	5 years
Weighted-average remaining contractual term, Vested and expected to vest	4 years 10 months
Weighted-average remaining contractual term, Exercisable	4 years
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 1,036
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested and expected to vest	909
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercisable	$ 581

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments

Future minimum lease payments pursuant to these leases as of December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2013	$	22,418
2014	16,502
2015	13,190
2016	7,691
2017	3,716
Thereafter	5,074
Total minimum lease payments	$	68,591
Less sublease revenues	(17,038		)
Net future minimum lease payments	$	51,553

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Discontinued Operations And Assets Held for Sale (Components Of Assets And Liabilities Held For Sale) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012 Rovi Entertainment Store	Dec. 31, 2011 Roxio Consumer Software
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Trade accounts receivable, net	$ 8,746	$ 7,076
Inventory		2,183
Prepaid and other assets	1,255	960
Property and equipment, net	6,637	200
Intangible assets	23,246	9,925
Goodwill	36,941
Other long-term assets	27
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(8,013)
Accrued liabilities		(1,700)
Deferred revenue	(3,040)	(3,745)
Total net assets held for sale	$ 65,799	$ 14,899

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Interest Rate Swaps And Caps (Details)	12 Months Ended								1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 $460M March 2010 Swaps USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2010 $460M Nov 2010 Swaps USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 $300M Oct 2011 Swaps USD ($)	May 31, 2012 $197M May 2012 Swaps USD ($)	May 31, 2012 $215M May 2012 Swaps USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Foreign Currency Option Bought USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Foreign Currency Option Bought EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 Foreign Currency Option Sold USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Foreign Currency Option Sold EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2010 Amount Subtracted From LIBOR $460M March 2010 Swaps	Nov. 30, 2010 Amount Subtracted From LIBOR $460M Nov 2010 Swaps	Nov. 30, 2010 Six Months Settlement Ending February 2011 $460M Nov 2010 Swaps	Nov. 30, 2010 Six Months Settlement Ending February 2015 $460M Nov 2010 Swaps	Oct. 31, 2011 Three Months Settlement Ending September 2013 $300M Oct 2011 Swaps	Oct. 31, 2011 Final Settlement Ending January 2016 $300M Oct 2011 Swaps	May 31, 2012 Final Settlement Ending January 2016 $197M May 2012 Swaps	May 31, 2012 Three Month Settlement Period Ending June 2014 $197M May 2012 Swaps	May 31, 2012 Three Month Settlement Period Ending June 2014 $215M May 2012 Swaps	May 31, 2012 Final Settlement Period Ending in March 2017 $215M May 2012 Swaps
Derivative
Notional amount of interest rate derivatives				$ 460,000,000	$ 460,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 197,000,000	$ 215,000,000
Derivative variable interest rate swap percentage													0.342%	0.342%
Derivative fixed interest rate				2.625%											0.203%	2.619%	0.81%	2.65%	1.65%	0.58%	0.65%	2.11%
Notional amount of foreign currency derivatives									650,000	500,000	610,000	500,000
Derivative currency bought									Euros	Euros	Euros	Euros
Foreign currency option strike price									1.30	1.30	1.23	1.23
Loss (gain) on interest rate swaps and caps, net	$ 10,624,000	$ 4,314,000	$ (34,197,000)

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Debt (Carrying Value and Par Value of Debt) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Instrument
Long-term debt, Carrying Value	$ 1,480,225
Par value of debt	1,514,103
Term Loan A-1
Debt Instrument
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	425,843
Par value of debt	427,500
Term Loan A-2
Debt Instrument
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	214,161
Par value of debt	215,000
Term Loan B-2
Debt Instrument
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt	577,976
Par value of debt	580,613
2040 Convertible Notes
Debt Instrument
Carrying Value of outstanding convertible debt	262,245	[1]	250,300
Par value of debt	$ 290,990		$ 291,000

[1] The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)		10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 21, 2012 Snapstick	Dec. 31, 2011 Sonic	Dec. 31, 2011 Sonic	Dec. 31, 2012 Sonic	Feb. 17, 2011 Sonic	Feb. 17, 2011 Sonic Minimum	Feb. 17, 2011 Sonic Maximum	Feb. 28, 2011 SideReel	Jun. 01, 2011 DigiForge	Mar. 03, 2010 MediaUnbound, Inc.
Business Acquisition
Cash consideration	$ 20,000,000							$ 35,500,000		$ 5,900,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired					100.00%
Total purchase price					763,143,000				14,700,000
Rates utilized to discount net cash flows						8.00%	11.00%
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes				28,500,000
Transaction cost related to acquisition			2,300,000
Revenue generated by acquiree		$ 90,900,000

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

The Company considers investments with original maturities from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks, money market funds and corporate debt securities. All other liquid investments with maturities over three months and less than 12 months are classified as short-term investments. All marketable securities with maturities over one year or those for which the Company’s intent is to retain them for more than twelve months are classified as long-term marketable investment securities.

Management determines the appropriate classification of investment securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in accumulated other comprehensive income, as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Trading securities are carried at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as part of interest and other income, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary for available-for-sale securities are reported in interest income and other, net as incurred. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale and trading are included in interest income and other, net.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to reserve for potentially uncollectible trade receivables. The Company reviews its trade receivables by aging category to identify significant customers with known disputes or collection issues. For accounts not specifically identified, the Company provides reserves based on historical bad debt loss experience.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Computer equipment and software are depreciated over three years. Furniture and fixtures are depreciated over five years. Leasehold improvements and assets recorded under capital leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the assets’ useful lives or lease terms.

Joint Ventures and Other Investments

Investments of 50% or less in entities in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over operations are accounted for using the equity method.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue represents cash amounts received from customers under certain license agreements for which the revenue earnings process has not been completed.

Comprehensive (Loss) Income

Comprehensive income includes net income (loss), foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses, net of related taxes, on marketable investment securities that have been excluded from the determination of net income (loss).

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2011-05"), except for the provisions of ASU 2011-05 which were deferred by Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05 ("ASU 2011-12"). The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Instead, the Company presents other comprehensive income in a separate statement following the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The new guidance also requires entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the Consolidated Statement of Operations and the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-12 indefinitely defers the guidance related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. ASU 2011-05 only relates to disclosure requirements and its adoption did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Revenue Recognition

On January 1, 2010, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple Deliverable Arrangements, (“ASU 2009-13”) and Accounting Standards Update 2009-14, Software (Topic 985)—Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (“ASU 2009-14”). ASU 2009-13 modifies the requirements for determining whether a deliverable in a multiple element arrangement can be treated as a separate unit of accounting by removing the criteria that objective and reliable evidence of fair value exists for the undelivered elements. The new guidance requires consideration be allocated to all deliverables based on their relative selling price using vendor specific objective evidence (VSOE) of selling price, if it exists; otherwise selling price is determined based on third-party evidence (TPE) of selling price. If neither VSOE nor TPE exist, management must use its best estimate of selling price (ESP) to allocate the arrangement consideration. The Company adopted this update under the prospective method and has applied the new guidance to agreements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

ASU 2009-14 excludes tangible products containing software components and non-software components that function together to deliver the product’s essential functionality from the scope of ASC 985-605, Software-Revenue Recognition. The Company adopted ASU 2009-14 on a prospective basis and applied the new guidance to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2010.

The Company’s revenue from continuing operations primarily consists of license fees for IPG products and patents, license fees for the Company’s codec technology, royalty fees on copy-protected products, license fees for the Company’s content protection technologies and license fees for entertainment metadata. The Company recognizes revenue when the following conditions are met: (i) there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or service has been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable and (iv) collection is reasonably assured.

Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into separate units of accounting when the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The Company then determines the fair value of each element using the selling price hierarchy of VSOE, TPE or ESP, as applicable; and allocates the total consideration among the various elements based on the relative selling price method. The allocation of value may impact the amount and timing of revenue recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during a given period.

The Company accounts for cash consideration (such as sales incentives) that it gives to its customers or resellers as a reduction of revenue, rather than as an operating expense unless the Company receives a benefit that is separate from the customer’s purchase from the Company and for which it can reasonably estimate the fair value.

Amounts for fees collected or invoiced and due relating to arrangements where revenue cannot be recognized are reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as deferred revenue and recognized when the applicable revenue recognition criteria are satisfied.

CE and Service Provider Licensing

The Company licenses its proprietary IPG technology, codec technology and ACP technology to consumer electronics (“CE”) manufacturers, integrated circuit makers, service providers and others. The Company generally recognizes revenue from licensing technology on a per-unit shipped model with CE manufacturers or a per-subscriber model with service providers. The Company’s recognition of revenues from per-unit license fees is based on units reported shipped by the manufacturer. CE manufacturers normally report their unit shipments to the Company in the quarter immediately following that of actual shipment by the manufacturer. The Company has established significant experience and relationships with certain ACP technology licensing customers to reasonably estimate current period volume for purposes of making an accurate revenue accrual. Accordingly, revenue from these customers is recognized in the period the customer shipped the units. Revenues from per-subscriber fees are recognized in the period the services are provided by a licensee, as reported to the Company by the licensee. Revenues from annual or other license fees are recognized based on the specific terms of the license arrangement. For instance, some of the Company’s large CE IPG and codec technology licensees have entered into agreements for which they have the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a specified term for a flat fee. The Company records the fees associated with these arrangements on a straight-line basis over the specified term. The Company at times enters into IPG patent license agreements in which it provides a licensee a release for past infringement as well as the right to ship an unlimited number of units over a future period for a flat fee. In this type of arrangement, the Company generally would use ESP to allocate the consideration between the release for past infringement and the go-forward patent license. As the revenue recognition criteria for the past infringement would generally be satisfied upon the execution of the agreement, the amount of consideration allocated to the past infringement would be recognized in the quarter the agreement is executed and the amount allocated to the go-forward license agreement would be recognized ratably over the term. In addition, the Company enters into agreements in which the licensee pays the Company a one-time fee for a perpetual license to its ACP or DivX technology. Provided that collectability is reasonably assured, the Company records revenue related to these agreements when the agreement is executed as the Company has no continuing obligation and the amounts are fixed and determinable.

The Company also generates advertising revenue through its IPGs and other platforms. Advertising revenue is recognized when the related advertisement is provided. All advertising revenue is recorded net of agency commissions and revenue shares with service providers and CE manufacturers.

Discontinued Operations-Rovi Entertainment Store Video Delivery Solution

The Company recognizes service fees it receives from retailers and others for operating their storefronts on a straight-line basis over the period it is providing services. The Company recognizes transaction revenue from the sale or rental of individual content titles in the period when the content is purchased and delivered. Transaction revenue is recorded on a gross basis when the Company is the principal in the transaction and is recorded net of payments to content owners and others when the Company is acting as an agent. The Company is generally the principal in the transaction when it is the merchant of record and is licensing the content distribution rights.

Discontinued Operations-Roxio Consumer Software Products

Except in the case of consignment arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its packaged software products when title transfers to the distributor or retailer. When the Company sells packaged software products to distributors and retailers on a consignment basis, it recognizes revenue upon sell-through to an end customer.

The Company’s distributor arrangements often provide distributors with certain product rotation rights. The Company estimates returns based on its historical return experience and other factors such as channel inventory levels and the introduction of new products. These allowances are recorded as a reduction of revenues and as an offset to accounts receivable to the extent the Company has legal right of offset, otherwise they are recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities. If future returns patterns differ from past returns patterns, for example due to reduced demand for the Company’s product, the Company may be required to increase these allowances in the future and may be required to reduce future revenues.

The Company also licenses its software to OEMs who include it with the PCs they sell. The Company generally receives a per-unit royalty and recognizes this revenue upon receipt of the customer royalty report.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of data costs, royalty expenses, patent prosecution, patent maintenance and patent litigation costs.

Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. The Company recognizes compensation costs for shares that are expected to vest, on a straight-line basis, over the requisite service period of the award.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance for any tax benefits of which future realization is not evaluated to be more likely than not.

From time to time, the Company engages in transactions in which the tax consequences may be subject to uncertainty. Significant judgment is required in assessing and estimating the tax consequences of these transactions. In determining the Company’s tax provision for financial reporting purposes, the Company establishes a reserve for uncertain tax positions unless such positions are determined to be “more likely than not” of being sustained upon examination, based on their technical merits.

Taxes Collected from Customers

The Company applies the net basis presentation for taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

Foreign Currency Translation

The translation of the accounts of Company subsidiaries with a foreign currency other than the United States Dollar is performed for balance sheet accounts using current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date and for revenues and expense accounts using an average exchange rate for the respective periods. Adjustments resulting from such translation are included in comprehensive income. Gains or losses resulting from foreign currency transactions included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations were not material in any of the periods presented.

Business and Concentration of Credit Risk and Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, interest rate swaps and caps and trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and money market funds with various high credit quality institutions.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers as necessary. As a percentage of net revenues from continuing operations, the Company did not have any customers that were equal to or greater than 10% of net revenue for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 or 2010. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have any customers whose receivable exceeded 10% of its gross accounts receivable.

On January 1, 2012, the Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs ("ASU 2011-04"). The new guidance limits the highest-and-best-use measure to nonfinancial assets, permits certain financial assets and liabilities with offsetting positions in market or counterparty credit risks to be measured at a net basis, and provides guidance on the applicability of premiums and discounts. Additionally, the new guidance expands the disclosures on Level 3 inputs by requiring quantitative disclosure of the unobservable inputs and assumptions, as well as the description of the valuation processes and the sensitivity of the fair value to changes in unobservable inputs. The Company is making an accounting policy election to use the exception in Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") 820-10-35-18D (commonly referred to as the portfolio exception) with respect to measuring counterparty credit risk for derivative instruments subject to master netting arrangements, consistent with the guidance in ASC 820-10-35-18G. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material effect on the Company's results from operations or financial position.

Earnings Per Share

ASC 260 defines unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends as participating securities that should be included in computing EPS using the two-class method. The Company’s non-vested restricted stock awards granted prior to June 30, 2009, qualify as participating securities.

