Market Currents

• Wednesday, May 6, 2009

• 16:17 PM Macrovision (MVSN): Q1 EPS of $0.31 beats by $0.10. Revenue of $111.2M (+7.2%) vs. $106.7M. Narrows full-year guidance essentially in-line with previous range. Shares +1.7% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: APC, ATW, CAR, CECO, CSCO, EGLE, EXPD, FRT, GDP, GLBL, HME, IO, KEG, MUR, MVSN, NWS.A, ONNN, PRU, PVA, REG, RIO, SCI, SUN, SVNT, SYMC, THQI, TSO, USU Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Wednesday's close: APC, ATW, CAR, CECO, CSCO, EGLE, EXPD, FRT, GDP, GLBL, HME, IO, KEG, MUR, MVSN, NWS.A, ONNN, PRU, PVA, REG, RIO, SCI, SUN, SVNT, SYMC, THQI, TSO, USU Comment!

• Tuesday, February 10, 2009

• 16:14 PM Macrovision (MVSN): Q4 EPS from continuing operations of $0.09 vs. consensus of $0.21. Revenue of $118M (+182.1%) vs. $111M. Shares +0.5% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: AMAT, BGC, CBG, CERN, CF, CSC, FIS, MVSN, NVDA, PL, QSFT, SIAL, VFC, XL Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: AMAT, BGC, CBG, CERN, CF, CSC, FIS, MVSN, NVDA, PL, QSFT, SIAL, VFC, XL Comment!

• Tuesday, January 6, 2009

• 09:32 AM Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) buys TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from Macrovision Solutions (MVSN) for $255M. MVSN recently sold the companion product, the TV Guide magazine, to another private equity group for a token price of $1. Comment!

• Thursday, November 6, 2008

• 16:22 PM Macrovision (MVSN): Q3 EPS of $0.09 misses by $0.13. Revenue of $112M (+146.1%) vs. $154M. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, ALKS, ANH, BBI, BYI, CAR, CBG, CEGE, CVTX, DAR, DIS, FLR, FTI, GNW, HANS, HGSI, IRF, MVSN, NDN, NKTR, NVDA, ONXX, PCLN, PDLI, PSA, PXP, QCOM, SAPE, SD, SWKS, TS, UTSI, VRSN Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, ALKS, ANH, BBI, BYI, CAR, CBG, CEGE, CVTX, DAR, DIS, FLR, FTI, GNW, HANS, HGSI, IRF, MVSN, NDN, NKTR, NVDA, ONXX, PCLN, PDLI, PSA, PXP, QCOM, SAPE, SD, SWKS, TS, UTSI, VRSN Comment!

• Thursday, October 16, 2008

• 13:49 PM In an SEC filing, the disclosure that Macrovision (MVSN) sold TVGuide to OpenGate Capital for ... $1. Why buy one copy of a magazine ($2.99) when you can buy the whole company? Comment!

• Monday, October 13, 2008

• 17:55 PM Macrovision (MVSN)  this afternoon announced its sale of TV Guide to OpenGate Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Comment!

• Thursday, August 7, 2008

• 16:24 PM Macrovision (MVSN): Q2 EPS of -$0.10 vs. consensus of $0.22. Revenue of $103.6M (+342.7%) vs. $149.3M. Shares +2.3%. [PR] Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, ALKS, ATW, CHINA, CLWR, CROX, DAR, ELX, FMD, FRP, FVRL, HANS, HTZ, ME, MVSN, NDN, PDLI, PSA, SAPE, SD, TMA, XOMA Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday's close: AGO, ALKS, ATW, CHINA, CLWR, CROX, DAR, ELX, FMD, FRP, FVRL, HANS, HTZ, ME, MVSN, NDN, PDLI, PSA, SAPE, SD, TMA, XOMA Comment!

• Friday, June 6, 2008

• 07:48 AM Macrovision (MVSN) discloses News Corp. (NWS) sold its 19% stake in the company to private investors. Comment!