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YooMedia plc and Gemstar-TV Guide to launch digital version of Gemstar-TV Guide's GUIDE Plus+ EPG in the UK

London, England and Los Angeles, CA (November 2, 2005) - YooMedia plc, the AIM traded interactive content and services provider, has signed a multi-year agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading, global media, entertainment and technology company, to deliver Gemstar-TV Guide's GUIDE Plus+ electronic program guide to Freeview digital set top boxes, digital recorders and televisions in the UK. The GUIDE Plus+ EPG is a subscription-free, seven-day guide that allows consumers to quickly and easily navigate, sort, select, and schedule television programming for viewing or recording, simply by pressing a button.

Under the agreement, GUIDE Plus+ will be built into leading manufacturers' digital electronic devices and will be supported by YooMedia's unique new facility on Freeview, known as "datacasting."

In addition, YooMedia and Gemstar-TV Guide will collaborate to research and develop value-added rich-media interactive services, including advertising, integrated with the GUIDE Plus+ EPG.

A leader in television information and guidance, Gemstar-TV Guide is best known in the UK as the inventor and provider of the VIDEO Plus+® recording technology, an instant recording system that gives users a simple way to record television programs in VCRs and DVD recorders.

YooMedia's Group Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, said: "We are delighted to announce the availability of our datacasting service on Freeview and work in partnership with Gemstar-TV Guide, one of the most significant companies in digital television today, to deliver its industry-leading EPG to consumers throughout the UK."

Lydie Levy, Gemstar-TV Guide's European Managing Director, said: "I am very pleased to announce the launch of our GUIDE Plus+ service on digital terrestrial in conjunction with such a well-respected and technically-proficient partner as YooMedia. This relationship will further extend our ability to provide class leading guidance technology to television viewers."

Gemstar-TV Guide's EPGs are built directly into consumer electronics products, including digital televisions, digital video recorders and DVD recorders. The guide requires no subscription or phone connection and is available at no extra cost to the consumer. Gemstar-TV Guide has licensing agreements with more than a dozen consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide.

Contacts:
Neil MacDonald
YooMedia PLC
Tel: 020 7462 0870

Isabel Crossley
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd
Tel: 020 7242 4477

Georgia Juvelis
Gemstar-TV Guide
212.626.2564

Notes on YooMedia plc
YooMedia is one of the fastest growing interactive entertainment companies in the UK. Essentially, it develops and delivers premium interactive content and services to households and individuals via TV, the web, telephony and mobile phones. It has four main divisions:

• YooMedia Dating - manages dating brands including Dateline and Avenues from over 20 locations throughout the UK. Operates across traditional media, digital TV, internet and mobile phones.
  
  
• YooMedia Gambling & Games - interactive fixed odds, play for fun casino and poker related games services for digital TV, the web and mobile phones. Brands include Avago and Channel 425. It also manages YooPlay, the only interactive games channel found on all four Digital TV platforms in the UK.
  
  
• YooMedia Enhanced Solutions (YES) - delivers interactive content that enhances consumer and audience experiences. Customers include the BBC, Nestle, Celador, William Hill, Channel 4, ZipTV, The Cartoon Network and HR Owen.
  
  
• YooMedia Public Sector - provides digital solutions/media services to leading public sector organisations including the NHS Direct Interactive TV service for the Department of Health, the Learning and Skills Council TV Kickstart service and a range of local authority TV services.

The Group's experienced management team includes: Chairman, Dr. Michael Sinclair, who holds a number of directorships in both the UK and the USA having previously founded Lifetime Corporation; and Managing Director, Neil MacDonald, whose career spans 11 years in multimedia and interactive sectors plus a further 19 years in the retail industry.

About Gemstar-TV Guide
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (the "Company") is a leading media and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and distributes technologies, products and services targeted at the television guidance and home 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.

Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties related to declines in our 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 our new magazine and our on-demand network; limitations on our ability to control certain joint venture or partnership businesses; the impact of competitive products and pricing; ongoing and potential future 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 and GUIDE Plus+® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. The names of other companies and products used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.