Rovi Buys Fan TV, Vows Faster 'Time-to-Market'

Rovi acquired Fanhattan, provider of cloud-based, content programming products. Rovi said Monday. Fanhattan's Fan TV integrates linear TV, over-the-top capability and other sources of programming through one device with a touch remote, Rovi said Monday in a . With Fanhattan's capabilities, Rovi will offer customers faster "time-to-market" and improved flexibility deploying next-generation discovery and media experiences across multiple screens, it said. The combined solution supports IP and hybrid set-top boxes, DVR functionality and "personalized interactive user-interfaces through reference design hardware and a software development kit," it said.