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Gemstar-TV Guide Signs License Agreement With PRESENTCAST INC., A Joint Venture of Leading Broadcasters and Advertising Agencies, in Japan

Posted on: Thursday, 25 January 2007, 12:00 CST

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, has signed a license agreement with PRESENTCAST INC., for its TV program navigation and online video portal Web site in Japan, DOGATCH (http://dogatch.jp). Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

PRESENTCAST INC. is a joint venture formed in April, 2006 by the leading broadcasters and advertising agencies in Japan. They include: Nippon Television Network Corporation., TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INCORPORATED, Fuji Television Network, Inc., TV Asahi Corporation, TV TOKYO Corporation, DENTSU INC., Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Incorporated, ASATSU-DK INC. and Tokyu Agency Inc. PRESENTCAST INC. launched the DOGATCH service (http://dogatch.jp), in December 2006 to help navigate TV information and promote distribution of TV and TV related content via the Internet.

Interactive Program Guide (IPG), Inc., Gemstar-TV Guide's joint venture with DENTSU INC. and Tokyo News Services Limited in Japan, has worked with PRESENTCAST to develop a syndicated version of G-GUIDE, Gemstar-TV Guide's interactive program guide service in Japan currently available to the users of the DOGATCH site.

Akitaka Nishimura-san, president, Gemstar Multimedia Limited in Japan said, "We are very pleased that PRESENTCAST has selected G-GUIDE for its innovative broadband video distribution portal Web site. Given the partners involved in PRESENTCAST, this is clearly a strategically important deal for us, and it further signifies the value of G-GUIDE in Japan. We are excited to work with PRESENTCAST and IPG, Inc. to extend the reach of G-GUIDE to the Internet, building on the success we have to date with G-GUIDE on consumer electronic devices and mobile phones in Japan."

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 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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