October 7, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Rovi Corp. (NASDAQ: ROVI) announced that consumers using devices built with the latest edition of Rovi’s Connected Platform media networking software will be able to find, play and share content (such as movies, TV shows, music and photos) stored on Windows(R) 7-based PCs.

Slated for launch on October 22, Windows Media Center, which is provided with Windows 7, will give consumers the ability to seamlessly connect their computing world to their digital entertainment environment. As a Windows 7 ‘Play To’ ready solution, Rovi’s Connected Platform enables consumer electronics manufacturers to quickly embed networking capabilities in various devices to play entertainment content from Windows Media Center, as well as other DLNA- and UPnP-compliant devices.

In addition, Onkyo Corp., in joint development with Rovi, eSOL and Texas Instruments, has announced the retail availability of Connected Platform-enabled audio/video receivers, TX-NA1007 and TXNA5007, which are also Windows 7 Play To-certified. These two devices join Onkyo’s previously released networked AVR products, TX-NAB807 and TX-NR807, which are also powered by Rovi’s Connected Platform solution.

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