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CABLE POSITIVE ANNOUNCES TV GUIDE® AS PRESENTING SPONSOR OF FIRST- ANNUAL POP AWARDS

Inaugural Awards Reception To Honor Exceptional HIV/AIDS-Related Cable Programs

NEW YORK, NY - January 8, 2002
Cable Positive announced today that TV Guide, Inc. (TV Guide, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc), the ultimate authority in television and entertainment, will become the sole presenting sponsor for the first annual Cable Positive's Positively Outstanding Programming (POP) Awards. The first annual POP Awards reception will be held February 6, 2002 at The Supper Club in New York City and will honor exceptional HIV/AIDS-related original cable network programming.

"TV Guide is proud to be part of this cable history in the making. Just as we helped pioneer the industry since the first operational cable system in 1980 when we published our first cable edition, we continue to watch it grow into a valuable medium for innovative programming," said Kevin McAuliffe, Senior Vice President, Marketing, TV Guide Affiliate Sales. "We are honored to be Cable Positive's lead sponsor and to share in the ability to champion high-quality, clear and effective programming that promotes and educates viewers about HIV/AIDS."

Cable Positive began accepting submissions for the POP awards on December 1, 2001, which was World AIDS Day. Nominations are now being accepted in the following categories:

¨ Outstanding Series Episode/Storyline
¨ Outstanding Original Film/Movie
¨ Outstanding Documentary or Newsmagazine Series Episode or Special
¨ Outstanding News Coverage
¨ Outstanding Biographical Series Episode or Special
¨ Outstanding Special Programming

All submissions are due by Friday, January 11, 2001.

In order to qualify for submission, each entry must be an originally produced program that has aired at least once on a national cable network in the United States from January 1, to December 31, 2001. There is no fee for submissions or a limit to the number of entries. Entry applications are available online accompanied by additional directions for submission. Submissions will be judged for content accuracy, message clarity and program quality.

Steve Villano, Executive Director of Cable Positive observed, "The subject of HIV/AIDS has become a minor story for broadcast television and much of the print media, with a few exceptions. The cable industry is leading the public dialogue about HIV/AIDS by donating hundreds of hours of time to air Cable Positive produced public service announcements (PSAs) as well as groundbreaking new programs. Cable television and its programmers deserve recognition for continuing to keep HIV/AIDS on the public's mind."

Cable Positive is a national non-profit organization that was founded in February 1992 by three concerned cable executives with the mission of organizing cable's resources in the fight against AIDS. Cable Positive is dedicated to unifying the talents, resources, access, and influence of the communications industry to raise AIDS awareness; to fund AIDS education, research and care; and to promote a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDS. Cable Positive has grown to include supporters from every major cable network, MSO, system, hardware manufacturer, trade association, media publication, and affiliated industry vendors and suppliers. For more information about Cable Positive, call 212.459.1502 or visit www.cablepositive.org.

About Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., is a leading global technology and media company focused on consumer entertainment. The Company has three major business sectors: the Technology and Licensing Sector, which is responsible for developing, licensing and protecting the Company's intellectual property and technology; the Company's technology includes the VCR Plus+® system, interactive program guide ("IPG") products and services marketed under the GUIDE Plus+® and TV Guide InteractiveSM brands and the electronic book ("Gemstar eBookTM"); the Interactive Platform Sector, which derives recurring income from advertising, interactive services, content sales and e-commerce on the Company's proprietary platforms, including IPG, tvguide.com, eBook, and skymall.com; and the Media and Services Sector, which operates the TV Guide® magazines, TV Guide ChannelSM, TVG NetworkSM, and other television media properties, provides programming and data services, sells merchandise through the SkyMallTM catalog and operates a media sales group that services all of the Company's media properties.

The IPG products are integrated into various devices, including televisions, VCRs and set-top boxes (cable, satellite, telco, Internet) and can display a multi-day television program guide on the television screen from which the consumer can view, select, tune to or record programs. The Gemstar eBook is a reading device that can store tens of thousand of pages, and permits a user to purchase and receive instant delivery of any book, magazine or newspaper over a standard telephone line.

The Company's media properties reach over 100 million people in the U.S. each week, and its products and services are available in over 60 countries worldwide.

The Company's services, technology and intellectual property are licensed to major technology, media and communication companies in the consumer electronics, Internet, personal computer, satellite, cable television and telco industries. Licensees and customers include Adelphia, AOL Time Warner, AT&T, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Matsushita, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Philips, Shaw, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Zenith and others. The Company has more than 180 issued U.S. patents in the general area of audio-visual technologies with over 4,600 claims, nearly 200 issued foreign patents, and continues to actively pursue a worldwide intellectual property program and currently has roughly 600 U.S. and 800 foreign patent applications pending.

Except for historical information contained here, 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 and services; the impact of competitive products and pricing; the management of growth; 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 forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release and the company undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide, G-GUIDE, G-GUIDE Gold, Gemstar eBook, GUIDE Plus+, TV Guide Interactive, VCR Plus+, PlusCode, TVG Network, SkyMall and skymall.com are trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.