yahoo.com Reuters - Video software maker Macrovision said on Friday that it would acquire television programming guide company Gemstar-TV Guide in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $2.8 billion.
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  • Macrovision Agrees to Buy Gemstar-TV Guide for $2.8 Billion in Stock and Cash
    nytimes.com The two companies said the deal will allow consumers to pull up a guide on their TV and receive personalized content and information.
    4 years ago
  • Macrovision to buy Gemstar-TV Guide
    i4u.com By Franklin Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macrovision said on Friday it would buy Gemstar-TV Guide for $2.8 billion in cash and stock, but investors were skeptical of its bet to deliver entertainment across consumer devices, sending sha
    4 years ago
  • Macrovision to Buy Gemstar-TV Guide
    nytimes.com Macrovision and Gemstar said the combined company will allow consumers to pull up a guide on their TV and receive personalized content and information.
    4 years ago
  • Macrovision to buy Gemstar-TV Guide (AP)
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  • Macrovision to buy Gemstar-TV Guide (AP)
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  • Macrovision buys TV Guide for $2.8 billion
    tgdaily.com DRM company Macrovision said it has agreed to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide, merging the two companies into a new organizat
    4 years ago
  • Macrovision Buys TV Guide For $2.8 Billion
    tomshardware.com DRM company Macrovision said it has agreed to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide, merging the two companies into a new organization that will combine interactive program guide with content protection technologies. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will gain a significant
    4 years ago
  • Macrovision buys Gemstar-TV Guide
    techspot.com Macrovision, a company that every DRM-fearing consumer can love to hate, has recently decided to purchase Gemstar-TV Guide. Throwing down about $1.55 billion, Macrovision is looking to absorb the company to expand their DRM littering.
    4 years ago
  • CBS to buy web publisher CNET for $1.8 bln (Reuters)
    yahoo.com Reuters - CBS Corp said on Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks Inc for about $1.8 billion to boost the television broadcaster's reach across the Internet.
    3 years ago
  • Jump the Shark swallowed whole by Gemstar-TV Guide (Reuters)
    yahoo.com Reuters - Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. said on Wednesday it has bought Jumptheshark.com, a Web site where television fans debate whether popular programs have passed their prime.
    5 years ago
  • Sony TV's To Feature Gemstar-TV Guide
    designtechnica.com Gemstar-TV guide will be incorporated into into Sony's digital televisions, DVD recorders, and CableCARD set-top boxes in the U.S. market.
    7 years ago
  • Hitachi To Incorporate Gemstar-TV Guide
    designtechnica.com Gemstar-TV Guide and Hitachi have announced an IPG license agreement that allows Hitachi to incorporate TV Guide On Screen in their North American digital televisions.
    7 years ago
  • Gemstar-TV Guide to Come to Mobile Phones
    designtechnica.com Gemstar-TV Guide will showcase its new Java-based IPG application designed for mobile devices at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 2005 National Show.
    6 years ago
  • Gemstar-TV Guide ex-CEO now wanted for obstruction (AP)
    yahoo.com AP - Federal authorities said Thursday that former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. chairman Henry Yuen is a fugitive after he was indicted on a felony obstruction charge that carries a possible five-year prison term.
    3 years ago
  • Cablevision Ups Cable Rates by 2.8 Pct (Reuters)
    yahoo.com Reuters - Cablevision Systems Corp., on Fridaysaid it planned to raise cable rates by 2.8 percent on averageacross its service territory, but plans to keep its high speedInternet and phone service rates unchanged.
    7 years ago
  • Japanese Nintendo Wii Users get Gemstar TV Guide
    i4u.com Gemstar-TV announced this week a deal with Nintendo do provide the G-Guide interactive program guide on Wii consoles in Japan. Gemstar's EPG is pretty established in DVR's around the world. The integration of the G-Guide inside the Wii is only
    3 years ago
  • Gemstar-TV Guide debuts on-demand network
    news.com Company to launch on-demand TV guide network to help consumers find compelling programming on TV.
    6 years ago
  • Macrovision to Buy Gemstar for $2.8 bln, Shares Fall
    pcworld.com Investors were skeptical of Macrovision's bet to deliver entertainment across consumer devices, sending shares of both companies sharply lower.
    4 years ago
  • SAP says to buy Business Objects for $6.8 bln (Reuters)
    yahoo.com Reuters - SAP has agreed to buy software group Business Objects for 42 euros per share in cash, valuing the transaction, its biggest-ever acquisition, at just over $6.8 billion.
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