TV GUIDE INC
11-K, 1999-06-29
CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES
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                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549

                              FORM 11-K


(MARK ONE)
[X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998

                                 OR

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM     TO
                                                         ---    ---

                     COMMISSION FILE NUMBER   0-22662


     A.  Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if
         different from that of the issuer named below:


                     UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP,INC.
                              401(k) PLAN


     B.  Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and
         the address of its principal executive office:


                              TV GUIDE, INC.
                   7140 S. Lewis Avenue, Tulsa, OK  74136
                             (918) 488-4000




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                     UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                               401(k) Plan

                           Financial Statements
                        and Supplemental Schedules


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                                 Page

Independent Auditors' Report                                       2

Financial Statements:

  Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits -
    December 31, 1998 and 1997                                     3

  Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits -
    Years Ended December 31, 1998 and 1997                         4

  Notes to Financial Statements                                   5-11



                                                               Schedule
Line 27a -
  Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes -
    December 31, 1998                                              1

Line 27d -
  Schedule of Reportable Transactions - Year Ended
    December 31, 1998                                              2



All other schedules required for 1998 by the Department of Labor's
Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 are omitted as they are
inapplicable or not required.


                                   1


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                     INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT



To the Plan Administrator
United Video Satellite Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan:


We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
benefits of United Video Satellite Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "Plan")
as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related statements of changes
in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended.  These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatements.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits
of the Plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the changes in net
assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedules of
assets held for investment purposes as of December 31, 1998 and the
schedule of reportable transactions for the year ended December 31,
1998, are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not
a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations
for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.  The supplemental schedules have been subjected
to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial
statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material
respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole.


                                     KPMG LLP
Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 14, 1999

                                   2
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                     UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                                401(k) PLAN

            Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                       December 31, 1998 and 1997


                                                 1998           1997
                                                 ----           ----

Assets
- ------

Cash                                        $        --    $     1,119
Investments at fair value:
  Money market funds                          1,484,555      1,132,612
  Common/collective trust funds               8,508,019      6,414,111
  Mutual funds                                9,187,752      6,954,771
  Common stock of TV Guide, Inc.
    (formerly United Video
    Satellite Group, Inc.)                      717,430        239,862
  Participant loans                             302,848        270,825
                                            -----------    -----------
    Total investments                        20,200,604     15,012,181

Receivables:
  Employee contributions receivable             180,265        135,198
  Employer contributions receivable             141,211        102,771
  Accrued income                                  3,000             --
                                            -----------    -----------
    Total receivables                           324,476        237,969
                                            -----------    -----------
                                             20,525,080     15,251,269

Liabilities
- -----------

Unallocated forfeitures                              --         89,780
                                            -----------    -----------
Net assets available for benefits           $20,525,080    $15,161,489
                                            ===========    ===========


             See accompanying notes to financial statements.


                                   3
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                UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                  Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                         Available for Benefits

                Years Ended December 31, 1998 and 1997


                                                 1998           1997
                                                 ----           ----
Additions to net assets available for
  benefits attributed to:

    Investment income:
      Net appreciation in fair value
        of investments                      $ 3,180,934    $ 2,066,525
      Interest                                   29,862         18,763
      Dividends                                 561,808        714,002
                                            -----------    -----------
        Total investment income               3,772,604      2,799,290

    Contributions:
      Employee contributions                  1,990,159      1,821,012
      Employer contributions                  1,176,375        950,244
                                            -----------    -----------
        Total contributions                   3,166,534      2,771,256
                                            -----------    -----------
          Total additions                     6,939,138      5,570,546

Deductions from net assets available
  for benefits attributed to:
    Benefits paid to participants             1,548,428      2,843,275
    Other, net                                   27,119        100,175
                                            -----------    -----------
          Total deductions                    1,575,547      2,943,450
                                            -----------    -----------
Net increase in net assets
  available for benefits                      5,363,591      2,627,096

Net assets available for benefits:
  Beginning of year                          15,161,489     12,534,393
                                            -----------    -----------

  End of year                               $20,525,080    $15,161,489
                                            ===========    ===========

            See accompanying notes to financial statements.


