New York – Macrovision, a maker of digital-rights management products, will buy Gemstar-TV Guide International – a leading provider of TV listings and on-screen guide technologies – in a ...

Shares of Gemstar-TV Guide International surprisingly fell 17% on Friday after Macrovision said it has agreed to acquire the programming guide firm for about $2.8 billion in cash and stock. By Paul ...

Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ:MVSN) and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMST) today announced the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Macrovision to acquire Gemstar-TV ...

This story was written by Joseph Weisenthal. When Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) announced its intent to acquire Gemstar last December for $2.8 billion, there were considerable doubts as to whether the deal ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macrovision Corp said on Friday it would buy Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc for $2.8 billion in cash and stock to form a broad video entertainment distributor, but investors ...

TV Guide magazine's already fuzzy future looks even more uncertain now that the magazine is part of a proposed $2.8 billion sale to security software specialist Macrovision Corp. Gemstar-TV Guide ...

Shares of both Macrovision (MVSN) and Gemstar-TV Guide (GMST) have extended their losses in the wake of their extremely poorly received announcement of plans to merger the two companies. The Street ...

Big media is melding into bigger media, and investors don't seem to like it. Macrovision announced Friday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide for $2.8 billion in cash and stock ...

I went to CES in Las Vegas last month wondering what was up with Macrovision, and more specifically the Gemstar patents that are considered vital to creating a street-legal EPG, at least for the U.S.

Macrovision said it would buy Gemstar-TV Guidefor $2.8 billion in cash and stock, but investors were skeptical of its bet to deliver entertainment across consumer devices, sending shares of both ...