LOS ANGELES--()--Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, announced today that its TV Guide Online division has signed agreements to syndicate its program listings grids to several of Fox Interactive Media’s leading properties, including FOXSports.com and IGN Entertainment. In addition, the Company has expanded its syndication agreement with Fox Television Stations, which includes 25 FOX local TV Station Web sites.
“We are excited to continue our relationship with the Fox Television Stations and to be the exclusive provider of TV guidance tools for FIM’s popular Web sites; and we look forward to expanding our relationship with them in the future.”
The agreements with Fox Interactive Media give FOXSports.com, IGN Entertainment and the Fox Television Stations group the right to use Gemstar-TV Guide’s patented interactive program listings grid on their Web sites and certain mobile extensions of those Web sites. Additionally, these organizations may incorporate TVGuide.com’s television programming data into editorial content and services offered on their Web sites. TVGuide.com will be the exclusive provider of such guidance tools and data to FOXSports.com, IGN Entertainment and Fox Television Stations.
“Signing these important syndication agreements with Fox Interactive Media is an important step forward as we work to further the online reach of our TV Guide brand,” said Rich Cusick, Gemstar-TV Guide’s senior vice president, Digital Media. “We are excited to continue our relationship with the Fox Television Stations and to be the exclusive provider of TV guidance tools for FIM’s popular Web sites; and we look forward to expanding our relationship with them in the future.”
As part of its work with FOXSports.com, TVGuide.com will serve customized television listings grids, providing comprehensive coverage of sporting events on each FOX Sports regional network across the country.
Other provisions of the agreements include promotional considerations for TVGuide.com including brand attribution and traffic referrals to TVGuide.com from the licensed Web sites. The agreements also include an exchange of content, where Gemstar-TV Guide may use news, highlights and other editorial features from FoxSports.com on TVGuide.com.
About Fox Interactive Media
A division of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A), Fox Interactive Media (FIM) offers a global, border-free online network that caters to consumers by giving them the platform and tools to express themselves, communicate with each other, and engage with the best music, TV, film, sports, information and more. The company's worldwide network includes such category leaders as MySpace, IGN Entertainment, FOXSports.com, RottenTomatoes, AskMen, AmericanIdol.com, and more that together comprise one of the largest and most-engaged audiences on the Web.
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.
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