Basic net EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, except for periods of operating loss for which no common share equivalents are included because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

The calculation of earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

	December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Basic earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(73		)	(1,125		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,992		$	225,533
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			151			68
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,200	)	$	(13,706	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Income allocated to participating securities	15			78			(1,057		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,208	)	$	211,827
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.36		$	2.20
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.74		)	(0.14		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.38	)	$	2.06
Diluted earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(71		)	(1,058		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,994		$	225,600
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			145			64
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,206	)	$	(13,710	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Loss (income) allocated to participating securities	15			74			(994		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,212	)	$	211,890
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Dilutive potential common shares	318			4,208			6,517
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,941			113,131			109,175
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.34		$	2.07
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.70		)	(0.13		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.36	)	$	1.94

The following weighted average potential common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012	2011	2010
Stock options	4,452	1,754	1,219
Restricted stock	2,697	462	213
Convertible notes (1)	6,144	—	9,713
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	13,293	2,216	11,145

(1) See Note 7 for additional details.

Goodwill and Other Intangibles from Acquisitions

On October 1, 2011, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update 2011-8, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350) (“ASU 2011-8”). ASU 2011-8 allows the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. The adoption of ASU 2011-8 did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, or more frequently, if facts and circumstances warrant a review. The provisions require the Company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether events or circumstances lead to the determination that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the Company performs the two-step impairment test. In the first step of the two-step impairment test, the fair value of each reporting unit is compared to its carrying value. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, goodwill is not impaired and no further testing is performed. The second step is performed if the carrying value exceeds the fair value. The implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill must be determined and compared to the carrying value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss equal to the difference will be recorded.

Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful life, generally three to eighteen years, and reviewed for impairment when events and circumstances indicate that the intangible asset might be impaired.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed of, Excluding Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that long-lived assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. If required, the impairment recognized is the difference between the fair value of the asset and its carrying amount.

Software Development Costs

Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility, which is generally the completion of a working prototype that has been certified as having no critical bugs and is a release candidate or when alternative future use exists. To date, software development costs incurred between completion of a working prototype and general availability of the related product have not been material and have not been capitalized.

Research and Development

Expenditures for research and development are expensed as incurred. The Company had no capitalized research and development costs as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Advertising Expenses

The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred and for its continuing operations classifies these costs under selling, general and administrative expense. Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, were $12.4 million, $12.3 million and $13.0 million, respectively.

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Debt (Schedule of Maturities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2013	$ 106,407
2014	28,667
2015 (1)	362,987	[1]
2016	341,997
2017	155,996
Thereafter	518,049
Total	$ 1,514,103

[1] The 2040 Convertible Notes have been included in the above table based on the first put / call date which is February 2015 (see above for additional information)

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Financial Statement Details (Property And Equipment, Net) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property and equipment, gross	$ 140,864	$ 132,154
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(108,073)	(88,951)
Property and equipment, net	32,791	43,203
Depreciation	20,770	19,534	18,758
Computer software and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property and equipment, gross	113,378	107,366
Leasehold improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property and equipment, gross	21,056	18,553
Furniture and fixtures
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property and equipment, gross	$ 6,430	$ 6,235

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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Components of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	7,076
Inventory	2,183
Prepaid and other assets	960
Property and equipment, net	200
Intangible assets	9,925
Accrued liabilities	(1,700		)
Deferred revenue	(3,745		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	14,899

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	8,746
Prepaid and other assets	1,255
Property and equipment, net	6,637
Intangible assets	23,246
Goodwill	36,941
Other long-term assets	27
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(8,013		)
Deferred revenue	(3,040		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	65,799

Results Of Operations From Discontinued Businesses

The results of operations of the Company’s discontinued businesses consist of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenue:
Norpak	$	—		$	—		$	2,600
Roxio Consumer Software	5,295			52,566			—
Rovi Entertainment Store	14,632			9,834			—
Pre-tax loss from operations:
Previous Software	$	(2,133	)	$	(1,496	)	$	(11,732	)
Norpak	—			—			(617		)
Roxio Consumer Software	(449		)	(49,529		)	—
Rovi Entertainment Store	(41,130		)	(29,231		)	—
Pre-tax gain (loss) on disposal of business units (1)	573			—			(1,632		)
Income tax (expense) benefit (2)	(6,106		)	(95		)	207
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)

(1) The year ended December 31, 2012, includes $1.0 million received to settle a note payable from TV Guide Magazine LLC, which was previously reserved.

(2) The income tax expense recorded in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily the result of establishing a deferred tax liability to reflect the disposal of tax basis goodwill in the Roxio Consumer Software business which was sold in the first quarter of 2012.

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Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Purchase Price Components

The total purchase price for Sonic was approximately $763.1 million and was comprised of the following (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Cash consideration paid to acquire the common stock of Sonic	$	398,146
Fair value of 5.8 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged for the common stock of Sonic (1)	348,193
Cash consideration paid to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options	8,242
Fair value of 0.1 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options (1)	6,840
Fair value of vested Sonic employee stock options assumed	1,722
Total purchase price	$	763,143

(1) Based on the Company's February 17, 2011, closing common stock price of $60.13 per share.

Purchase Price Allocation

The Company’s purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands, except lives):

	Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life (In Years)
Cash and cash equivalents				$	22,127
Short-term investments				2,254
Trade accounts receivable				27,020
Property and equipment				2,895
Goodwill				476,093
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technology	6	$	105,900
Trademarks/tradenames	10	17,700
Customer relationships	6	146,400
Studio relationships and content library	4	9,700
Identifiable intangible assets				279,700
Prepaid and other assets				15,755
Accounts payable and other liabilities				(51,118		)
Deferred tax liabilities, net				(8,248		)
Deferred revenue				(3,335		)
Total purchase price				$	763,143

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below (in thousands, except per share amounts) assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010. The pro forma information presented is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been realized if the acquisition had been completed on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of future operating results. The pro forma financial information does not include any adjustments for operating efficiencies or cost savings.

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
Net revenue	$	702,849	$	629,242
Operating income (1)	$	120,786	$	58,132
Income from continuing operations, net of tax (1)(2)(3)	$	23,155	$	176,968
Basic income per share from continuing operations	$	0.21	$	1.62
Diluted income per share from continuing operations	$	0.20	$	1.53

(1) Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes a $28.5 million charge related to costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting in conjunction with the Gemstar acquisition.

(2) The Company's historical results for the year ended December 31, 2010, included a $139.2 million income tax benefit, primarily related to entering into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business (See Note 14).

(3) As a result of recording deferred tax liabilities related to its acquisition of Sonic, the Company determined that its deferred tax valuation allowance should be reduced by $22.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011. As the pro forma financial information assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010, and this deferred tax valuation allowance reduction is non-recurring in nature and is directly related to the transaction, the $22.2 million tax benefit has been removed from the above pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Estimated Amortization Expense In Future Periods) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2013	$ 99,221
2014	92,967
2015	85,520
2016	83,325
2017	82,069
Thereafter	246,392
Total amortization expense	$ 689,494	$ 815,049

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Financial Statement Details (Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Financial Statement Details [Abstract]
Accounts payable	$ 2,274	$ 1,452
Accrued compensation	31,295	34,249
Interest payable	2,957	4,665
Other accrued liabilities	58,304	66,671
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$ 94,830	$ 107,037

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary Of Goodwill Activity

Goodwill information is as follows for continuing operations (in thousands):

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Goodwill Acquired		Foreign Currency Translation			Reclassified to Assets Held for Sale			Balance at End of Period
2012	$	1,364,145	$	14,386	$	(555	)	$	(36,941	)	$	1,341,035
2011	$	857,216	$	510,998	$	(307	)	$	(3,762	)	$	1,364,145
2010	$	854,065	$	2,853	$	298		$	—		$	857,216

Summary Of Intangible Assets

The following tables summarize the Company’s intangible assets for its continuing operations subject to amortization as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,571	$	(339,966	)	$	555,605
Existing contracts and customer relationships	146,524		(54,512		)	92,012
Content databases and other	57,234		(29,204		)	28,030
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(11,453		)	13,847
	$	1,124,629	$	(435,135	)	$	689,494
	December 31, 2011
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,420	$	(267,913	)	$	627,507
Existing contracts and customer relationships	167,524		(34,426		)	133,098
Content databases and other	63,687		(24,790		)	38,897
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(9,753		)	15,547
	$	1,151,931	$	(336,882	)	$	815,049

Estimated Amortization Expense In Future Periods

The following table summarizes the Company's estimated amortization expense for its continuing operations through the year 2017 and thereafter (in thousands):

	Amortization Expense
2013	$	99,221
2014	92,967
2015	85,520
2016	83,325
2017	82,069
Thereafter	246,392
Total amortization expense	$	689,494

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Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Carrying Value and Par Value of Debt

The following is a summary of the carrying value and par value of the Company's debt (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Carrying Value		Par Value
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,500
Term Loan A-2	214,161		215,000
Term Loan B-2	577,976		580,613
2040 Convertible Notes	262,245		290,990
	$	1,480,225	$	1,514,103

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

The aggregate amount of debt payments due in each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	106,407
2014	28,667
2015 (1)	362,987
2016	341,997
2017	155,996
Thereafter	518,049
Total	$	1,514,103

(1) The 2040 Convertible Notes have been included in the above table based on the first put / call date which is February 2015 (see above for additional information)

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Basis Of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis Of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Rovi Corporation (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2007. On May 2, 2008, Macrovision Corporation acquired Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (“Gemstar”). Upon consummation of this transaction, the Company assumed ownership of both Gemstar and Macrovision Corporation. The common stock of Macrovision Corporation and Gemstar were de-registered and Macrovision Corporation stockholders were provided one share in Rovi Corporation for each share of Macrovision Corporation common stock owned as of the closing.

The Company is focused on powering the discovery, delivery, display and monetization of digital entertainment. The Company provides a broad set of integrated solutions that are embedded in its customers' products and services, connecting consumers with entertainment. Company offerings enable discovery; video display and delivery; and advertising. Content discovery solutions include interactive program guides (“IPGs”), search and recommendations, cloud data services and the Company's extensive database of descriptive information about television, movie, music, books, and game content (“metadata”). Video display and delivery solutions include video compression-decompression technology (“codecs”) and content protection technologies and services. Advertising solutions include the Rovi Advertising Network and the Rovi Advertising Service, delivering advertising to IPGs, connected devices, interactive applications and advertising on consumer websites operated by the Company. In addition to offering Company developed IPGs, customers may also license the Company's patents and deploy their own IPG or a third party IPG. Rovi's solutions are deployed globally in the cable, satellite, consumer electronics, entertainment and online distribution markets.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rovi Corporation and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Rovi Entertainment Store business. On February 1, 2012, the Company sold its Roxio Consumer Software business. On September 17, 2010, the Company sold its Canadian subsidiary, Norpak Corporation (“Norpak”), which manufactured equipment for embedding data in a television signal. The results of operations and cash flows of the Rovi Entertainment Store, the Roxio Consumer Software business and Norpak have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented (See Note 5).

On February 26, 2010, the Company sold its 49% interest in the Guideworks LLC joint venture (“Guideworks”) to Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) and simultaneously purchased Comcast’s interest in the patents which had been developed by Guideworks. Guideworks was a research and development joint venture with Comcast that developed interactive program guide solutions, which are distributed by the Company under the i-Guide brand. Under these agreements, the Company received a net payment of $4.6 million and realized a $1.0 million loss on sale of its interest in Guideworks. The Company had been recording its 49% interest in Guideworks as an operating expense in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements.

Reclassifications

Certain financial statement items for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported results of operations during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, investments, equity-based compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets and income taxes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Available-For-Sale And Other Investment Securities

The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	51,629	$	—	$	—		$	51,629
Cash equivalents - Money markets	212,123		—		—			212,123
Cash equivalents - Corporate debt securities	21,600		—		—			21,600
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	285,352	$	—	$	—		$	285,352
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287
Corporate debt securities	365,268		196		(100		)	365,364
Foreign government obligations	20,745		19		(1		)	20,763
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	282,412		75		(20		)	282,467
Total available-for-sale investments	$	684,125	$	290	$	(1,534	)	$	682,881
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	968,233

The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2011:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	50,766	$	—	$	—		$	50,766
Cash equivalents - Money markets	86,014		—		—			86,014
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	136,780	$	—	$	—		$	136,780
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314
Corporate debt securities	158,729		117		(206		)	158,640
Foreign government obligations	37,764		17		(24		)	37,757
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	137,940		80		(31		)	137,989
Total available-for-sale investments	$	350,133	$	214	$	(1,647	)	$	348,700
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	485,480

Available-For-Sale Debt Investments At Fair Value

As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of available-for-sale debt investments, by contractual maturity, was as follows (in thousands):

Due in 1 year or less	$	599,588
Due in 1-2 years	90,606
Due in 2-3 years	—
Due in greater than 3 years	14,287
Total	$	704,481

Fair Value And Gross Unrealized Losses Related To Available-For-Sale Securities

The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to available-for-sale securities, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,287	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287	$	(1,413	)
Corporate securities	165,882		(100		)	—		—			165,882		(100		)
Foreign government obligations	3,162		(1		)	—		—			3,162		(1		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	64,386		(20		)	—		—			64,386		(20		)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,314	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314	$	(1,386	)
Corporate securities	86,111		(206		)	—		—			86,111		(206		)
Foreign government obligations	21,139		(24		)	—		—			21,139		(24		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	19,514		(18		)	3,409		(13		)	22,923		(31		)

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Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns
Balance as of January 1	$ 130,063	$ 50,593
Additions from acquired companies	0	6,659
Additions for tax provisions related to the current year	1,443	72,430
Reductions for tax provisions of prior years	(1,413)	1,666
Reductions for audit settlements	(388)	0
Reductions for statute of limitations closures	(3,170)	(1,285)
Balance as of December 31	$ 126,535	$ 130,063

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
Advertising expenses	$ 12.4	$ 12.3	$ 13.0
Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
Intangible assets estimated useful life	3 years
Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
Intangible assets estimated useful life	18 years
Computer equipment and software
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
Property and equipment useful lives	3 years
Furniture and fixtures
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
Property and equipment useful lives	5 years

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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Results Of Operations From Discontinued Businesses) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Pre-tax gain (loss) on disposal of business units (1)									$ 573	[1]	$ 0	$ (1,632)
Income tax (expense) benefit (2)									(6,106)	[2]	(95)	207
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(7,302)	(10,513)	(14,301)	(17,129)	(51,649)	(12,788)	(10,841)	(5,073)	(49,245)		(80,351)	(13,774)
Previous Software
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Pre-tax loss from operations									(2,133)		(1,496)	(11,732)
Norpak
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Net revenue									0		0	2,600
Pre-tax loss from operations									0		0	(617)
Roxio Consumer Software
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Net revenue									5,295		52,566	0
Pre-tax loss from operations									(449)		(49,529)	0
Rovi Entertainment Store
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Net revenue									14,632		9,834	0
Pre-tax loss from operations									(41,130)		(29,231)	0
TV Guide Magazine LLC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Pre-tax gain (loss) on disposal of business units (1)									$ 1,000

[1] The year ended December 31, 2012, includes $1.0 million received to settle a note payable from TV Guide Magazine LLC, which was previously reserved.

