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TiVo President, CEO Carson to Retire
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Thomas Carson, longtime president and CEO of TiVo and its predecessor Rovi Corp., has announced he will retire, TiVo announced May 24. Carson will remain with the company until a successor is named by TiVo’s board of directors, with the board already considering both internal and external candidates.
“Under Tom’s leadership the company has undergone a significant transformation; shedding underperforming assets, cutting cost, renewing major intellectual property licensing deals and acquiring TiVo,” said TiVo chairman Jim Meyer. “I believe the company is well positioned for future growth, profitability and improving shareholder value.”
Carson’s history with the company goes back to early 2006, when he joined Rovi predecessor Gemstar as its president of North America program guide businesses, where for more than two years he managed nearly 200 people in running program guide services for consumer electronics and cable clients.
After Gemstar was acquired by Rovi (then Macrovision) in 2008, Carson was named EVP of worldwide sales and marketing, where for nearly four years he oversaw annual, global sales of more than $800 million.
Carson would be named president of CEO of Rovi in late 2011, and continued on in that role when Rovi purchased TiVo in 2016, and adopted the TiVo name.
