TV Guide Broadband and Brightcove Announce Agreement for Syndication of Internet Video.TV Guide Broadband Channel on Brightcove.com Offers Short-Form Entertainment Programming and Celebrity Interviews LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- TV Guide, the most trusted brand in television guidance, and Brightcove, the Internet TV (1) Watching TV programs on or from the Internet. There are countless video clips available on Web sites for streaming as well as subscription services that offer TV programs and movies for downloading. pioneer, today announced that TV Guide Broadband will use Brightcove to publish and manage online video for syndication to Web site affiliates across the Internet. In addition, TV Guide Broadband's video channel on Brightcove.com offers users fresh entertainment-focused video content, including: TV Guide's recommendations for the best shows, movies and music on TV; interviews with today's favorite stars; behind-the-scenes footage of the hottest TV shows; and highlights from TV Guide Channel's live programming such as Red Carpet interviews at the major Hollywood awards shows. In addition to Brightcove.com, TV Guide Broadband is available on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Video and Google Video Google Video is a free video sharing and video search engine service from Google that allows anyone to upload video clips to Google's web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge; some videos are also offered for sale through the Google Video Store. . "TV Guide Broadband is specially created for the legions of TV fans looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. great entertainment programming and TV guidance through the immediacy of online video," said Ryan O'Hara Ryan O'Hara (born August 18, 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition, he previously played for the Canberra Raiders and has represented New South Wales in the State of Origin on one occasion. , president of TV Guide Channel. "Working with Brightcove allows us to syndicate our entertainment content to thousands of sites across the Web, while enabling us to control the look, feel and presentation of TV Guide Broadband so it is consistent with our brand." Highlights of TV Guide Broadband shows available on Brightcove this month are: American Idol Special, behind-the-scenes scoop on the American Idol auditions hosted by TV Guide Channel's Kimberly Caldwell, a season two American Idol finalist, and Rosanna Tavarez; TV Guide's Top TV Searches, an upcoming special that reveals the most searched television shows on the Web, including several TV hits and some surprises; and Red Carpet celebrity interviews at upcoming Grammy([R]) Awards and Academy Awards([R]) hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers. "We are excited to be partnering with TV Guide to extend the distribution of their highly sought-after celebrity coverage through Internet video syndication," said Jeremy Allaire, chairman and chief executive officer, Brightcove. "By using Brightcove, TV Guide can bring video content directly to its audience in an experience that communicates its brand, extends its reach through affiliate partner sites, and delivers new sources of revenue for its ad-supported platform." TV Guide Broadband is an online video service that provides a mix of original, on demand content and the best of programming from the TV Guide Channel. TV Guide Broadband users can sample, catch-up, and preview the best of television, movies, and music through its original, "bite-size" programming. The service also offers up-close and personal interviews with the biggest stars in Hollywood and exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the most popular shows on television produced by the TV Guide Channel. About Brightcove Brightcove is an Internet TV service that empowers video producers and programmers to build broadband businesses while giving viewers more choices and control over their use of video and television. Founded by Internet pioneer Jeremy Allaire in 2004 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brightcove is the market-leading Internet video partner for international news and entertainment businesses, including British Sky Broadcasting British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. (Sky), Discovery Communications Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., MTV Networks, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Company, Reuters, Sony BMG, Time Life, TMZ.com, Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. , and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. About TV Guide Channel TV Guide Channel reaches nearly 80 million homes and is the premier television entertainment network for viewers seeking the latest information on the best programs, hottest stars and latest trends on television. Headquartered in the heart of Hollywood at its TV Guide Studios, the network combines original programming with comprehensive program listings information - all of which deliver on viewers' need for an entertaining and easy guide to what's on TV What's on TV is a weekly television listings magazine published by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary. It is claimed to be the United Kingdom's best-selling magazine with over 4 million readers. It was launched in 1991 after the monopoly on listings magazine ended. . TV Guide Channel is owned and operated by TV Guide Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide International Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. is a media company that licenses interactive program guide technology to multichannel operators, such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers, video recorder scheduling code under brands such as VCR , Inc. About Gemstar-TV Guide Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GMST GMST Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time GMST General Military Subjects Test GMST Genov Modified Stroop Test ) is a leading media, entertainment and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and distributes technologies, products and services targeted at the television guidance and 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. This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, as amended. Any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties related to the transformation of our TV Guide magazine publishing business; timely availability and market acceptance of products and services incorporating the Company's technologies and content; our investment in new and existing businesses, including TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Spot and TV Guide Mobile; the impact of competitive products, services and pricing; ongoing and potential future litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the most recent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide, TV Guide Spot and TV Guide Mobile are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The names of other companies, products and services used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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