YooMedia delivers Gemstar EPG on Freeview

YooMedia, the interactive entertainment specialist, has signed a multi-year agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide International to deliver its GUIDE Plus+ electronic programme guide (EPG) in Freeview set-top boxes, digital recorders and integrated digital televisions in the UK.

Under the agreement—financial terms have not been disclosed—the subscription-free GUIDE Plus+ EGP will be built into manufacturers' receivers and supported by YooMedia's new datacasting facility on Freeview.

The GUIDE Plus+ EPG offers a seven-day guide allowing viewers to navigate, sort, select, and schedule television programming for viewing or recording.

AIM-listed YooMedia said the agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide—best known in the UK for its VIDEO Plus+ recording technology—would see the companies collaborating on value-added rich-media interactive services, including advertising, integrated with the GUIDE Plus+ EPG .

YooMedia 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."

Gemstar-TV Guide has licensing agreements with more than a dozen consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide.

In April the BBC's Radio Times magazine announced it would offer an EPG in conjunction with Gemstar-TV Guide.

Source: Digital TV Group