[2] The income tax expense recorded in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily the result of establishing a deferred tax liability to reflect the disposal of tax basis goodwill in the Roxio Consumer Software business which was sold in the first quarter of 2012.

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Equity-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Number of shares awarded and unvested	2,642,328	2,174,093	1,408,844	1,229,600
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 105.4
Weighted average period of recognition of unrecognized compensation cost	2 years 5 months 6 days
Total intrinsic value of options exercised	3.8	66.5	99.4
Stock compensation expense	$ 61.2	$ 59.1	$ 34.3
Stock options
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Shares reserved for issuance	31,800,000
Shares available for issuance	7,200,000
Vesting period	4 years
Contractual term of stock options granted	7 years
Stock options | Grants On Or Before July 15 2008
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Vesting period	3 years
Contractual term of stock options granted	5 years
Stock options | Grants After July 15 2008
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Vesting period	4 years
Contractual term of stock options granted	7 years
Restricted stock awards
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Vesting period	4 years
Number of shares awarded and unvested	2,600,000
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Vesting period	4 years
Number of shares awarded and unvested	300,000
ESPP Plan
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range
Shares reserved for issuance	4,700,000
Shares available for issuance	4,700,000
Offering period	24 months
Offering purchase period	6 months
Percentage purchase price of common stock for employees	85.00%

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 285,352	$ 136,780
Short-term investments	577,988	283,433
Trade accounts receivable, net	106,018	126,752
Taxes receivable	9,237	2,976
Deferred tax assets, net	20,373	32,152
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	26,786	15,056
Assets held for sale	76,852	20,344
Total current assets	1,102,606	617,493
Long-term marketable investment securities	104,893	65,267
Property and equipment, net	32,791	43,203
Finite-lived intangible assets, net	689,494	815,049
Other assets	23,862	41,610
Goodwill	1,341,035	1,364,145
Total assets	3,294,681	2,946,767
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	94,830	107,037
Deferred revenue	16,152	16,460
Current portion of long-term debt	106,407	25,500
Liabilities held for sale	11,053	5,445
Total current liabilities	228,442	154,442
Taxes payable, less current portion	50,800	63,980
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,373,818	969,598
Deferred revenue, less current portion	3,921	4,041
Long-term deferred tax liabilities, net	41,596	36,267
Other non current liabilities	8,683	25,687
Total liabilities	1,707,260	1,254,015
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 124,795,676 shares issued and 103,374,663 outstanding as of December 31, 2012, and 122,519,604 shares issued and 109,453,371 outstanding as of December 31, 2011, at par	125	123
Treasury stock, 21,421,013 shares at December 31, 2012 and 13,066,233 shares at December 31, 2011, at cost	(634,571)	(482,479)
Additional paid-in capital	2,196,567	2,114,402
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,375)	(313)
Retained earnings	26,675	61,019
Total stockholders’ equity	1,587,421	1,692,752
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 3,294,681	$ 2,946,767

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Financial Statement Details (Interest Income and Other, Net) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Financial Statement Details [Abstract]
Interest income	$ 2,898	$ 2,775	$ 2,698
Foreign currency gains (losses)	63	(205)	(640)
Other income (expense)	242	2,289	(288)
Interest income and other, net	$ 3,203	$ 4,859	$ 1,770

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total	Common stock	Treasury Stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 1,520,269	$ 106	$ (25,068)	$ 1,657,888	$ (2,078)	$ (110,579)
Balance (common shares) at Dec. 31, 2009		105,720,821
Balance (treasury shares) at Dec. 31, 2009			(2,262,975)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net (loss) income	212,884					212,884
Other comprehensive (loss) income	939				939
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options (in shares)	4,042,549	4,042,549
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	73,877	4		73,873
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares)		907,608
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	10,923	1		10,922
Issuance of restricted stock, net (in shares)		639,615
Issuance of restricted stock, net	0	1		(1)
Equity-based compensation	34,383			34,383
Conversion of convertible debt (in shares)		4,664
Conversion of convertible debt	237			237
Equity component of convertible debt, net of tax	56,947			56,947
Convertible debt repurchase	(56,721)			(56,721)
Reclass redeemable equity component of convertible debt	(3,859)			(3,859)
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans	2,483			2,483
Repurchase of warrant and sale of call option, net	5,834			5,834
Stock repurchase (in shares)			(2,971,000)
Stock repurchase	(109,863)		(109,863)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	1,748,333	112	(134,931)	1,781,986	(1,139)	102,305
Balance (common shares) at Dec. 31, 2010		111,315,257
Balance (treasury shares) at Dec. 31, 2010			(5,233,975)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net (loss) income	(41,286)					(41,286)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	826				826
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options (in shares)	1,996,022	1,996,022
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	41,825	2		41,823
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares)		839,237
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	14,206	1		14,205
Issuance of restricted stock, net (in shares)		1,274,682
Issuance of restricted stock, net	0	1		(1)
Acquisitions (in shares)		5,904,436
Acquisitions	356,755	6		356,749
Exercise of warrants (in shares)		701,474
Exercise of warrants	0	1		(1)
Equity-based compensation	64,051			64,051
Conversion of convertible debt (in shares)		488,496
Conversion of convertible debt	0
Exercise of convertible bond call option (in shares)			(807,935)
Exercise of convertible bond call option	0
Convertible debt repurchase	(170,231)			(170,231)
Tax benefit from convertible debt repurchase	7,972			7,972
Reclass redeemable equity component of convertible debt	3,859			3,859
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans	319			319
Repurchase of warrant and sale of call option, net (in shares)			(185,247)
Repurchase of warrant and sale of call option, net	3,695		(9,976)	13,671
Stock repurchase (in shares)			(6,839,076)
Stock repurchase	(337,572)		(337,572)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	1,692,752	123	(482,479)	2,114,402	(313)	61,019
Balance (common shares) at Dec. 31, 2011	122,519,604	122,519,604
Balance (treasury shares) at Dec. 31, 2011	(13,066,233)		(13,066,233)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net (loss) income	(34,344)					(34,344)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(1,062)				(1,062)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options (in shares)	332,623	332,623
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options	5,280			5,280
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares)		528,755
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan	10,328	1		10,327
Issuance of restricted stock, net (in shares)		1,414,694
Issuance of restricted stock, net	0	1		(1)
Equity-based compensation	65,646			65,646
Excess tax benefit associated with stock plans	913			913
Stock repurchase (in shares)			(8,354,780)
Stock repurchase	(152,092)		(152,092)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 1,587,421	$ 125	$ (634,571)	$ 2,196,567	$ (1,375)	$ 26,675
Balance (common shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	124,795,676	124,795,676
Balance (treasury shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	(21,421,013)		(21,421,013)

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Debt (Senior Secured Term Loans) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Mar. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan	Feb. 07, 2011 Senior Secured Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-1	Feb. 07, 2011 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-1 Y	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-1 In Addition To LIBOR Rate	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-1 Prime Rate Plus	Mar. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-1	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-1	Mar. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-1	Feb. 07, 2011 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-1 Y	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-2	Mar. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-2 Y	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-2 In Addition To LIBOR Rate	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan A-2 Prime Rate Plus	Mar. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2	Mar. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2 Y	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2 In Addition To LIBOR Rate	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2 Prime Rate Plus	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Term Loan Term Loan B-2 LIBOR Floor
Debt Instrument
Principal amount, term loan				$ 800,000,000	$ 750,000,000		$ 450,000,000						$ 300,000,000		$ 215,000,000					$ 585,000,000
Term of credit facility (years)							5						7		5					7
Repayments of debt										297,800,000
Debt instrument maturity date						Feb. 07, 2016								Mar. 29, 2017					Mar. 29, 2019
Variable interest rate								2.50%	1.50%							2.25%	1.25%				3.00%	2.00%	1.00%
Debt discount							2,800,000								1,000,000					2,900,000
Reduction in interest rate margin																			0.25%
Carrying value of outstanding secured debt						425,800,000								214,200,000					578,000,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs												3,500,000
Debt issuance costs																		1,000,000
Debt modification expense	4,496,000	0	0
Loss on debt redemption	$ 1,758,000	$ 11,514,000	$ 16,806,000								$ 1,800,000

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011		2010
Domestic income	$	30,843		$	41,291	$	73,845
Foreign (loss) income	(251		)	6,497		13,600
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	30,592		$	47,788	$	87,445

Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	(5,052	)	$	(1,415	)	$	(134,132	)
State	(1,057		)	3,028			(15,881		)
Foreign	20,827			17,823			13,006
Total current expense (benefit)	$	14,718		$	19,436		$	(137,007	)
Deferred:
Federal	2,256			(8,909		)	14,184
State	970			(1,299		)	(16,390		)
Foreign	(2,253		)	(505		)	—
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)	973			(10,713		)	(2,206		)
Total tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)
Total tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations	$	6,106		$	95		$	(207	)

Schedule of Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate

Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to pretax income from continuing operations as a result of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Federal tax statutory rate	$	10,709		$	16,726		$	30,606
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2,698			(423		)	(9,371		)
Tax credits	—			(3,269		)	—
Foreign tax rate differential	(738		)	1,589			1,622
Change in uncertain tax positions	(3,459		)	1,163			(17,295		)
Compensation expense	3,356			1,755			3,620
PFA Settlement	—			—			(458,353		)
Change in valuation allowance	2,246			(8,499		)	320,264
Others	879			(319		)	(10,306		)
Total tax expense (benefit)	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)

Significant Portions of the Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of the temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Accruals, reserves and others	$	17,476		$	20,556
Impairment losses on investments	8,462			8,043
Equity-based compensation	18,819			15,278
Deferred revenue	4,714			3,456
Credits	89,676			82,837
Others	9,832			15,317
State NOL's and credits	14,226			12,741
Net operating loss carryforwards	450,648			480,297
Gross deferred tax assets	613,853			638,525
Valuation allowance	(358,233		)	(345,396		)
Total deferred tax assets	255,620			293,129
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(261,352		)	(268,650		)
Debt amortization	(7,305		)	(14,378		)
Others	(8,186		)	(14,216		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(276,843		)	(297,244		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(21,223	)	$	(4,115	)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Balance as of January 1	$	130,063		$	50,593
Additions from acquired companies	—			6,659
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	1,443			72,430
Reductions for tax provisions of prior years	(1,413		)	1,666
Reductions for audit settlements	(388		)	—
Reductions for statute of limitations closures	(3,170		)	(1,285		)
Balance as of December 31	$	126,535		$	130,063

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Investments (Summarized Fair Value And Gross Unrealized Losses Related To Available-For-Sale Securities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Auction rate securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Fair Value, Less than 12 Months	$ 0	$ 0
Unrealized Loss, Less than 12 Months	0	0
Fair Value, 12 Months or Longer	14,287	14,314
Unrealized Loss, 12 Months or Longer	(1,413)	(1,386)
Fair Value, Total	14,287	14,314
Unrealized Loss, Total	(1,413)	(1,386)
Corporate securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Fair Value, Less than 12 Months	165,882	86,111
Unrealized Loss, Less than 12 Months	(100)	(206)
Fair Value, 12 Months or Longer	0	0
Unrealized Loss, 12 Months or Longer	0	0
Fair Value, Total	165,882	86,111
Unrealized Loss, Total	(100)	(206)
Foreign government obligations
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Fair Value, Less than 12 Months	3,162	21,139
Unrealized Loss, Less than 12 Months	(1)	(24)
Fair Value, 12 Months or Longer	0	0
Unrealized Loss, 12 Months or Longer	0	0
Fair Value, Total	3,162	21,139
Unrealized Loss, Total	(1)	(24)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Fair Value, Less than 12 Months	64,386	19,514
Unrealized Loss, Less than 12 Months	(20)	(18)
Fair Value, 12 Months or Longer	0	3,409
Unrealized Loss, 12 Months or Longer	0	(13)
Fair Value, Total	64,386	22,923
Unrealized Loss, Total	$ (20)	$ (31)

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Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segments, Geographical Areas [Abstract]

Geographic Information

Geographic Information

Information on Revenue from Continuing Operations by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
United States	$	356,304	$	340,603	$	262,236
International	294,269		340,372		279,254
Total Revenue	$	650,573	$	680,975	$	541,490

Information on Long Lived Assets by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
United States
Property and Equipment, net	$	29,765	$	39,967
Goodwill, net	1,321,107		1,336,186
Intangibles, net	687,013		811,888
Total United States	2,037,885		2,188,041
International
Property and Equipment, net	3,026		3,236
Goodwill, net	19,928		27,959
Intangibles, net	2,481		3,161
Total International	25,435		34,356
Total Long Lived Assets	$	2,063,320	$	2,222,397

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Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segments, Geographical Areas [Abstract]

Information on Revenue from Continuing Operations by Geographic Areas

Information on Revenue from Continuing Operations by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
United States	$	356,304	$	340,603	$	262,236
International	294,269		340,372		279,254
Total Revenue	$	650,573	$	680,975	$	541,490

Information on Long Lived Assets by Geographical Areas

Information on Long Lived Assets by Geographic Areas (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
United States
Property and Equipment, net	$	29,765	$	39,967
Goodwill, net	1,321,107		1,336,186
Intangibles, net	687,013		811,888
Total United States	2,037,885		2,188,041
International
Property and Equipment, net	3,026		3,236
Goodwill, net	19,928		27,959
Intangibles, net	2,481		3,161
Total International	25,435		34,356
Total Long Lived Assets	$	2,063,320	$	2,222,397

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Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

	Quarter
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Year
	(in thousands, except per share data)
2012 (1)
Revenues	$	171,727		$	156,298		$	165,597		$	156,951		$	650,573
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes	$	12,520		$	(4,248	)	$	(2,814	)	$	9,443		$	14,901
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(17,129	)	$	(14,301	)	$	(10,513	)	$	(7,302	)	$	(49,245	)
Net (loss) income	$	(4,609	)	$	(18,549	)	$	(13,327	)	$	2,141		$	(34,344	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
2011 (1)
Revenues	$	151,208		$	176,709		$	178,745		$	174,313		$	680,975
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes (2)	$	22,108		$	113		$	14,541		$	2,303		$	39,065
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(5,073	)	$	(10,841	)	$	(12,788	)	$	(51,649	)	$	(80,351	)
Net (loss) income (2)	$	17,035		$	(10,728	)	$	1,753		$	(49,346	)	$	(41,286	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.20		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.36
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.10		)	(0.11		)	(0.48		)	(0.74		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	0.16		$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.46	)	$	(0.38	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.34
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.09		)	(0.11		)	(0.47		)	(0.70		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	0.15		$	(0.09	)	$	0.02		$	(0.45	)	$	(0.36	)

(1) Amounts have been reclassified to reflect the Rovi Entertainment Store business as discontinued operations.

