FORM 4
[ X ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

NEWS CORP
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

GEMSTAR TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC [ GMST ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      __ X __ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

5/2/2008
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10036
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock   5/2/2008     D    174931474   D   (1) 0   I   See Footnote   (2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)  Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Mergers, dated as of December 6, 2007 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the issuer, Macrovision Corporation, Saturn Holding Corp, Galaxy Merger Sub, Inc., and Mars Merger Sub Inc in exchange for a cash payment of approximately $637 million, which represents the market value of $6.35 per share for 100,239,620 of the shares on the effective date of the merger and 19,031,484 shares of Macrovision Solutions Corporation ("Macrovision Solutions") common stock, which represents a value of 0.2548 of a share of Macrovision Solutions common stock for 74,691,854 shares of the issuer's common stock, excluding fractional shares. On the date of the merger, each share of Macrovision Solutions common stock had a market value of $16.32 per share.
( 2)  The shares of common stock of the issuer that are subject to this Statement had been held as follows (i) Fox Television Stations, Inc. ("FTS") was the record and beneficial owner of the 174,931,474 shares of common stock of the issuer and (ii) News Corporation also was a beneficial owner of such shares by virtue of News Corporation's owning 100% of the shares of FTS.

Remarks:
Pursuant to Instruction 4(b)(v), this Form 4 is filed jointly by News Corporation and Fox Television Stations, Inc. (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"). News Corporation has been designated to make the filing on this Form 4.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
NEWS CORP
1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10036

X

FTS, Inc.
1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 21ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036

X


Signatures
/s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs, Senior EVP- Group General Counsel, News Corporation 5/6/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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