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TV Guide Network Being Sold Separately From Mag; Book Finally Out

By Rafat Ali Oct. 7, 2008, 12:31am Comments Off

Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) has finally put the book out for the formal sale of TV Guide Network, according to Variety. The channel includes it… Read More »

TVGuide No More: Macrovision’s Acquisition Of Gemstar Complete; To Be Called Macrovision Solutions

By Rafat Ali May. 2, 2008, 11:09pm Comments Off

TV Guide’s fate still hangs in balance, as Macrovision’s (NSDQ: MVSN) acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide completed today…the new resulting co… Read More »

Gemstar-TVGuide Sale To Macrovision Means Layoffs; F+W Publications Cuts Staff By 30

By David Kaplan May. 1, 2008, 5:08am Comments Off

TV Guide is laying off staff following shareholder approval of the $2.8 billion merger of Gemstar-TVGuide with Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN), acc… Read More »

Macrovision Shareholders Approve Gemstar Buy

By Joseph Weisenthal Apr. 30, 2008, 2:14am Comments Off

It’s time to put theory into practice: Despite some initial skepticism (that never really went away) Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) shareholders h… Read More »

TVGuide.com’s Strange Ways: To Be Retained By Macrovision?

By Rafat Ali Apr. 29, 2008, 11:54am Comments Off

So Macrovision’s (NSDQ: MVSN) buyout of Gemstar-TVGuide will go up for approval before shareholders tomorrow. As we reported before, the dea… Read More »

All Signals Go For Macrovision-Gemstar; Shareholder Opposition Fails To Materialize

By Joseph Weisenthal Apr. 25, 2008, 8:31pm Comments Off

When Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) announced its intent to acquire Gemstar last December for $2.8 billion, there were considerable doubts as to w… Read More »

Gemstar-TV Guide Signs 1-Seg Distribution Deal With Japan Mobile Network KDDI

By Dianne See Morrison Mar. 31, 2008, 5:02pm 1 Comment

Gemstar-TV Guide International has signed a deal with Japanese mobile network KDDI to provide the mobile version of the company Read More »

Earnings: Gemstar-TV Guide Q4 Revs Up 7 Percent; Media Networks Slips

By Joseph Weisenthal Feb. 15, 2008, 3:14am Comments Off

Gemstar-TV Guide, currently in the process of selling itself to Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN), announced Q4 revenue of $155.8 million, up 7 perce… Read More »

Macrovision-Gemstar: Regulators Won't Block; Shareholder Hurdle Remains

By Joseph Weisenthal Jan. 14, 2008, 11:52pm Comments Off

The FTC and DOJ have granted early termination of the anti-trust review period of Macrovision’s (NSDQ: MVSN) $2.8 billion purchase of Gemsta… Read More »

Murdoch’s Bad Bet: How News Corp. Lost Over $6 Billion On Gemstar

By Joseph Weisenthal Dec. 13, 2007, 11:42am Comments Off

Regardless of what happens with Macrovision’s (NSDQ: MVSN) proposed offer, Gemstar-TV Guide has proven to be a significant disappointment f… Read More »

Macrovision-Gemstar: What’s In TVGuide’s Future

By Rafat Ali Dec. 7, 2007, 11:47pm 4 Comments

The Macrovision-Gemstar-TV Guide deal makes conceptual sense on the technology and services side, but what about the media business? What ab… Read More »

Macrovision-Gemstar: Conference Call: Synergies; Magazine Future; Stock Jitters; $800m Debt

By Joseph Weisenthal Dec. 7, 2007, 8:06pm 2 Comments

The way to view this morning’s announcement, that Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) will buy Gemstar-TV Guide, is in the context of its earlier deals… Read More »

Macrovision Buying Gemstar-TV Guide for $2.8 Billion

TVGuide's Q307 Online Revenues: $3 Million

Earnings: Gemstar-TV Guide Q3 Revs Rise 7 Percent; Income Cut in Half on Higher Costs