(2) During the first quarter of 2011, the Company recorded a $14.4 million income tax benefit from continuing operations including a discrete benefit from the reduction in the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance resulting from the Company’s acquisition of Sonic (See Note 14). During the second quarter of 2011, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to its former BD+ technology intangible assets (See Note 11).

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Fair Value (Assets And Liabilities Measured And Recorded At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	$ 916,604,000		$ 451,147,000
Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	212,123,000		86,014,000
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	690,194,000		350,819,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	14,287,000		14,314,000
Money Market Funds | Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	212,123,000	[1]	86,014,000	[1]
Money Market Funds | Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	212,123,000	[1]	86,014,000	[1]
Money Market Funds | Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[1]	0	[1]
Money Market Funds | Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[1]	0	[1]
Auction rate securities | Non-Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	14,287,000	[2]	14,314,000	[2]
Auction rate securities | Non-Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Auction rate securities | Non-Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Auction rate securities | Non-Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	14,287,000	[2]	14,314,000	[2]
Corporate debt securities | Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	345,044,000	[3]	150,458,000	[4]
Corporate debt securities | Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[3]	0	[4]
Corporate debt securities | Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	345,044,000	[3]	150,458,000	[4]
Corporate debt securities | Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[3]	0	[4]
Corporate debt securities | Non-Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	41,920,000	[2]	8,182,000	[2]
Corporate debt securities | Non-Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Corporate debt securities | Non-Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	41,920,000	[2]	8,182,000	[2]
Corporate debt securities | Non-Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Foreign government obligations | Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	17,601,000	[4]	19,757,000	[4]
Foreign government obligations | Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[4]	0	[4]
Foreign government obligations | Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	17,601,000	[4]	19,757,000	[4]
Foreign government obligations | Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[4]	0	[4]
Foreign government obligations | Non-Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	3,162,000	[2]	18,000,000	[2]
Foreign government obligations | Non-Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Foreign government obligations | Non-Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	3,162,000	[2]	18,000,000	[2]
Foreign government obligations | Non-Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	236,943,000	[4]	113,218,000	[4]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[4]	0	[4]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	236,943,000	[4]	113,218,000	[4]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[4]	0	[4]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Non-Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	45,524,000	[2]	24,771,000	[2]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Non-Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Non-Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	45,524,000	[2]	24,771,000	[2]
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies | Non-Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	0	[2]	0	[2]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative fair value of an asset position	27,400,000		29,800,000
Derivative fair value of a liability position	31,200,000		13,400,000
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Assets | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis			16,433,000	[5]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis			0	[5]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis			16,433,000	[5]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis			0	[5]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Liabilities | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value liabilities measured on a recurring basis	(3,769,000)	[6]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Liabilities | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value liabilities measured on a recurring basis	0	[6]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Liabilities | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value liabilities measured on a recurring basis	(3,769,000)	[6]
Interest Rate Swaps And Caps | Non-Current Liabilities | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value liabilities measured on a recurring basis	0	[6]
Cash and Cash Equivalents | Corporate debt securities | Current Assets
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	21,600,000
Short-term Investments | Corporate debt securities | Current Assets
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value assets measured on recurring basis	$ 323,400,000

[1] Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

[2] Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

[3] Includes $21.6 million included in cash and cash equivalents and $323.4 million included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

[4] Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

[5] Included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $29.8 million and the fair value in a liability position was $13.4 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

[6] Included in other non current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $27.4 million and the fair value in a liability position was $31.2 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

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Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income	$ (34,344)	$ (41,286)	$ 212,884
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	49,245	80,351	13,774
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps and caps, net of premium	20,202	16,727	(33,160)
Depreciation	20,770	19,534	18,758
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926	104,711	80,395
Asset impairment charge	1,292	15,318	0
Debt modification expense	4,496	0	0
Amortization of note issuance costs and convertible note discount	15,911	19,727	26,099
Equity-based compensation	61,224	59,109	34,298
Loss on debt redemption	1,758	11,514	16,494
Deferred taxes	10,039	(13,121)	(2,677)
Gain on sale of strategic investment	0	0	(5,895)
Other, net	9,838	7,924	2,072
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets and liabilities acquired:
Accounts receivable, net	16,984	(25,125)	(7,057)
Deferred revenue	945	(1,916)	(1,913)
Prepaid expenses, other current assets, and other assets	(14,403)	4,108	(6,843)
Income taxes	(19,441)	4,779	(17,455)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other long-term liabilities	(19,523)	(9,089)	(13,454)
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations	228,919	253,265	316,320
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations	(42,540)	(6,350)	(2,383)
Net cash provided by operating activities	186,379	246,915	313,937
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of long and short-term marketable investments	(781,134)	(390,803)	(628,966)
Sales or maturities of long and short-term marketable investments	438,954	536,425	269,457
Proceeds from sale of business	18,458	2,000	0
Purchases of property and equipment	(15,334)	(18,887)	(15,431)
Payments for acquisition, net of cash acquired	(19,989)	(433,733)	(5,922)
Change in restricted cash	0	0	36,838
Other investing, net	(1,374)	(1,906)	2,404
Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations	(360,419)	(306,904)	(341,620)
Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations	(5,321)	(4,078)	(5)
Net cash used in investing activities	(365,740)	(310,982)	(341,625)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments under capital lease and debt obligations	(324,639)	(455,060)	(367,576)
Sale of convertible bond call option and repurchase of warrant, net	0	3,695	5,834
Purchase of treasury stock	(152,092)	(337,572)	(109,863)
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs	788,532	732,978	446,517
Excess tax benefits associated with equity plans	913	319	2,483
Proceeds from exercise of options and employee stock purchase plan	15,608	56,031	84,800
Net cash provided by financing activities of continuing operations	328,322	391	62,195
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations	0	0	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	328,322	391	62,195
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(389)	261	278
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	148,572	(63,415)	34,785
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	136,780	200,195	165,410
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	285,352	136,780	200,195
Supplemental disclosures:
Income taxes paid	27,212	16,625	15,128
Income tax refunds received	3,547	1,625	134,132
Interest paid	$ 46,440	$ 34,504	$ 13,251

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Common Stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common Stock, shares authorized	250,000,000	250,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	124,795,676	122,519,604
Common Stock, shares outstanding	103,374,663	109,453,371
Treasury Stock, shares	(21,421,013)	(13,066,233)

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Fair Value

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value

Fair Value

In accordance with ASC 820, the Company uses three levels of inputs to measure fair value:

Level 1. Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2. Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be obtained from observable market data.

Level 3. Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of assets or liabilities.

The Company values its interest rate swaps using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each interest rate swap. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the interest rate swaps, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. The Company also incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its interest rate swaps for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings.

The Company’s auction rate securities are valued using a discounted cash flow analysis or other type of valuation model. These analyses are highly judgmental and consider, among other items, the likelihood of redemption, credit quality, duration, insurance wraps and expected future cash flows. These securities were also compared, when possible, to other observable market data with similar characteristics to the securities held by the Company.

The Company recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following types of instruments at December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	Total			Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	212,123		$	212,123	$	—		$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	345,044			—		345,044			—
Foreign government obligations (3)	17,601			—		17,601			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	236,943			—		236,943			—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (4)	14,287			—		—			14,287
Corporate debt securities (4)	41,920			—		41,920			—
Foreign government obligations (4)	3,162			—		3,162			—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (4)	45,524			—		45,524			—
Total	$	916,604		$	212,123	$	690,194		$	14,287
Non-Current Liabilities
Interest rate swaps and caps (5)	$	(3,769	)	$	—	$	(3,769	)	$	—

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Includes $21.6 million included in cash and cash equivalents and $323.4 million included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(5) Included in other non current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $27.4 million and the fair value in a liability position was $31.2 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

As of December 31, 2011, assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis, were as follows (in thousands):

	Total		Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Current Assets
Money market funds (1)	$	86,014	$	86,014	$	—	$	—
Corporate debt securities (2)	150,458		—		150,458		—
Foreign government obligations (2)	19,757		—		19,757		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (2)	113,218		—		113,218		—
Non-Current Assets
Auction rate securities (3)	14,314		—		—		14,314
Corporate debt securities (3)	8,182		—		8,182		—
Foreign government obligations (3)	18,000		—		18,000		—
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies (3)	24,771		—		24,771		—
Interest rate swaps and caps (4)	16,433		—		16,433		—
Total	$	451,147	$	86,014	$	350,819	$	14,314

(1) Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(2) Included in short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(3) Included in long-term marketable investment securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and classified as available-for-sale securities.

(4) Included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of the Company's interest rate swaps and caps in an asset position was $29.8 million and the fair value in a liability position was $13.4 million. These amounts have been recorded on a net basis on the Company's balance sheet.

The following table provides a summary of changes in the Company’s Level 3 auction rate securities ("ARS") as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	14,314		$	14,999		$	73,004
Acquired ARS-Sonic Solution acquisition	—			3,002			—
Gain on ARS classified as trading and recorded in other income				—			5,773
Unrealized (loss) gain included in accumulated other comprehensive income	(27		)	622			20
Realized gain on settlement	—			51			—
ARS Put Option loss recorded in other income				—			(5,773		)
Settlements	—			(4,360		)	(58,025		)
Balance at end of period	$	14,287		$	14,314		$	14,999

The fair value of the Company’s outstanding debt at December 31, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

	Carrying Value		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,244
Term Loan A-2	214,161		214,205
Term Loan B-2	577,976		578,465
2040 Convertible Notes (1)	262,245		290,001
	$	1,480,225

(1) The par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes is $291.0 million. See Note 7 for additional details.

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Document And Entity Information (USD $) In Billions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 08, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Registrant Name	Rovi Corporation
Entity Central Index Key	0001424454
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		103,964,086
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Public Float			$ 1.5

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Restructuring And Asset Impairment Charges

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Restructuring Costs and Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract]

Restructuring And Asset Impairment Charges

Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges

Q3 2012 Restructuring Action

During the third quarter of 2012, the Company reviewed its costs in order to reduce and more efficiently manage its operating expenses. As a result of this analysis, the Company has taken cost reduction actions, which have resulted in a restructuring charge of $4.8 million being recorded during 2012. Included in the restructuring charge is $2.9 million of severance charges, $0.9 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments (net of subleases) for abandoned office space and $1.0 million in asset impairment charges. Of the total restructuring charge of $4.8 million, $3.7 million related to continuing operations and $1.1 million relate to discontinued operations. As of December 31, 2012, $1.1 million of severance costs and $0.7 million in future lease payments for abandoned office space remain unpaid.

Q1 2012 Restructuring Action

In connection with a review of the Company's operations, the Company reorganized certain parts of its sales and product development groups. These actions resulted in severance charges of $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2012, all of which have been paid.

Sonic Acquisition Restructuring Plan

In conjunction with the Sonic acquisition, management acted upon a plan to restructure certain Sonic operations to create cost efficiencies for the combined company. These restructuring actions occurred throughout 2011 and resulted in a restructuring charge of $8.1 million, which included $4.4 million for employee severance, $1.0 million in stock compensation expense due to the contractual acceleration of restricted stock and stock options, $1.4 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments (net of subleases) for abandoned office space and $1.3 million in asset impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2011. Of the total 2011 restructuring charge of $8.1 million, $7.3 million related to continuing operations and $0.8 million related to discontinued operations.

During the first quarter of 2012, the Company recorded an additional $0.6 million in restructuring charges to its continuing operations, which included $0.3 million for employee severance and contract termination costs and $0.3 million to accrue for the present value of lease payments for abandoned office space. As of December 31, 2012, $0.1 million of the Sonic acquisition restructuring costs remain unpaid and primarily relate to the future lease payments for abandoned office space.

BD+

On July 1, 2011, the Company sold its BD+ technology assets.In conjunction with the disposition of the BD+ technology assets, the Company recorded a $13.5 million impairment charge related to the BD+ intangible assets during the second quarter of 2011.

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Income Taxes (Components of Income Tax Expense) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal Current		$ (5,052)		$ (1,415)	$ (134,132)
State Current		(1,057)		3,028	(15,881)
Foreign Current		20,827		17,823	13,006
Total current expense (benefit)		14,718		19,436	(137,007)
Federal Deferred		2,256		(8,909)	14,184
State Deferred		970		(1,299)	(16,390)
Foreign Deferred		(2,253)		(505)	0
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)		973		(10,713)	(2,206)
Total tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	(14,400)	15,691		8,723	(139,213)
Total tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations		$ 6,106	[1]	$ 95	$ (207)

[1] The income tax expense recorded in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily the result of establishing a deferred tax liability to reflect the disposal of tax basis goodwill in the Roxio Consumer Software business which was sold in the first quarter of 2012.

