--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - May 16, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - TVGuide.com, part of the Gemstar TV Guide business, rolled out two new broadband initiatives: TV Guide Spot, a new on- demand video network that aims to entertain consumers while helping them navigate programming choices; and Big Network Boss, an interactive multiplayer TV trivia game. TV Guide Spot also will soon debut to more than 14 million Comcast and Time Warner digital cable subscribers and to one million TiVo subscribers with stand-alone set-top boxes, the company said.
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