Gemstar-TV Guide Names Alan Cohen Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Business Wire, June 19, 2006

LOS ANGELES -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), announced today that it has appointed Alan Cohen executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Mr. Cohen will join the company in this newly created position on June 19 and report to Gemstar-TV Guide chief executive officer Rich Battista. An executive with 20 years experience as a marketing innovator, Mr. Cohen most recently served as chief marketing officer for Napster, the online music company.

"As a consumer facing company, in a rapidly changing media industry, the marketing of our corporate brand, and our collection of businesses, is becoming increasingly important. I'm pleased that Alan will be joining our senior management team to lead the effort to develop marketing initiatives and alliances that will help grow our business across the multiple platforms in which we operate," said Mr. Battista. "Alan's background in brand management is also important as managing the growth and evolution of the TV Guide brand is fundamental to our long-term success."

In addition to oversight of all corporate marketing functions, Mr. Cohen will have responsibility for brand management, licensing and merchandising, and corporate research. He will work closely with the marketing teams at the various Gemstar-TV Guide divisions in the development of the corporate brand, and in the formation of strategic marketing partnerships that will operate across platforms.

Mr. Cohen said, "TV Guide is one of the most recognizable consumer brands, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of enhancing its value across all of our businesses."

Since 2004, Mr. Cohen served as CMO for Napster, where he oversaw all marketing efforts during and after the launch of the world's first portable music subscription service. He was responsible for branding and company positioning, advertising, promotion, customer retention, and brand public relations. Before joining Napster, Mr. Cohen was a senior partner and executive group director for Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, responsible for all North American retail activities and corporate brand advertising for BP, one of the agency's largest global clients.

From 2000-2002, Mr. Cohen oversaw all marketing efforts and customer care as chief marketing officer of uBid.com, the second largest online auction website. Previously, he spent nearly a decade at Jim Beam Brands, where as vice president of brand management, he was responsible for leading all U.S. marketing activities for the company's portfolio of consumer brands including Jim Beam and DeKuyper. Prior to Jim Beam, Mr. Cohen spent five years at DDB Needham Worldwide.

Mr. Cohen holds a B.S. in Accounting from Northern Illinois University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. He and his family reside in Southern California.

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.

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