Gemstar-TV Guide Announces Plans to Launch i-Guide On Scientific Atlanta Platforms
Interactive Program Guide to be Demonstrated by Scientific Atlanta at This Week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company announced today that for the first time, its i-Guide Interactive Program Guide (IPG) will be offered for deployment on a full range of Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company, devices. The Scientific Atlanta version of i-Guide is in development and will be tested and available later this year.
Scientific Atlanta will be demonstrating this new version of i-Guide IPG at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The demos will take place through the duration of the Show in SA’s Demonstration Room (North Hall, Upper Level Room N227) at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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
About Scientific Atlanta
Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, is a leading supplier of digital-content contribution and distribution systems, transmission networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support. Scientific Atlanta, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc. More information about Scientific Atlanta is available at http://www.scientificatlanta.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, i-Guide, TV Guide, TV Guide Spot and TV Guide Mobile are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
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