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Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 650,573	$ 680,975	$ 541,490
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	110,163	96,888	99,129
Research and development	147,648	149,310	95,687
Selling, general and administrative	156,963	177,199	142,197
Depreciation	20,770	19,534	18,758
Amortization of intangible assets	103,926	104,711	80,395
Restructuring and asset impairment charges	5,094	20,800	0
Total costs and expenses	544,564	568,442	436,166
Operating income from continuing operations	106,009	112,533	105,324
Interest expense	(61,742)	(53,776)	(42,935)
Interest income and other, net	3,203	4,859	1,770
Debt modification expense	(4,496)	0	0
(Loss) gain on interest rate swaps and caps, net	(10,624)	(4,314)	34,197
Loss on debt redemption	(1,758)	(11,514)	(16,806)
Gain on sale of strategic investment	0	0	5,895
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	30,592	47,788	87,445
Income tax expense (benefit)	15,691	8,723	(139,213)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	14,901	39,065	226,658
Discontinued operations, net of tax	(49,245)	(80,351)	(13,774)
Net (loss) income	$ (34,344)	$ (41,286)	$ 212,884
Basic earnings per share:
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0.14	$ 0.36	$ 2.20
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	$ (0.47)	$ (0.74)	$ (0.14)
Basic net (loss) income per share	$ (0.33)	$ (0.38)	$ 2.06
Shares used in computing basic net earnings per share	104,623	108,923	102,658
Diluted earnings per share:
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0.14	$ 0.34	$ 2.07
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	$ (0.47)	$ (0.70)	$ (0.13)
Diluted net (loss) income per share	$ (0.33)	$ (0.36)	$ 1.94
Shares used in computing diluted net earnings per share	104,941	113,131	109,175

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Discontinued Operations and Assets Hels for Sale

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale

Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale

Rovi Entertainment Store

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Rovi Entertainment Store business. The Company has therefore reclassified the assets and liabilities of the Rovi Entertainment Store to held for sale as of December 31, 2012, and recorded the operations and cash flows of the Rovi Entertainment Store business as discontinued operations.

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	8,746
Prepaid and other assets	1,255
Property and equipment, net	6,637
Intangible assets	23,246
Goodwill	36,941
Other long-term assets	27
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(8,013		)
Deferred revenue	(3,040		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	65,799

Roxio Consumer Software

On February 1, 2012, the Company sold its Roxio Consumer Software business for approximately $17.5 million. The results of operations and cash flows of the Roxio Consumer Software business have been reclassified to discontinued operations for all periods presented.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company made a determination that it would pursue selling its Roxio Consumer Software business. In connection with moving the Roxio assets to held for sale the Company recorded a $40.6 million impairment to the goodwill and finite-lived intangible assets of the Roxio Consumer Software business to reduce the carrying value of the asset group to fair value less costs to sell. The fair value of the Roxio Consumer Software business was based upon the negotiated selling price of the business.

Assets and liabilities held for sale included the following as of December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2011
Trade accounts receivable, net	$	7,076
Inventory	2,183
Prepaid and other assets	960
Property and equipment, net	200
Intangible assets	9,925
Accrued liabilities	(1,700		)
Deferred revenue	(3,745		)
Total net assets held for sale	$	14,899

Previous Software Business

In 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded $2.1 million, $1.5 million and $11.7 million in expenses related to indemnification for IP infringement claims relating to the Company’s previous software business which included FLEXnet, InstallShield and AdminStudio software tools, which was sold in 2008.

Norpak

On September 17, 2010, the Company sold its Canadian subsidiary, Norpak Corporation ("Norpak"), which manufactured equipment for embedding data in a television signal for $11.8 million. The sales price was paid entirely out of cash on Norpak's balance sheet. In connection with the sale, the Company recorded a $1.6 million loss on disposal.

All Discontinued Operations

The results of operations of the Company’s discontinued businesses consist of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Net revenue:
Norpak	$	—		$	—		$	2,600
Roxio Consumer Software	5,295			52,566			—
Rovi Entertainment Store	14,632			9,834			—
Pre-tax loss from operations:
Previous Software	$	(2,133	)	$	(1,496	)	$	(11,732	)
Norpak	—			—			(617		)
Roxio Consumer Software	(449		)	(49,529		)	—
Rovi Entertainment Store	(41,130		)	(29,231		)	—
Pre-tax gain (loss) on disposal of business units (1)	573			—			(1,632		)
Income tax (expense) benefit (2)	(6,106		)	(95		)	207
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)

(1) The year ended December 31, 2012, includes $1.0 million received to settle a note payable from TV Guide Magazine LLC, which was previously reserved.

(2) The income tax expense recorded in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, is primarily the result of establishing a deferred tax liability to reflect the disposal of tax basis goodwill in the Roxio Consumer Software business which was sold in the first quarter of 2012.

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Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Acquisitions

2012 Acquisitions

On May 21, 2012, the Company acquired Snapstick, Inc. ("Snapstick") for approximately $20.0 million in cash. Snapstick has developed a software platform that allows consumers to use a mobile device or laptop to make content available on a TV monitor.

2011 Acquisitions

Sonic Acquisition

On February 17, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding common stock of Sonic in a cash and stock transaction. Sonic was a leading developer of technologies, products and services that enable the creation, management, and enjoyment of digital media content across a wide variety of technology platforms. Those businesses acquired through the Sonic acquisition that remain in continuing operations enhanced the Company’s offerings and continue to facilitate the next step forward in its strategy of allowing consumers who have found content they are seeking using its guides, technologies and metadata, to enjoy that content in multiple environments from multiple sources on multiple devices. The combination of the Company and Sonic also provides the opportunity for cost savings. The Company believes these factors support the amount of goodwill recorded in connection with the transaction.

The Company is accounting for the transaction under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 805 “Business Combinations” (ASC 805). The total purchase price for Sonic was approximately $763.1 million and was comprised of the following (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Cash consideration paid to acquire the common stock of Sonic	$	398,146
Fair value of 5.8 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged for the common stock of Sonic (1)	348,193
Cash consideration paid to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options	8,242
Fair value of 0.1 million shares of Rovi common stock exchanged to terminate vested in the money Sonic employee stock options (1)	6,840
Fair value of vested Sonic employee stock options assumed	1,722
Total purchase price	$	763,143

(1) Based on the Company's February 17, 2011, closing common stock price of $60.13 per share.

Under the acquisition method, the total purchase price of the acquired company is allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their fair values. The Company has made significant estimates and assumptions in determining the allocation of the purchase price.

The Company’s purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands, except lives):

	Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life (In Years)
Cash and cash equivalents				$	22,127
Short-term investments				2,254
Trade accounts receivable				27,020
Property and equipment				2,895
Goodwill				476,093
Identifiable intangible assets:
Developed technology	6	$	105,900
Trademarks/tradenames	10	17,700
Customer relationships	6	146,400
Studio relationships and content library	4	9,700
Identifiable intangible assets				279,700
Prepaid and other assets				15,755
Accounts payable and other liabilities				(51,118		)
Deferred tax liabilities, net				(8,248		)
Deferred revenue				(3,335		)
Total purchase price				$	763,143

The developed technology intangible assets relate to Sonic's products across all of their product lines that have reached technological feasibility, primarily the Rovi Entertainment Store technology, Roxio's developed software products and the DivX codec technology and player application. Trademarks/tradenames are primarily related to the Roxio and DivX brandname. Customer relationships represent existing contracted relationships with CE manufacturers, retailers, distributors and others. Studio relationships and content library primarily relate to Rovi Entertainment Store's relationships with the studios and digitized content library. The estimated fair values of the developed technology, trademarks/tradenames and customer relationships were primarily determined using either the relief-from-royalty or excess earnings methods. The rates utilized to discount net cash flows to their present values ranged from 8%-11% and were determined after consideration of the overall enterprise rate of return and the relative risk and importance of the assets to the generation of future cash flows. The estimated fair values of the studio relationships and content library were determined under the cost method. The Company did not record any in process research and development assets as Sonic's major technology projects are either substantially complete or primarily represent improvements and additional functionality to existing products for which a substantial risk of completion does not exist.

Developed technology, trademarks/tradenames and studio relationships and content library will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. As the majority of the cash flows generated by the customer relationships occur in the first four years of the intangible assets' estimated useful life, the customer relationship intangible assets are being amortized based on the proportion of the expected future cash flow generated by the assets in each year to the total future cash flow expected to be generated by the asset. Approximately $28.5 million of the acquired goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company incurred approximately $2.3 million in transaction costs related to the Sonic acquisition. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the period from acquisition to December 31, 2011, the acquired Sonic operations that remained in continuing operations generated approximately $90.9 million of revenue.

SideReel Acquisition

On February 28, 2011, the Company acquired SideReel, Inc. (“SideReel”) for approximately $35.5 million in cash. SideReel provides an advertising supported website to help consumers find, track and watch online popular network and cable TV shows, movies, and Web TV series.

DigiForge Acquisition

On June 1, 2011, the Company acquired the assets of DigiForge, LLC (“DigiForge”) for approximately $14.7 million. DigiForge provides professional services to the cable industry and was acquired to increase the Company’s professional service capabilities.

2010 Acquisitions

On March 1, 2010, the Company paid approximately $5.9 million for substantially all of the assets of MediaUnbound, Inc. The Company acquired these assets to enhance and expand its media search and recommendations capability.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma financial information presented below (in thousands, except per share amounts) assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010. The pro forma information presented is for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been realized if the acquisition had been completed on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of future operating results. The pro forma financial information does not include any adjustments for operating efficiencies or cost savings.

	Year ended December 31,
	2011		2010
Net revenue	$	702,849	$	629,242
Operating income (1)	$	120,786	$	58,132
Income from continuing operations, net of tax (1)(2)(3)	$	23,155	$	176,968
Basic income per share from continuing operations	$	0.21	$	1.62
Diluted income per share from continuing operations	$	0.20	$	1.53

(1) Operating income for the year ended December 31, 2010, includes a $28.5 million charge related to costs associated with indemnification and other claims in excess of reserves established in purchase accounting in conjunction with the Gemstar acquisition.

(2) The Company's historical results for the year ended December 31, 2010, included a $139.2 million income tax benefit, primarily related to entering into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business (See Note 14).

(3) As a result of recording deferred tax liabilities related to its acquisition of Sonic, the Company determined that its deferred tax valuation allowance should be reduced by $22.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2011. As the pro forma financial information assumes the acquisition of Sonic had occurred on January 1, 2010, and this deferred tax valuation allowance reduction is non-recurring in nature and is directly related to the transaction, the $22.2 million tax benefit has been removed from the above pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

The Company leases its facilities and certain equipment pursuant to noncancelable operating lease agreements expiring through 2019. The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California and such leases expire in 2017.  The Company also leases office space in Ann Arbor, Bedford, Burbank, New York, Radnor, San Diego, San Francisco, Tulsa, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, China, Japan and other locations, with various expiration dates through 2019.  The Company records rent expense on a straight-line basis based on contractual lease payments.  Allowances from lessors for tenant improvements have been included in the straight-line rent expense for applicable locations. Tenant improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the remaining life of the applicable lease.

Future minimum lease payments pursuant to these leases as of December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases
2013	$	22,418
2014	16,502
2015	13,190
2016	7,691
2017	3,716
Thereafter	5,074
Total minimum lease payments	$	68,591
Less sublease revenues	(17,038		)
Net future minimum lease payments	$	51,553

Rent expense from continuing operations was $14.1 million, $15.8 million, and $13.5 million, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company provides indemnification of varying scopes and amounts to certain of its licensees against claims made by third parties arising out of the use and / or incorporation of the Company's products, intellectual property, services and / or technologies into the licensees' products and services, provided the licensee is not in violation of the terms and conditions of the agreement and / or additional performance or other requirements for such indemnification. In some cases, the Company may receive tenders of defense and indemnity arising out of products that are no longer provided by the Company due to having divested certain assets, but which were previously licensed by the Company. The Company's indemnification obligations are typically limited to the cumulative amount paid to the Company by the licensee under the license agreement, however some license agreements, including those with the Company's largest multiple system operators and digital broadcast satellite providers, have larger limits or do not specify a limit on amounts that may be payable under the indemnity arrangements. The Company cannot estimate the possible range of losses that may affect the Company's results of operations or cash flows in a given period or the maximum potential impact of these indemnification provisions on its future results of operations.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is party to various legal actions, claims and proceedings as well as other actions, claims and proceedings incidental to its business. The Company has established loss provisions only for matters in which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Some of the matters pending against the Company involve potential compensatory, punitive or treble damage claims, or sanctions, that if granted, could require the Company to pay damages or make other expenditures in amounts that could have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. At this time, management has not reached a determination that any litigation matters, individually or in the aggregate, are expected to result in liabilities that will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

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Equity-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Equity-based Compensation

Equity-based Compensation

Stock Options Plans

The Company currently grants stock options and restricted stock awards from the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) and, effective February 17, 2011, the 2004 Sonic Plan.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had a total of 31.8 million shares reserved and 7.2 million shares available for issuance under the 2008 Plan, 2000 Plan and 2004 Sonic Plan.

These equity plans provide for the grant of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and similar types of equity awards by the Company to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. For options granted during the period ended December 31, 2012, the vesting period was generally four years where one quarter of the grant vests at the end of the first year, and the remainder vests monthly. Options granted during the period ended December 31, 2012 have a contractual term of seven years.

Restricted stock award and restricted stock unit grants generally vest annually over four years. Restricted stock awards are considered outstanding at the time of the grant, as the stockholders are entitled to voting rights. As of December 31, 2012, the number of restricted stock awards outstanding and unvested was 2.6 million. As of December 31, 2012, the number of restricted stock units outstanding and unvested was 0.3 million.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) allows eligible employee participants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount through payroll deductions. The ESPP consists of a twenty-four month offering period with four six-month purchase periods in each offering period. Employees purchase shares in each purchase period at 85% of the market value of the Company’s common stock at either the beginning of the offering period or the end of the purchase period, whichever price is lower.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had reserved, and available for future issuance, 4.7 million shares of common stock under the ESPP.

Valuation and Assumptions

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options and employee stock purchase plan shares. The fair value of equity-based payment awards on the date of grant is determined by an option-pricing model using a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors, risk-free interest rate and expected dividends. The Company determines the fair value of its restricted stock grants as the difference between the market value on the date of grant less the exercise price.

Estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock for new grants is determined by using a combination of historical volatility and implied volatility in market traded options. When historical data is available and relevant, the expected term of options granted is determined by calculating the average term from historical stock option exercise experience. When there is insufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected term due to changes in the terms of option grants, the Company uses the “simplified method” as permitted under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110. For options granted after July 15, 2008, the Company changed its standard vesting terms from three to four years and its contractual term from five to seven years. For the period from July 15, 2008 to June 30, 2012, the Company did not have sufficient data for options with four year vesting terms and seven year contractual life and used the simplified method to calculate the expected term. The risk-free interest rate used in the option valuation model is from U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term on the options. The Company does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future and therefore uses an expected dividend yield of zero in the option pricing model. In accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, the Company estimates forfeitures at the time of grant and revises those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses historical data to estimate pre-vesting option forfeitures and records equity-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest. The assumptions used to value equity-based payments are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Option Plans:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	4.4 years		4.6 years		4.5 years
Risk free interest rate	0.6	%	1.6	%	2.0	%
Volatility rate	47	%	44	%	39	%
ESPP Plan:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	1.3 years		1.3 years		1.3 years
Risk free interest rate	0.3	%	0.3	%	0.4	%
Volatility rate	56	%	40	%	35	%

The weighted average per share fair value of equity-based awards are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Weighted average fair value:
Option grants	$	9.92	$	20.34	$	13.27
Employee purchase share rights	$	4.41	$	14.97	$	9.92
Restricted stock award grants	$	30.20	$	51.23	$	43.57

As of December 31, 2012, there was $105.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to unvested equity-based payments granted to employees in continuing operations. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.

