Gemstar-TV Guide Signs Amendment To License Agreement With Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi to Be the First Consumer Electronics Company to Deploy TV Guide’s Latest CE IPG Product, “TV Guide Daily”

July 18, 2007

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. has amended its licensing agreement with Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. The Company will continue to provide Mitsubishi with the rights to incorporate Gemstar-TV Guide’s consumer electronic (CE) interactive program guides (IPGs), including the newest IPG product, “TV Guide Daily,” into select digital televisions in its portfolio in the U.S. market. Mitsubishi will begin to deploy TV Guide Daily, a simplified, easier to operate version of Gemstar-TV Guide’s full-scale programming guide. TV Guide Daily features 24 hours of program listings that populate much more quickly than the full-scale guide. TV Guide Daily’s listings include full program descriptions, ratings and HD icons denoting shows broadcast in High Definition. The guide provides listings data for antenna and cable services and requires no phone connection, as the listings data arrives daily, via an over-the-air signal. “We are pleased to have launched our new product, TV Guide Daily, with Mitsubishi and to continuing to work with them to help maximize the television experience of their loyal customers,” said Tom Carson, president, North American TV Guide IPG, Gemstar-TV Guide. Mitsubishi has been shipping premium TV Products with the current version of TV Guide’s CE IPG (TV Guide On Screen) and will begin launching TV Guide Daily in its products beginning this summer. TV Guide’s IPG is available in Mitsubishi’s three Diamond line 1080p DLP® high-definition televisions. TV Guide Daily will be available in a range of Mitsubishi’s LCD flat panel products including both Diamond and non-Diamond models.

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