Gemstar-TV Guide International to Report Financial Results for the Quarter and Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2000 on Wednesday, March 7, 2001
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001--Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMST - news) plans to issue a press release to report financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2000 after the close of market trading on Wednesday, March 7, 2001.
Investors are invited to participate in the teleconference on Wednesday, March 7, 2001 at 2:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. The dial in number is (877) 918-2317 in the U.S., or (630) 395-0050 for international. The confirmation code is ``Earnings''.
If you are unable to participate in the call and would like to hear a rebroadcast, please call (888) 567-0502 in the U.S., or (402) 998-1856 for international. The rebroadcast will be available approximately one hour following the call through midnight Pacific Standard Time Wednesday, March 14, 2001.
About Gemstar - TV Guide International, Inc.
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., (NASDAQ:GMST - news) is a leading global technology and media company focused on consumer entertainment. The Company has four major business sectors: the Technology and Licensing Sector, which is responsible for the development, licensing and protection of intellectual property and technology; the Company's technology includes the VCR Plus+® system, the interactive program guide (``IPG'') marketed under the GUIDE Plus+®, TV Guide Interactive(SM) and Prevue Interactive(SM) brands and the electronic book (``Gemstar eBook(TM)''); the Interactive Platform Sector, which owns, operates and derives recurring income from advertising, interactive services, content sales and e-commerce on the Company's proprietary IPG and eBook platforms; the Media and Services Sector, which operates the TV Guide® magazines, TV Guide Channel(SM), and other television media properties, as well as a media sales group that services all of the Company's media platforms; and the Investments & Holdings Sector, which operates a variety of businesses including the startup Television Games Network. The IPG is built into various devices including televisions, VCRs or set top boxes (cable, satellite, telco, Internet) and displays a multi-day television program guide 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 U.S. homes on a weekly basis. The Company's products and services are available in over 50 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 AOL, AT&T, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Matsushita, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Philips, Sony, Time Warner, Thomson multimedia, Zenith and others. The Company has over 155 issued U.S. patents in the general area of audio-visual technologies with more than 3,900 claims, over 190 issued foreign patents, and continues to actively pursue a worldwide intellectual property program and currently has over 300 U.S. and over 800 foreign patent applications pending.
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Contact:
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., Pasadena
Elsie Leung, 626/792-5700
Linda Lloyd da Silva, 626/792-5700 |
