Civolution acquires Thomson STS watermarking business to create best-of-breed resource for media industry

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July, 21 2009 – Civolution, a leading provider of technology and services for identifying, managing and monetizing media content, today announced that it has acquired the Software & Technology Solutions (STS) watermarking business from Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS).

With this acquisition Civolution will be able to offer a broader and richer portfolio of content identification and tracking technologies to enhance its current technologies, products and services. The combination of the two businesses will generate a unique technology and service solutions provider that will benefit media content owners and distributors in the fast growing market for audio and video content tracking, management and monetization. As a result of this amalgamation, Thomson will become a shareholder in Civolution.

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