Gemstar and Comcast are planning to further their joint IPG (interactive program guide) venture by upgrading their i-Guide for Scientific Atlanta set-top-boxes.The i-Guide from Guideworks is 51% owned by Comcast and 49% owned by Gemstar. Gemstar already has a huge market chunk of the EPG arena even claiming licensing rights to some functions of the TiVo EPG.
Gemstar are also locked in a battle with Digeo claiming rights to Digeo's own EPG used in Moxi PVRs. Digeo has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Gemstar over the matter.
The new i-Guide will replace the current A24 version with the new A25 version adding support for SA boxes. Certification testing has just begun on Motorola networks and should be released by the second quarter of 2007.
1. Didn't comcast just release an update?
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/13/comcast-updates-digital-set-top-boxes/
Posted at 10:30PM on Nov 29th 2006 by Mike