Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Patent License Agreement with Verizon for Program Guides for Its FiOS TV Service

Business Wire, May 2, 2007

Agreement is Company's First with a Telco Video Provider

LOS ANGELES -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, has signed a patent license agreement with Verizon. The agreement includes patent license rights for Verizon in support of interactive program guides (IPGs) and other related technology. Additionally, the two companies agreed to collaborate on a solution that will enable FiOS TV customers to remotely schedule recordings on FiOS DVRs using TV Guide listings.

Rich Battista, chief executive officer of Gemstar-TV Guide said, "We are pleased to have this patent license agreement in place with Verizon, our first with a telco video provider. Following recent agreements with British Sky Broadcasting in the United Kingdom and with Yahoo!, this new Verizon deal signifies the continued and growing value of our intellectual property in new markets and platforms."

Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Verizon FiOS TV Service, which includes 100 percent digital and a wide range of on-demand programming, is delivered through the nation's most advanced fiber optic network straight to customers' homes.

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

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