Pasadena,
CA -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. [NASDAQ: GMSTE]
("Gemstar-TV Guide" or the "Company"), announced that the Sony Corporation plans
to incorporate the Company's G-GUIDE Interactive Program Guide ("IPG")
technology, into its world's first Blu-Ray Disc recordable DVD receiver,
BDZ-S77, in Japan.
Sony has announced that BDZ-S77 will be made available
in the Japanese market on April 10. BDZ-S77 will feature both a terrestrial
analog and broadcast-satellite digital IPG that is displayed on screen, allowing
the consumer to easily record TV programs directly from the IPG listing screens.
At the touch of a button, G-GUIDE enabled products receive and store the
selected program automatically, reserving it for the viewer to watch at a chosen
time.
The G-GUIDE IPG is the Company's next-generation interactive
program guide adapted for the Japanese market. It features Japanese-style
program listings, advertising panels with animation and multiple targeting
capabilities, as well as other advanced IPG functions including:
- Free G-GUIDE data, updated automatically with two days of full listings
and eight days of highlight listings
- Easy one-touch access and record
- Listing of all programs currently on-air, with detailed program
information
- Picture-in-Picture screen display on G-GUIDE IPG
- Search function with original G-GUIDE genre information
Guide's G-GUIDE technology is currently used in certain Sony Channel Server and
CoCoon series hard disk drive recorders, which are also available in Japan, and
have advertising capabilities much like those contained in the Company's new IPG
for the U.S. market, TV Guide On Screen®. As an increasing number of recordable
DVD and hard disk drive receivers become high-density, the G-GUIDE system's easy
watch and record functionality greatly enhances the value of these products by
providing not only program listings and detailed program information, but also a
variety of entertainment information via G-GUIDE data broadcasting, in the Japan
market as well as in other Asian countries.
About Gemstar-TV Guide
International, Inc.
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. is a leading
media and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and distributes
technologies, products and services targeted at the television guidance and home
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.
Except for historical information contained
herein, the matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely
availability and acceptance of new products; the impact of competitive products
and pricing; changes in the consumer electronics market; and the other risks
detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including the most
recent reports on Form 10-K, 8-K, and 10-Q, each as it may be amended from time
to time. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
Source: Gemstar.com
