Rovi Names Pete Thompson As EVP And COO = Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Rovi Corp. (ROVI), hich provides on-screen guides for pay-TV listings, said that Pete Thompson will join the company as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective September 6, 2016.

Thompson, reporting to Rovi's president and CEO Tom Carson, will be based in the TiVo office in San Jose to directly oversee the product integration activities of the combined companies after the closing of the acquisition of TiVo Inc. (TIVO) by Rovi.

At Ericsson (ERIC), Thompson was senior vice president of the Mediaroom Business Group, where he was responsible for defining the future of home entertainment through the development of products that appealed to consumers, producers and carriers.

He has also held a number of senior leadership positions at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), including corporate vice president, Microsoft Mediaroom; senior general manager, Xbox LIVE; and general manager, Microsoft Surface.

Most recently, Thompson served as vice president, strategic partnerships at Sonos, where he built an organization to launch a developer platform for music services, music apps and home management providers.