Activity under the Company's stock option plans is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average exercise price		Weighted-average remaining contractual term (years)	Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	7,547,063		$	18.27
Granted	1,963,304		$	37.94
Canceled	(536,265	)	$	22.46
Exercised	(4,042,549	)	$	18.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	4,931,553		$	25.64
Assumed options from Sonic acquisition	899,873		$	36.11
Granted	1,786,296		$	52.81
Canceled	(834,187	)	$	43.01
Exercised	(1,996,022	)	$	20.95
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	4,787,513		$	36.67
Granted	1,819,900		$	25.62
Canceled	(1,443,379	)	$	39.62
Exercised	(332,623	)	$	15.87
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	4,831,411		$	33.06	5.0	$	1,036
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2012	3,966,405		$	32.94	4.8	$	909
Exercisable at December 31, 2012	2,118,034		$	33.79	4.0	$	581

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $3.8 million, $66.5 million and $99.4 million, respectively. The intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the market value on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the shares.

Activity related to the Company's restricted awards is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value		Aggregate fair value (1) (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	1,229,600		$	24.70
Granted	700,630		$	43.57
Vested	(460,371	)	$	24.87	18,592
Forfeited	(61,015	)	$	26.01
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	1,408,844		$	33.97
Granted	1,436,774		$	51.23
Vested	(503,328	)	$	30.52	25,394
Forfeited	(168,197	)	$	44.76
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	2,174,093		$	45.34
Granted	2,158,282		$	30.20
Vested	(916,479	)	$	42.96	21,905
Forfeited	(773,568	)	$	41.37
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	2,642,328		$	34.97

(1) Represents the fair value of the restricted award on the day the award vested.

The Company recorded $61.2 million, $59.1 million and $34.3 million in stock compensation expense from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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Geographic Information (Schedule of Revenue by Geographic Areas) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total Revenue	$ 156,951	$ 165,597	$ 156,298	$ 171,727	$ 174,313	$ 178,745	$ 176,709	$ 151,208	$ 650,573	$ 680,975	$ 541,490
United States
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total Revenue									356,304	340,603	262,236
International
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Total Revenue									$ 294,269	$ 340,372	$ 279,254

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Investments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Investments [Abstract]

Investments

Investments

The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	51,629	$	—	$	—		$	51,629
Cash equivalents - Money markets	212,123		—		—			212,123
Cash equivalents - Corporate debt securities	21,600		—		—			21,600
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	285,352	$	—	$	—		$	285,352
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287
Corporate debt securities	365,268		196		(100		)	365,364
Foreign government obligations	20,745		19		(1		)	20,763
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	282,412		75		(20		)	282,467
Total available-for-sale investments	$	684,125	$	290	$	(1,534	)	$	682,881
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	968,233

The following is a summary of available-for-sale and other investment securities (in thousands) as of December 31, 2011:

	Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash	$	50,766	$	—	$	—		$	50,766
Cash equivalents - Money markets	86,014		—		—			86,014
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	136,780	$	—	$	—		$	136,780
Available-for-sale investments:
Auction rate securities	$	15,700	$	—	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314
Corporate debt securities	158,729		117		(206		)	158,640
Foreign government obligations	37,764		17		(24		)	37,757
U.S. Treasury/Agencies	137,940		80		(31		)	137,989
Total available-for-sale investments	$	350,133	$	214	$	(1,647	)	$	348,700
Total cash, cash equivalents and investments								$	485,480

As of December 31, 2012, the fair value of available-for-sale debt investments, by contractual maturity, was as follows (in thousands):

Due in 1 year or less	$	599,588
Due in 1-2 years	90,606
Due in 2-3 years	—
Due in greater than 3 years	14,287
Total	$	704,481

The following table summarizes the fair value and gross unrealized losses related to available-for-sale securities, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,287	$	(1,413	)	$	14,287	$	(1,413	)
Corporate securities	165,882		(100		)	—		—			165,882		(100		)
Foreign government obligations	3,162		(1		)	—		—			3,162		(1		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	64,386		(20		)	—		—			64,386		(20		)

	December 31, 2011
	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
Description of Securities	Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Unrealized Loss
Auction rate securities	$	—	$	—		$	14,314	$	(1,386	)	$	14,314	$	(1,386	)
Corporate securities	86,111		(206		)	—		—			86,111		(206		)
Foreign government obligations	21,139		(24		)	—		—			21,139		(24		)
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies	19,514		(18		)	3,409		(13		)	22,923		(31		)

Market values were determined for each individual security in the investment portfolio. The Company attributes the unrealized losses in its auction rate securities portfolio to liquidity issues rather than credit issues. The Company’s available-for-sale auction rate securities portfolio at December 31, 2012 is comprised solely of AAA rated investments in federally insured student loans and municipal and educational authority bonds. The Company continues to earn interest on all of its auction rate security instruments and has the ability and intent to hold these securities until they recover.

During 2010, the Company sold a strategic investment and realized a gain of $5.9 million.

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Debt (Debt Repurchase Program) (Details) (Debt Repurchase Program, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Feb. 28, 2011 February 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Term Loan B-1	May 31, 2011 May 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 May 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 May 2011
Debt Instrument
Debt repurchase program authorized amount		$ 300.0	$ 297.8	$ 300.0
Repurchase of convertible debt	424.4				89.9
Debt repurchase program remaining authorized repurchase amount						$ 210.1

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Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company assesses its goodwill for impairment annually as of October 1, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. To accomplish this, the Company determines the fair value of its reporting units using a discounted cash flow approach and / or a market approach and compares it to the carrying amount of the reporting units at the date of the impairment analysis. The Company’s publicly traded equity is a key input in determining the fair value of its reporting units. An other-than-temporary decline in the value of the Company’s publicly traded equity and / or a significant decrease in the Company’s future business prospects could require the Company to record a goodwill and / or intangible asset impairment charge in the future. The Company did not record any goodwill impairment charges to its continuing operations for any of the periods presented.

Goodwill information is as follows for continuing operations (in thousands):

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Goodwill Acquired		Foreign Currency Translation			Reclassified to Assets Held for Sale			Balance at End of Period
2012	$	1,364,145	$	14,386	$	(555	)	$	(36,941	)	$	1,341,035
2011	$	857,216	$	510,998	$	(307	)	$	(3,762	)	$	1,364,145
2010	$	854,065	$	2,853	$	298		$	—		$	857,216

The following tables summarize the Company’s intangible assets for its continuing operations subject to amortization as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2012
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,571	$	(339,966	)	$	555,605
Existing contracts and customer relationships	146,524		(54,512		)	92,012
Content databases and other	57,234		(29,204		)	28,030
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(11,453		)	13,847
	$	1,124,629	$	(435,135	)	$	689,494
	December 31, 2011
	Gross Costs		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Finite-lived intangibles:
Developed technology and patents	$	895,420	$	(267,913	)	$	627,507
Existing contracts and customer relationships	167,524		(34,426		)	133,098
Content databases and other	63,687		(24,790		)	38,897
Trademarks / Tradenames	25,300		(9,753		)	15,547
	$	1,151,931	$	(336,882	)	$	815,049

The following table summarizes the Company's estimated amortization expense for its continuing operations through the year 2017 and thereafter (in thousands):

	Amortization Expense
2013	$	99,221
2014	92,967
2015	85,520
2016	83,325
2017	82,069
Thereafter	246,392
Total amortization expense	$	689,494

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Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Debt

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2040

In March 2010, the Company issued $460.0 million in 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2040 Convertible Notes”) due in 2040 at par. The 2040 Convertible Notes may be converted, under the circumstances described below, based on an initial conversion rate of 21.1149 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $47.36 per share).

Prior to November 15, 2039, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and the Company’s common stock, at the applicable conversion rate, under any of the following circumstances: (i) during any fiscal quarter after the calendar quarter ending June 30, 2010, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable conversion price in effect on each applicable trading day; (ii) during the five business-day period after any ten consecutive trading-day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per note for each day of such measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such day; (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions, as described in the indenture, or (iv) if the Company calls any or all of the notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the third scheduled trading day prior to that redemption date. From November 15, 2039 until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date of February 15, 2040, holders may convert their 2040 Convertible Notes into cash and shares of the Company’s common stock at the applicable conversion rate, at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances. After February 20, 2015, the Company has the right to call for redemption all, or a portion, of the 2040 Convertible Notes at 100% of the principal amount of notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. Holders have the right to require the Company to repurchase the 2040 Convertible Notes on February 20, 2015, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2035 for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

Upon conversion, a holder will receive the conversion value of the 2040 Convertible Notes converted based on the conversion rate multiplied by the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock over a specified observation period following the conversion date. The conversion value of each 2040 Convertible Note will be paid in cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes to be converted and shares of common stock to the extent the conversion value exceeds the principal amount of the converted note. Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture), the holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their 2040 Convertible Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2040 Convertible Notes being repurchased plus accrued interest, if any. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to February 20, 2015, the conversion rate will be increased for holders who elect to convert their notes in connection with such a corporate event in certain circumstances.

In accordance with ASC 470, related to accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion, the Company separately accounted for the liability and equity components of the 2040 Convertible Notes to reflect its non-convertible debt borrowing rate of 7.75%, at the time the instrument was issued, when interest cost is recognized. The debt discount is being amortized through February 2015, which represents the first date the 2040 Convertible notes can be called by the Company or put to the Company by the noteholders. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased a total of $169.0 million in par value of the 2040 Convertible Notes for $203.2 million. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recorded a $8.3 million loss on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company did not repurchase any of the 2040 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the principal amount of the Company’s 2040 Convertible Notes was $291.0 million and $291.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the unamortized discount on the 2040 Convertible Notes was $28.8 million and $40.7 million, respectively, resulting in a carrying amount of $262.2 million and $250.3 million, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $12.0 million and $14.4 million of interest expense, respectively, for the 2040 Convertible Notes related to the amortization of the discount.

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2011

In August 2006, Rovi Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $240.0 million in 2.625% convertible senior notes (the “2011 Convertible Notes”) due in 2011 at par. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased a total of $106.3 million in par value of the 2011 Convertible Notes for $221.1 million. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recorded $3.2 million in losses on debt redemption during the year ended December 31, 2011. In August 2011, the remaining 2011 Convertible Notes with a par value of $28.4 million were converted by the noteholders. In connection with the conversion, the Company issued 0.5 million shares of its common stock and paid $28.4 million in cash to the noteholders.

In accordance with ASC 470, the Company separately accounted for the liability and equity component of the 2011 Convertible Notes to reflect its non-convertible debt borrowing rate of 7.4%, at the time the instrument was issued, when interest cost is recognized. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded $1.5 million of interest expense for the 2011 Convertible Notes related to the amortization of the discount.

Concurrently with the issuance of the 2011 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into a convertible bond call option whereby the Company had options to purchase up to 7.96 million shares of the Company's common stock at a price of approximately $28.28 per share. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company unwound a portion of the convertible bond call option, and in the process, received $85.6 million in cash and 0.2 million shares of its common stock with a fair value of $10.0 million. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes in 2010, the Company unwound a portion of the convertible bond call option and in the process received $29.0 million. These payments and the fair value of the common stock received have been recorded as an increase to additional paid-in-capital and the common stock received has been recorded as treasury stock. In August 2011, the Company exercised the remaining convertible bond call options and received a net share settlement of 0.8 million shares of its common stock.

In addition, concurrent with the issuance of 2011 Convertible Notes, the Company sold warrants to purchase up to 7.96 million shares of its common stock at a price of $32.9248 per share. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes during the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company unwound a portion of the warrants for $81.9 million in cash. In connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2011 Convertible Notes in 2010, the Company unwound a portion of the warrants for $23.2 million in cash. These payments have been recorded as a decrease to additional paid-in-capital. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued 0.3 million shares of its common stock in connection with the exercise of a portion of the warrants.

Senior Secured Term Loans

On February 7, 2011, the Company, as guarantor, two of the Company’s subsidiaries, Rovi Solutions Corporation and Rovi Guides Inc. (collectively, the "Borrowers") and certain of the Company's other subsidiaries, as subsidiary guarantors (together with the Company and the Borrowers, the "Loan Parties"), entered into a credit agreement (the "Initial Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Borrowers jointly borrowed $750 million. The Initial Credit Agreement provided for a 5-year $450 million term loan (“Term Loan A-1”) and a 7-year $300 million term loan (“Term Loan B-1”). The term loans are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets. On March 29, 2012, the Initial Credit Agreement was amended and restated (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") to provide for two new tranches of term loans totaling $800 million: (i) a 5-year $215 million term loan (“Term Loan A-2”), and (ii) a 7-year $585 million term loan (“Term Loan B-2”). The proceeds of the two new tranches of term loans were partially used to pay off the remaining $297.8 million balance of Term Loan B-1. The Term Loan A-1 and Term Loan A-2 require annual amortization payments and mature on February 7, 2016 and March 29, 2017, respectively. Term Loan B-2 requires quarterly amortization payments and matures on March 29, 2019. Term Loan A-1 bears interest, at the Company’s election, at either prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.5% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.5% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $2.8 million to par value. Term Loan A-2 bears interest, at the Company's election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 1.25% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 2.25% per annum, and was issued at a discount of $1.0 million to par value. Term Loan B-2 bears interest, at the Company's election, at either the prime rate plus an applicable margin equal to 2.0% per annum or LIBOR plus an applicable margin equal to 3.0% per annum (subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor) and was issued at a discount of $2.9 million to par value. The applicable margin for Term Loan B-2 is subject to reduction by 0.25% based upon the Company's total leverage ratio.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness, and dividends and other distributions. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial covenants that require the Loan Parties to maintain a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio and a maximum total leverage ratio. Beginning in 2013, the Company may be required to make an additional payment on the Senior Secured Term Loan each February. This payment is a percentage of the prior year's Excess Cash Flow as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Company anticipates making an Excess Cash Flow payment of approximately $84.0 million in February 2013. As of December 31, 2012, the carrying values of Term Loan A-1, Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2 were $425.8 million, $214.2 million and $578.0 million, net of discount, respectively.

