Joan and Melissa Rivers Continue to Deliver Strong Ratings with TV Guide Channel Emmy Awards Specials

Joan and Melissa Rivers joined TV Guide Channel's Red Carpetawards coverage this past January as part of an aggressive Channeleffort to ramp up original programming and visibility for theentertainment guide channel. So far, Joan and Melissa Rivers have donefashion specials and pre-shows for TV Guide Channel around the 2005Golden Globes, Grammys, Academy Awards and now Emmys - each timeeither doubling or tripling TV Guide Channel's previous awards ratingsrecords.

"Joan and Melissa Rivers have been a fabulously successfuladdition to TV Guide Channel's line-up this year," said Ryan O'Hara,president, TV Guide Channel. "We're pleased that viewers have learnedquickly where to go to find the most entertaining commentary,celebrity-watching and interviews for their favorite awards shows."

TV Guide Channel original programming events are built around theidea that viewers tuning into its scrolling guide services can alsolearn more about the shows they love through original programmingcentered on the television landscape. In addition to its ambitious RedCarpet Coverage, which will include over fifteen specials this year,in '05 TV Guide Channel will have launched twelve original series suchas TV Candy; Seeing Stars; Ready, Set, Change, and the upcomingoriginal series Infanity. Additionally, the Channel has airedtwenty-seven specials dedicated to the world of television, with moreplanned through December.

About TV Guide Channel

TV Guide Channel, the fastest-growing network on television, isthe premier television entertainment network for viewers seeking thelatest information on the best programs, hottest stars and latesttrends on television. Reaching nearly 80 million homes, the networkcombines original programming with comprehensive program listingsinformation, all of which deliver on viewers' need for an entertainingand easy guide to "what's on" TV.

About Gemstar-TV Guide

TV Guide Channel is part of the Television Group of Gemstar-TVGuide International, Inc. Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the"Company") (NASDAQ: GMST) is a leading media and technology companythat develops, licenses, markets and distributes technologies,products and services targeted at the television guidance and homeentertainment needs of consumers worldwide. The Company's businessesinclude: television media and publishing properties; interactiveprogram guide services and products; and technology and intellectualproperty licensing. Additional information about the Company can befound at www.gemstartvguide.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involverisks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties related todeclines in our magazine publishing business; timely availability andmarket acceptance of products and services incorporating the Company'stechnologies and content; our investment in new and existingbusinesses, including TV Guide magazine, Inside TV, and TV Guide Spot;limitations on our ability to control certain joint venture orpartnership businesses; the impact of competitive products andpricing; ongoing and potential future litigation; and the other risksdetailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including themost recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may beamended from time to time. The Company assumes no obligation to updatethese forward-looking statements.

Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide, TV Guide Channel, i-Guide andTVG Network are trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.and/or its subsidiaries. The names of other companies and productsused herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarksof their respective owners.

Source: Nielsen Media Research Coverage Area Rating