The Gemstar Deal
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Liberty Media gets:
- 486 million News Corp. shares, increasing stake to 18 percent.
- 5.76 percent of Sky Global Networks Inc.
News Corp. gets:
- 21 percent of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. stock.
- $500 million in cash from Liberty.
- Liberty's share of satellite assets such as Sky Latin America.
Gemstar-TV Guide gets:
- Access to News Corp. satellite properties with 9.6 million subscribers worldwide.
- Possible access to another 10 million DirecTV Inc. subscribers, if News Corp. acquires the DBS provider.
Sources: Company reports.
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