The Company accounted for the issuance of Term Loan B-2 and subsequent repayment of Term Loan B-1 as a partial debt modification, as a significant number of Term Loan B-1 investors reinvested in Term Loan B-2, and the change in the present value of future cash flows between Term Loan B-1 and Term Loan B-2 was less than 10%. Under debt modification accounting, $3.5 million in unamortized debt issuance costs related to Term Loan B-1 investors who reinvested in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. In addition, $1.0 million in Term Loan B-2 debt issuance costs, related to new investors in Term Loan B-2, are being amortized to Term Loan B-2 interest expense using the effective interest method. Debt issuance costs of $4.5 million relating to the issuance of Term Loan B-2 to Term Loan B-1 investors, have been recorded as debt modification expenses on the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company realized a loss on debt redemption of $1.8 million related to writing off the unamortized Term Loan B-1 debt discount and the unamortized debt issuance costs related to investors who did not reinvest in Term Loan B-2.

Debt Repurchase Program

In February 2011, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. In May 2011, the Company's Board of Directors replaced the February 2011 authorization with a new repurchase authorization of up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company paid $424.4 million to repurchase debt under its debt repurchase program, of which $89.9 million was repurchased under the May 2011 authorization with the remainder being repurchased under prior authorization.

In connection with the issuance of Term Loan A-2 and Term Loan B-2, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of the $297.8 million remaining balance of Term Loan B-1. This repurchase authorization was in addition to the May 2011 authorization to repurchase up to $300.0 million of debt outstanding. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company did not repurchase any debt under the May 2011 authorization. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $210.1 million remaining under its existing debt repurchase authorization.

The following is a summary of the carrying value and par value of the Company's debt (in thousands) as of December 31, 2012:

	Carrying Value		Par Value
Term Loan A-1	$	425,843	$	427,500
Term Loan A-2	214,161		215,000
Term Loan B-2	577,976		580,613
2040 Convertible Notes	262,245		290,990
	$	1,480,225	$	1,514,103

The aggregate amount of debt payments due in each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	106,407
2014	28,667
2015 (1)	362,987
2016	341,997
2017	155,996
Thereafter	518,049
Total	$	1,514,103

(1) The 2040 Convertible Notes have been included in the above table based on the first put / call date which is February 2015 (see above for additional information)

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Interest Rate Swaps And Caps

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Interest Rate Swaps And Caps

Interest Rate Swaps and Caps

In March 2010, in connection with the issuance of the 2040 Convertible Notes, the Company entered into interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $460.0 million under which it pays a weighted average floating rate of six month USD – LIBOR minus 0.342%, set in arrears, and receives a fixed rate of 2.625%. These swaps expire in February 2015. In November 2010, after future interest rate expectations decreased, the Company entered into additional swaps with a notional amount of $460.0 million under which it pays a fixed rate which gradually increases from 0.203% for the six-month settlement period ended in February 2011, to 2.619% for the six-month settlement period ending in February 2015 and receives a floating rate of six month USD – LIBOR minus 0.342%, set in arrears. These swaps expire in February 2015. The combination of these swaps has the effect of fixing the interest rate the Company pays on its 2040 Convertible Notes at a fixed rate which gradually increases from 0.203% for the six-month settlement period ended in February 2011, to 2.619% for the six-month settlement period ending in February 2015.

In October 2011, the Company entered into swaps with a notional amount of $300.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of June 2013, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.81% for the three month settlement period ending September 2013, to 2.65% for the final settlement period ending in January 2016 and receives a floating rate of three month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in January 2016. In May 2012, the Company entered into swaps with a notional amount of $197.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of January 2014, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.58% for the three month settlement period ending June 2014, to 1.65% for the final settlement period ending in January 2016 and receives a floating rate of one month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in January 2016. In May 2012, the Company entered into additional swaps with a notional amount of $215.0 million. These swaps have an effective date of April 2014, and under these swaps the Company pays a fixed interest rate which gradually increases from 0.65% for the three month settlement period ending June 2014, to 2.11% for the final settlement period ending in March 2017 and receives a floating rate of one month USD-LIBOR-BBA. These swaps expire in March 2017. The Company entered into these swaps to effectively fix the future interest rate during the applicable periods on a portion of its senior secured term loan.

In June 2012, the Company entered into several zero cost foreign currency collars to reduce its risk from future Euro appreciation.  Under these collars, the Company purchased an option to buy 0.5 millionEuros for $0.65 million (a strike price of 1.30 USD / EUR) each month from July 2012 to June 2013.  The Company also sold puts which could require it to buy 0.5 millionEuros for $0.61 million (a strike price of 1.23 USD / EUR) each month from July 2012 to June 2013. 

The Company has not designated any of its interest rate swaps, caps or foreign currency collars as hedges. The Company records these interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars on its balance sheet at fair market value with the changes in fair value recorded as gain (loss) on interest rate swaps and caps, net, in its Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded a loss of $10.6 million, $4.3 million and a gain of $34.2 million, respectively, for the change in the fair value of its interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars and the related settlements. For information on the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps, caps and foreign currency collars, see Note 10.

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Investments (Available-For-Sale Debt Investments At Fair Value) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012
Investments [Abstract]
Due in 1 year or less	$ 599,588
Due in 1-2 years	90,606
Due in 2-3 years	0
Due in greater than 3 years	14,287
Total	$ 704,481

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Geographic Information (Schedule of Long Lived Assets by Geographic Areas) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Property and Equipment, net	$ 32,791	$ 43,203
Goodwill	1,341,035	1,364,145	857,216	854,065
Total Long Lived Assets	2,063,320	2,222,397
United States
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Property and Equipment, net	29,765	39,967
Goodwill	1,321,107	1,336,186
Intangibles, net	687,013	811,888
Total Long Lived Assets	2,037,885	2,188,041
International
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Property and Equipment, net	3,026	3,236
Goodwill	19,928	27,959
Intangibles, net	2,481	3,161
Total Long Lived Assets	$ 25,435	$ 34,356

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Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010
Investments [Abstract]
Realized gain on sale of investment	$ 5.9

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Investments (Available-For-Sale And Other Investment Securities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Cash
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	$ 51,629	$ 50,766
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	51,629	50,766
Total cash and cash equivalents
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	285,352	136,780
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	285,352	136,780
Money markets | Cash equivalents
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	212,123	86,014
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	212,123	86,014
Auction rate securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	15,700	15,700
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	0	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	(1,413)	(1,386)
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	14,287	14,314
Corporate debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	365,268	158,729
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	196	117
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	(100)	(206)
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	365,364	158,640
Corporate debt securities | Cash equivalents
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	21,600
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	0
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	21,600
Foreign government obligations
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	20,745	37,764
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	19	17
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	(1)	(24)
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	20,763	37,757
U.S. Treasuries / Agencies
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	282,412	137,940
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	75	80
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	(20)	(31)
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	282,467	137,989
Total available-for-sale investments
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Cost	684,125	350,133
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Gains	290	214
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Unrealized Losses	(1,534)	(1,647)
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	682,881	348,700
Total cash, cash cquivalents and investments
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities
Available-for-sale and other investment securities, Fair Value	$ 968,233	$ 485,480

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Equity-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Assumptions Used To Value Equity-Based Payments

The assumptions used to value equity-based payments are as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Option Plans:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	4.4 years		4.6 years		4.5 years
Risk free interest rate	0.6	%	1.6	%	2.0	%
Volatility rate	47	%	44	%	39	%
ESPP Plan:
Dividends	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected term	1.3 years		1.3 years		1.3 years
Risk free interest rate	0.3	%	0.3	%	0.4	%
Volatility rate	56	%	40	%	35	%

Weighted Average Fair Value Per Share Of Equity-Based Awards

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Weighted average fair value:
Option grants	$	9.92	$	20.34	$	13.27
Employee purchase share rights	$	4.41	$	14.97	$	9.92
Restricted stock award grants	$	30.20	$	51.23	$	43.57

Summary of Stock Option Activity

Activity under the Company's stock option plans is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average exercise price		Weighted-average remaining contractual term (years)	Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	7,547,063		$	18.27
Granted	1,963,304		$	37.94
Canceled	(536,265	)	$	22.46
Exercised	(4,042,549	)	$	18.27
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	4,931,553		$	25.64
Assumed options from Sonic acquisition	899,873		$	36.11
Granted	1,786,296		$	52.81
Canceled	(834,187	)	$	43.01
Exercised	(1,996,022	)	$	20.95
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	4,787,513		$	36.67
Granted	1,819,900		$	25.62
Canceled	(1,443,379	)	$	39.62
Exercised	(332,623	)	$	15.87
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	4,831,411		$	33.06	5.0	$	1,036
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2012	3,966,405		$	32.94	4.8	$	909
Exercisable at December 31, 2012	2,118,034		$	33.79	4.0	$	581

Summary of Restricted Stock Awards

Activity related to the Company's restricted awards is as follows:

	Shares		Weighted-average Grant-Date Fair Value		Aggregate fair value (1) (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2009	1,229,600		$	24.70
Granted	700,630		$	43.57
Vested	(460,371	)	$	24.87	18,592
Forfeited	(61,015	)	$	26.01
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	1,408,844		$	33.97
Granted	1,436,774		$	51.23
Vested	(503,328	)	$	30.52	25,394
Forfeited	(168,197	)	$	44.76
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	2,174,093		$	45.34
Granted	2,158,282		$	30.20
Vested	(916,479	)	$	42.96	21,905
Forfeited	(773,568	)	$	41.37
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	2,642,328		$	34.97

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Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Feb. 29, 2012 Roxio Consumer Software	Dec. 31, 2011 Roxio Consumer Software	Dec. 31, 2012 Previous Software	Dec. 31, 2011 Previous Software	Dec. 31, 2010 Previous Software	Sep. 17, 2010 Norpak
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Assets sold, Roxio Consumer Software business				$ 17,500,000
Impairment of intangible assets					40,600,000
Expenses related to disposal of business						2,100,000	1,500,000	11,700,000
Proceeds from sale of business	18,458,000	2,000,000	0						11,800,000
Loss on disposal									$ 1,600,000

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Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011		2010
Domestic income	$	30,843		$	41,291	$	73,845
Foreign (loss) income	(251		)	6,497		13,600
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	30,592		$	47,788	$	87,445

Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current:
Federal	$	(5,052	)	$	(1,415	)	$	(134,132	)
State	(1,057		)	3,028			(15,881		)
Foreign	20,827			17,823			13,006
Total current expense (benefit)	$	14,718		$	19,436		$	(137,007	)
Deferred:
Federal	2,256			(8,909		)	14,184
State	970			(1,299		)	(16,390		)
Foreign	(2,253		)	(505		)	—
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)	973			(10,713		)	(2,206		)
Total tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)
Total tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations	$	6,106		$	95		$	(207	)

Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to pretax income from continuing operations as a result of the following (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Federal tax statutory rate	$	10,709		$	16,726		$	30,606
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2,698			(423		)	(9,371		)
Tax credits	—			(3,269		)	—
Foreign tax rate differential	(738		)	1,589			1,622
Change in uncertain tax positions	(3,459		)	1,163			(17,295		)
Compensation expense	3,356			1,755			3,620
PFA Settlement	—			—			(458,353		)
Change in valuation allowance	2,246			(8,499		)	320,264
Others	879			(319		)	(10,306		)
Total tax expense (benefit)	$	15,691		$	8,723		$	(139,213	)

The tax effects of the temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented below (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Accruals, reserves and others	$	17,476		$	20,556
Impairment losses on investments	8,462			8,043
Equity-based compensation	18,819			15,278
Deferred revenue	4,714			3,456
Credits	89,676			82,837
Others	9,832			15,317
State NOL's and credits	14,226			12,741
Net operating loss carryforwards	450,648			480,297
Gross deferred tax assets	613,853			638,525
Valuation allowance	(358,233		)	(345,396		)
Total deferred tax assets	255,620			293,129
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(261,352		)	(268,650		)
Debt amortization	(7,305		)	(14,378		)
Others	(8,186		)	(14,216		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(276,843		)	(297,244		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(21,223	)	$	(4,115	)

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company entered into a closing agreement with the Internal Revenue Service through its Pre-Filing Agreement (PFA) program confirming that the Company recognized an ordinary tax loss of approximately $2.4 billion from the 2008 sale of its TV Guide Magazine business. In connection with the PFA closing agreement the Company established a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as a result of determining that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets would not be realized. At December 31, 2012, the Company reviewed the determination made at March 31, 2010, that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized. While the Company believes that its fundamental business model is robust, there has not been a change from the March 31, 2010, determination that it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets will not be realized and as such has maintained a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets at December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had federal tax loss carryforwards of approximately $1.5 billion, of which $177.6 million related to stock option deductions and are not included in deferred tax assets.  The federal loss carryforwards will expire from 2020 through 2030.  The Company has state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $114.0 million as of December 31, 2012.  The state loss carryforwards will expire from 2015 through 2032.

The Company has federal and state research and development credits available to reduce future income tax expense of approximately $21.6 million and $11.0 million, respectively.  The federal research credits will expire from 2016 through 2031. The state research credits can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company had foreign tax credits available to reduce future income tax expense of approximately $77.4 million and will expire from 2013 through 2022.

Utilization of state and federal net operating loss and credit carryforwards may be subject to limitations due to ownership changes.

The Company recognizes a liability for uncertain tax positions. The gross tax-affected unrecognized tax benefits which, if recognized, would affect the Company's tax rate were $49.5 million and $49.9 million as of December 31, 2012 and 2011. The Company recorded interest related to unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $1.2 million, $1.2 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and released interest and penalties of $1.1 million and $4.0 million for settlements and statute closures for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Total accrued interest and penalties was $3.2 million and $3.2 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011. Interest and penalties are classified in income tax expense. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Balance as of January 1	$	130,063		$	50,593
Additions from acquired companies	—			6,659
Additions for tax positions related to the current year	1,443			72,430
Reductions for tax provisions of prior years	(1,413		)	1,666
Reductions for audit settlements	(388		)	—
Reductions for statute of limitations closures	(3,170		)	(1,285		)
Balance as of December 31	$	126,535		$	130,063

The Company does not expect a material change in unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.

