Her recent big-budget films, like The Kingdom and Catch and Release, have underperformed at the box office so badly that even her low salary couldn't offer a good return on investment.
With Aereo, there is no application to download and no box to install, so consumers can root for the home team, catch a newsbreak or watch their favorite broadcast programs with ease.
There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.