Gemstar-TV Guide Names Ian Birch to Newly-Created Position of Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), announced today that it has promoted Ian Birch to the newly-created position of executive vice president and chief content officer. In addition, Mr. Birch will retain his role as editor-in-chief, TV Guide magazine. He will continue to report to Gemstar-TV Guide chief executive officer Rich Battista and remain based in New York. In this new role, Mr. Birch will work closely with the editorial and programming teams at each of the company’s businesses to identify, develop and expand upon cross-platform content initiatives. He will have responsibility for overseeing the integration of these content opportunities across the company’s platforms including TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Online and the TV Guide Channel. Mr. Birch will oversee the coordination and expansion of the company’s key cross-platform content franchises, such as Fall Preview, The Emmys, May Sweeps/Finales, and Family Guidance, working closely with the sales division to offer advertisers unique marketing opportunities within these tent pole content franchises. In addition, he will pursue broader, strategic cross-platform relationships with content providers, such as broadcast and cable networks, production studios and show producers. In making the announcement, Mr. Battista said, "With the wealth of unique content the TV Guide brand offers on a daily and weekly basis across our various platforms, this new role will greatly enhance our ability to maximize the creation of this content to provide our consumers a more seamless and distinctive guidance and entertainment experience.” He continued, "In Ian, we have an exceptionally talented executive who has overseen the editorial transformation of TV Guide magazine and developed first-rate relationships in the creative community. He is the right person to lead the effort to coordinate the resources of the Company around content opportunities while continuing the evolution of the magazine.” Mr. Birch said, "I am delighted to be expanding my role within the company. Over the past two years, I have learned first-hand how valuable, trusted and respected the TV Guide brand is in the television and entertainment communities. I look forward to working with all of my colleagues at the magazine, channel and online to identify content opportunities where the quality of our combined resources and platforms will prove even more attractive to the networks, advertisers, and of course, consumers.” Mr. Birch joined TV Guide in October, 2004. He is the senior editorial executive at TV Guide magazine and oversaw all editorial aspects of the historic re-launch of the publication from a digest-sized magazine to a full-size, full-color entertainment magazine in October, 2005. Mr. Birch joined TV Guide with more than 25 years of experience as an editor, writer and publishing executive, having launched new titles, and revitalized many existing magazine brands in the United States and the United Kingdom. Prior to TV Guide, he had been editorial director of two award-winning UK celebrity and entertainment focused weekly magazines: EMAP’s heat and its sister title Closer. He joined EMAP in 1993 and, among other projects, oversaw market-leading titles like Elle and Elle Decoration. He conceived the idea for Red, a glossy lifestyle monthly which became the most successful launch in its category during the Nineties. In 2000, he helped re-launch heat. Prior to EMAP, Mr. Birch spent three years as editor of Wenner Media’s Us magazine. In 1993 Media Week and Ad Week nominated him as one of the top 20 American editors of the year. An accomplished freelance journalist, he has written for the London Sunday Times, The Observer, The Face, Time Out London and Q Magazine. He has also created and presented several radio series on popular culture for the BBC World Service. 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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