The Company has not provided U.S. Federal or state taxes on approximately $218.4 million of undistributed earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries as such earnings are considered to be permanently reinvested outside the U.S.

The Company conducts business globally and, as a result, files U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax returns in various jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years before 2008.

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Calculation Of Earnings Per Common Share And Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

The calculation of earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share is presented below (in thousands, except per share data):

	December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Basic earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(73		)	(1,125		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,992		$	225,533
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			151			68
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,200	)	$	(13,706	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Income allocated to participating securities	15			78			(1,057		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,208	)	$	211,827
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.36		$	2.20
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.74		)	(0.14		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.38	)	$	2.06
Diluted earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$	14,901		$	39,065		$	226,658
Income allocated to participating securities	(7		)	(71		)	(1,058		)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations	$	14,894		$	38,994		$	225,600
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(49,245	)	$	(80,351	)	$	(13,774	)
Loss allocated to participating securities	22			145			64
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders	$	(49,223	)	$	(80,206	)	$	(13,710	)
Net (loss) income	$	(34,344	)	$	(41,286	)	$	212,884
Loss (income) allocated to participating securities	15			74			(994		)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders	$	(34,329	)	$	(41,212	)	$	211,890
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,623			108,923			102,658
Dilutive potential common shares	318			4,208			6,517
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding	104,941			113,131			109,175
Income per common share from continuing operations	$	0.14		$	0.34		$	2.07
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	(0.47		)	(0.70		)	(0.13		)
Net (loss) income per common share	$	(0.33	)	$	(0.36	)	$	1.94

Weighted Average Potential Anti-Dilutive Common Shares

The following weighted average potential common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012	2011	2010
Stock options	4,452	1,754	1,219
Restricted stock	2,697	462	213
Convertible notes (1)	6,144	—	9,713
Total weighted average potential common shares excluded from diluted net earnings per share	13,293	2,216	11,145

(1) See Note 7 for additional details.

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Acquisitions (Purchase Price Allocation) (Details) (Sonic, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2011
Business Acquisition
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 22,127
Short-term investments	2,254
Trade accounts receivable	27,020
Property and equipment	2,895
Goodwill	476,093
Identifiable intangible assets	279,700
Prepaid and other assets	15,755
Accounts payable and other liabilities	(51,118)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(8,248)
Deferred revenue	(3,335)
Total purchase price	763,143
Developed technology
Business Acquisition
Identifiable intangible assets	105,900
Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life	6 years
Trademarks/tradenames
Business Acquisition
Identifiable intangible assets	17,700
Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life	10 years
Customer relationships
Business Acquisition
Identifiable intangible assets	146,400
Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life	6 years
Studio relationships and content library
Business Acquisition
Identifiable intangible assets	$ 9,700
Weighted Average Estimated Useful Life	4 years

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Calculation Of Earnings Per Common Share And Diluted Earnings Per Common Share) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Basic earnings per common share
Income from continuing operations	$ 9,443	$ (2,814)	$ (4,248)	$ 12,520	$ 2,303	$ 14,541	$ 113	$ 22,108	$ 14,901	$ 39,065	$ 226,658
Income allocated to participating securities									(7)	(73)	(1,125)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations									14,894	38,992	225,533
Discontinued operations, net of tax	(7,302)	(10,513)	(14,301)	(17,129)	(51,649)	(12,788)	(10,841)	(5,073)	(49,245)	(80,351)	(13,774)
Loss allocated to participating securities									22	151	68
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders									(49,223)	(80,200)	(13,706)
Net (loss) income	2,141	(13,327)	(18,549)	(4,609)	(49,346)	1,753	(10,728)	17,035	(34,344)	(41,286)	212,884
Income allocated to participating securities									15	78	(1,057)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders									(34,329)	(41,208)	211,827
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding									104,623	108,923	102,658
Income per common share from continuing operations	$ 0.09	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.13	$ 0.00	$ 0.20	$ 0.14	$ 0.36	$ 2.20
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.16)	$ (0.48)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.74)	$ (0.14)
Net (loss) income per common share	$ 0.02	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.46)	$ 0.02	$ (0.10)	$ 0.16	$ (0.33)	$ (0.38)	$ 2.06
Diluted earnings per common share
Income allocated to participating securities									(7)	(71)	(1,058)
Income allocated to common shareholders from continuing operations									14,894	38,994	225,600
Loss allocated to participating securities									22	145	64
Discontinued operations allocated to common shareholders									(49,223)	(80,206)	(13,710)
Loss (income) allocated to participating securities									15	74	(994)
Net (loss) income allocated to common shareholders									$ (34,329)	$ (41,212)	$ 211,890
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding									104,623	108,923	102,658
Dilutive potential common shares									318	4,208	6,517
Weighted average diluted common shares outstanding									104,941	113,131	109,175
Income per common share from continuing operations	$ 0.09	$ (0.03)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.13	$ 0.00	$ 0.19	$ 0.14	$ 0.34	$ 2.07
Loss per common share from discontinued operations	$ (0.07)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.16)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.11)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.47)	$ (0.70)	$ (0.13)
Net (loss) income per common share	$ 0.02	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.45)	$ 0.02	$ (0.09)	$ 0.15	$ (0.33)	$ (0.36)	$ 1.94

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Net (loss) income	$ (34,344)	$ (41,286)	$ 212,884
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(1,226)	304	1,144
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net	164	522	(205)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(1,062)	826	939
Comprehensive (loss) income	$ (35,406)	$ (40,460)	$ 213,823

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Financial Statement Details

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Financial Statement Details [Abstract]

Financial Statement Details

Financial Statement Details

Property and Equipment, Net (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Computer software and equipment	$	113,378		$	107,366
Leasehold improvements	21,056			18,553
Furniture and fixtures	6,430			6,235
	140,864			132,154
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(108,073		)	(88,951		)
Property and equipment, net	$	32,791		$	43,203

Depreciation expense for our continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $20.8 million, $19.5 million, and $18.8 million, respectively.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accounts payable	$	2,274	$	1,452
Accrued compensation	31,295		34,249
Interest payable	2,957		4,665
Other accrued liabilities	58,304		66,671
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	94,830	$	107,037

Interest Income and Other, Net (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
Interest income	$	2,898	$	2,775		$	2,698
Foreign currency gains (losses)	63		(205		)	(640		)
Other income (expense)	242		2,289			(288		)
Interest income and other, net	$	3,203	$	4,859		$	1,770

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (in thousands):

Continuing Operations

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions			Deductions		Balance at End of Period
2012	$	2,689	$	81		$	244	$	2,526
2011	$	2,141	$	731		$	183	$	2,689
2010	$	3,127	$	(545	)	$	441	$	2,141

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Debt (Convertible Senior Notes Due 2011) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Aug. 31, 2006 2011 Convertible Notes	Aug. 31, 2011 2011 Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 2011 Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrant	Dec. 31, 2010 Warrant	Aug. 31, 2006 Warrant	Aug. 31, 2011 Convertible Bond Call Option	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible Bond Call Option	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible Bond Call Option	Aug. 31, 2006 Convertible Bond Call Option
Debt Instrument
Debt issued				$ 240,000,000
Interest rate of debt, stated percentage				2.625%
Par value of debt repurchased						106,300,000
Repurchase of convertible debt						221,100,000
Loss on debt redemption	1,758,000	11,514,000	16,806,000			3,200,000
Convertible notes converted by the noteholders					28,400,000
Issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of convertible debt					500,000
Cash paid to convertible notes					28,400,000
Interest rate of debt, effective percentage				7.40%
Interest expense						1,500,000
Maximum number of shares to purchase under convertible call option													7,960,000
Equity option strike price													28.28
Proceeds from settlement of options											85,600,000	29,000,000
Proceeds from settlement of options, shares										800,000	200,000
Fair value of common stock received for options settled during the period											10,000,000
Maximum number of shares warranted to purchase									7,960,000
Warrants sold strike price									32.9248
Settlements of warrants							$ 81,900,000	$ 23,200,000
Issuance of common stock in connection with exercise of portion of warrants							300,000

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Income Taxes (Significant Portions of the Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Accruals, reserves and others	$ 17,476	$ 20,556
Impairment losses on investments	8,462	8,043
Equity-based compensation	18,819	15,278
Deferred revenue	4,714	3,456
Credits	89,676	82,837
Others	9,832	15,317
State NOL's and credits	14,226	12,741
Net operating loss carryforwards	450,648	480,297
Gross deferred tax assets	613,853	638,525
Valuation allowance	(358,233)	(345,396)
Total deferred tax assets	255,620	293,129
Intangible assets	(261,352)	(268,650)
Debt amortization	(7,305)	(14,378)
Others	(8,186)	(14,216)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(276,843)	(297,244)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (21,223)	$ (4,115)

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Fair Value (Summary Of Level 3 Auction Rate Securities) (Details) (Auction rate securities, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Auction rate securities
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation
Balance at beginning of period	$ 14,314	$ 14,999	$ 73,004
Acquired ARS-Sonic Solution acquisition	0	3,002	0
Gain on ARS classified as trading and recorded in other income		0	5,773
Unrealized (loss) gain included in accumulated other comprehensive income	(27)	622	20
Realized gain on settlement	0	51	0
ARS Put Option loss recorded in other income		0	(5,773)
Settlements	0	(4,360)	(58,025)
Balance at end of period	$ 14,287	$ 14,314	$ 14,999

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Financial Statement Details (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Financial Statement Details [Abstract]

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and Equipment, Net (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Computer software and equipment	$	113,378		$	107,366
Leasehold improvements	21,056			18,553
Furniture and fixtures	6,430			6,235
	140,864			132,154
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(108,073		)	(88,951		)
Property and equipment, net	$	32,791		$	43,203

Depreciation expense for our continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $20.8 million, $19.5 million, and $18.8 million, respectively.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Accounts payable	$	2,274	$	1,452
Accrued compensation	31,295		34,249
Interest payable	2,957		4,665
Other accrued liabilities	58,304		66,671
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	94,830	$	107,037

Interest Income and Other, Net

Interest Income and Other, Net (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011			2010
Interest income	$	2,898	$	2,775		$	2,698
Foreign currency gains (losses)	63		(205		)	(640		)
Other income (expense)	242		2,289			(288		)
Interest income and other, net	$	3,203	$	4,859		$	1,770

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts, Continuing Operations

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (in thousands):

Continuing Operations

	Balance at Beginning of Period		Additions			Deductions		Balance at End of Period
2012	$	2,689	$	81		$	244	$	2,526
2011	$	2,141	$	731		$	183	$	2,689
2010	$	3,127	$	(545	)	$	441	$	2,141

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Equity-Based Compensation (Weighted Average Fair Value Per Share Of Equity-Based Awards) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Weighted average fair value, Option grants	$ 9.92	$ 20.34	$ 13.27
Weighted average fair value, Employee purchase share rights	$ 4.41	$ 14.97	$ 9.92
Weighted average fair value, Restricted stock award grants	$ 30.20	$ 51.23	$ 43.57

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Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

	Quarter
	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Year
	(in thousands, except per share data)
2012 (1)
Revenues	$	171,727		$	156,298		$	165,597		$	156,951		$	650,573
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes	$	12,520		$	(4,248	)	$	(2,814	)	$	9,443		$	14,901
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(17,129	)	$	(14,301	)	$	(10,513	)	$	(7,302	)	$	(49,245	)
Net (loss) income	$	(4,609	)	$	(18,549	)	$	(13,327	)	$	2,141		$	(34,344	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.12		$	(0.04	)	$	(0.03	)	$	0.09		$	0.14
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.16		)	(0.13		)	(0.10		)	(0.07		)	(0.47		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	(0.04	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.13	)	$	0.02		$	(0.33	)
2011 (1)
Revenues	$	151,208		$	176,709		$	178,745		$	174,313		$	680,975
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes (2)	$	22,108		$	113		$	14,541		$	2,303		$	39,065
Discontinued operations, net of tax	$	(5,073	)	$	(10,841	)	$	(12,788	)	$	(51,649	)	$	(80,351	)
Net (loss) income (2)	$	17,035		$	(10,728	)	$	1,753		$	(49,346	)	$	(41,286	)
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.20		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.36
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.10		)	(0.11		)	(0.48		)	(0.74		)
Basic net earnings per share	$	0.16		$	(0.10	)	$	0.02		$	(0.46	)	$	(0.38	)
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations	$	0.19		$	—		$	0.13		$	0.02		$	0.34
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations	(0.04		)	(0.09		)	(0.11		)	(0.47		)	(0.70		)
Diluted net earnings per share	$	0.15		$	(0.09	)	$	0.02		$	(0.45	)	$	(0.36	)

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Stock Repurchase Program

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]

Stock Repurchase Program

Stock Repurchase Program

In November 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400 million of the Company’s common stock. This November 2011 $400.0 million authorization includes any amounts which were outstanding under previously authorized stock repurchase programs. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company repurchased 8.4 million shares of its common stock, which includes the 5.3 million shares repurchased under the accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") discussed below, for $152.1 million. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had $222.9 million remaining under its existing stock repurchase program. As of December 31, 2012, treasury stock consisted of 21.4 million shares of common stock that had been repurchased, with a cost basis of approximately $634.6 million.

On August 10, 2012, the Company entered into an ASR agreement with UBS AG, London Branch, and UBS Securities LLC, as agent for UBS AG, London Branch, to repurchase an aggregate of $80 million of the Company's common stock. The number of shares to be delivered under the ASR was based on the volume-weighted average price of Company common stock during the repurchase period, less a discount. At inception of the ASR, the Company received 4.3 million shares of its common stock. On September 28, 2012, the Company received an additional 1.0 million shares to complete the ASR program.

In December 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400.0 million of the Company's common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company repurchased 6.8 million shares of its common stock for $337.6 million of which $312.6 million was repurchased under the December 2010 authorization and $25.0 million was repurchased under the November 2011 authorization. In February 2010, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100.0 million of common stock in connection with the offering of the 2040 Convertible Notes as well as up to an additional $200.0 million of its common stock in the open market from time to time at prevailing market prices or otherwise, as conditions warrant. This $200.0 million authorization included any amounts which were outstanding under previously authorized stock repurchase programs. In connection with the 2040 Convertible Note offering, the Company repurchased 3.0 million shares of its common stock for $109.9 million. These repurchases were recorded as treasury stock and resulted in a reduction of stockholders' equity.