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TV Guide Magazine to Offer ''Summer TV Preview DVD'' With Select Newsstand Editions on East & West Coasts (June 5 Issue, on Newsstands Thursday, June 1)

Posted on: Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 12:00 CDT

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.:

-- Unprecedented Cross-Network Preview of the Best of Summer TV

on Cable and Broadcast Television

-- Sneak Peeks and Behind-the-Scenes Footage of 17 of the Hottest

TV Shows Set to Premiere or Return this Summer

-- Plus 13 Exclusive Interviews with TV's Hottest Personalities

TV Guide magazine editor-in-chief Ian Birch announced today that the magazine's Summer Preview issue (June 5 issue, on newsstands June 1), will include a fully-navigable DVD, as a free multi-media companion. Affixed to the cover of select east and west coast newsstand editions of TV Guide, this unprecedented cross-network DVD will feature sneak peeks at the new and returning programs TV Guide editors are recommending for summer viewing.

Produced by TV Guide, and hosted by the TV Guide Channel's John Fugelsang, the Summer TV Preview DVD will be organized into three genres and feature commentary by three of TV Guide magazine's editors -- senior TV critic Matt Roush (comedy/drama), LA bureau chief Craig Tomashoff (family), and writer Ali Gazan (reality). It features never-before-seen clips and behind-the-scenes footage from 17 of this summer's favorite returning programs and most anticipated new shows, as well as exclusive interviews with 13 of the small screen's hottest personalities.

"There is a lot of terrific television coming up in the next few months, and we're happy to feature so many of our favorite programs from across the broadcast and cable networks for this DVD," said Mr. Birch. "We are always looking for new ways to add value for our readers and to enhance their TV viewing experience. This DVD seemed the perfect companion to our popular annual Summer Preview issue as it will provide our readers with a unique and entertaining overview of what we believe is the best of summer television for 2006."

TV Guide's Summer TV Preview DVD features exclusive interviews with more than a dozen of television's most popular personalities including Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Doug Ellen, and Jeremy Piven (HBO's "Entourage"), Kyra Sedgwick (TNT's "The Closer"), Tom Everett Scott (TNT's "Saved"), Annabeth Gish and Jason Clarke (Showtime's "Brotherhood"), Denis Leary (FX's "Rescue Me"), Tommy Lee and Dave Navarro (CBS' "Rock Star"), and show creators and executive producers Simon Cowell (NBC's "America's Got Talent") and Mark Burnett (CBS' "Rock Star").

Sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes footage featured on the DVD include "Entourage" and "Deadwood" (HBO), "Rock Star" (CBS), "America's Got Talent" and "Treasure Hunters" (NBC), "So You Think You Can Dance" (Fox), "Danny Phantom" (Nick), "Backyardigans" (Nick Jr.), "Whistler" and "Beyond the Break" (The N), "The Closer" and "Saved" (TNT), "Brotherhood" and "Weeds" (Showtime), "Psych" and "The 4400" (USA) and "Rescue Me" (FX).

Organized by genre, the following is a list of television shows that are featured on TV Guide's Summer TV Preview DVD:

COMEDY/DRAMA Rescue Me (FX) Deadwood (HBO) Entourage (HBO) Brotherhood (Showtime) Weeds (Showtime) The Closer (TNT) Saved (TNT) The 4400 (USA) Psych (USA) REALITY Rock Star (CBS) Treasure Hunters (NBC) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) America's Got Talent (NBC) FAMILY Backyardigans (Nick Jr.) Danny Phantom (Nick) Beyond the Break (The N) Whistler (The N)

TV Guide's Summer TV Preview DVD will be available with newsstands copies of TV Guide magazine's June 5 issue (on newsstands Thursday, June 1) in the following markets:

New York Los Angeles Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Washington, DC Seattle - Tacoma Phoenix Cleveland Sacramento Pittsburgh Portland Baltimore

TV Guide magazine is a product of Gemstar-TV Guide International (Nasdaq:GMST).

About Gemstar-TV Guide

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq:GMST) is a leading media, entertainment and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and distributes technologies, products and services targeted at the television guidance and home entertainment needs of consumers worldwide. The Company's businesses include: television media and publishing properties; interactive program guide services and products; and technology and intellectual property licensing. Additional information about the Company can be found at www.gemstartvguide.com.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties related to the transformation of our TV Guide magazine publishing business; timely availability and market acceptance of products and services incorporating the Company's technologies and content; our investment in new and existing businesses, including TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Spot and TV Guide Mobile; the impact of competitive products, services and pricing; ongoing and potential future litigation; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the most recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide, TV Guide Spot and TV Guide Mobile are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The names of other companies, products and services used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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