These membership donation applications were sent in the mail and found on the back of the first programming guide.

The programming guides were a membership type of magazine released monthly at first and then seasonally.

The box will come with Comcast's on-screen programming guide already built in and ready to go.

At the time, players like TiVo cost several hundred dollars, not including the $12.95 monthly fee to download the programming guide.

The invention builds its own menu of options for the devices from the programming guides already available with many products.

That company has vigorously used litigation to protect its patents on electronic programming guides.

For channels it is best to consult local programming guides.

But that business is near saturation and Gemstar's future lies with its programming guides.

Clicker.com, A website that describes itself as a programming guide for the internet.

For example, he said that next year the company will start offering two-way paging devices in connection with its electronic programming guides.