                                   4
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                 UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                     Notes to Financial Statements
                      December 31, 1998 and 1997



(1)  Description of Plan

     The following description of the Plan provides only general
     information.  Participants should refer to the 401(k) Plan ("the
     Plan") document for a more complete description of the Plan's
     provisions.

     (a)  General

          The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering
          substantially all employees of United Video Satellite Group,
          Inc. (the "Company") who have completed one year of service
          and are age twenty-one or older.  The Plan is subject to the
          provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
          1974(ERISA). The Plan sponsor is TV Guide, Inc. (formerly
          United Video Satellite Group, Inc.)  See Note 8.


     (b)  Contributions

          In 1997, participants could elect to contribute, through
          payroll deductions, from 1% to 12% of pre-tax compensation,
          as defined by the Plan, subject to annual limitations
          outlined by the Internal Revenue Service.  Effective January
          1, 1998, the Plan was amended to allow participants to
          contribute up to 15% of pre-tax compensation.  Eligible
          employees may make a rollover contribution to the Plan of all
          or any portion of eligible rollover distributions as defined
          by the Plan.  The Company may make a matching contribution of
          an amount equal to a designated percentage rate of each
          participant's contribution of pre-tax compensation.  The
          Company's matching percentage shall be determined by the
          Company and announced prior to the beginning of the Plan
          year.  For the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997, the
          Company matched 100% of the first 4% of each participant's
          contribution of pre-tax compensation.  For any Plan year,
          additional matching contributions can be made at the
          discretion of the Company.


     (c)  Participant Accounts

          Each participant's account is credited with the participant's
          contributions, the Company's matching contributions, and an
          allocation of the Plan's earnings.  Forfeited balances of
          terminated participants' nonvested accounts are used to
          reduce future Company matching contributions.  The benefit to
          which a participant is entitled is the vested balance in the
          participant's account.  Unallocated forfeitures are reflected
          in the accompanying financial statements as a reduction of
          net assets available for benefits.


                                   5

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                 UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                Notes to Financial Statements, Continued


     (d)  Vesting

          Participants are immediately vested in their contributions
          plus actual earnings thereon.  Vesting for the Company
          matching contributions is at a rate of 20% per year beginning
          after the employee's first full year of service with an
          additional 20% for the next four years achieving 100% vesting
          at five years of credited service. Participants become fully
          vested in the Company matching contributions upon retirement
          or in the event of death or disability.

     (e)  Investment Options

          Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct
          employer and employee contributions in 1% increments to the
          available investment options.  Participants may change their
          investment options and transfer balances between existing
          investments on a daily basis.  A description of each
          investment option follows:

            Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Fund -- invests in short-
            term money market securities such as U.S. Government and
            agency securities, bank certificates of deposit and
            banker's acceptances, commercial paper and repurchase
            agreements to seek current income, preservation of capital
            and liquidity.

            Merrill Lynch Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund --
            invests at least 65% of its assets in high quality
            corporate debt. This portfolio invests primarily in
            securities rated "A" or better.

            Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust -- invests in an
            attempt to duplicate the investment results of the S&P 500
            Index by holding all 500 stocks in approximately the same
            proportions as they are represented in the S&P Index.

            Merrill Lynch Capital Fund -- invests primarily in equity
            securities of high quality large-cap companies, corporate
            bonds and money market securities in an effort to diversify
            its investments.

            Merrill Lynch Technology Fund -- invests in equities of
            technology companies domiciled in developed markets
            including computer productions, communications, consumer
            electronics, electronic components, factory and office
            automation and in other companies substantially involved in
            the more general field of technology. The fund will not
            invest more than 25% of its total assets in any one
            industry.

            Aim Value Fund -- invests primarily in equity securities of
            companies that are believed to be undervalued relative to
            current or projected earnings of the companies issuing the
            securities, or relative to the current market value of the
            assets owned by the Company. The fund may invest up to 25%
            of its assets in foreign securities.

            Aim Equity Constellation Fund -- invests largely in common
            stocks, emphasizing small to medium-sized emerging growth
            companies that have experienced above-average and
            consistent earnings growth or companies that are currently
            experiencing a dramatic increase in profits.

            Seligman Communications and Information Fund -- invests in
            a diversified portfolio of common stocks of both domestic
            and foreign companies that provide products and services in
            communications, information and other technology-related
            industries.

                                   6

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                    UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                               401(k) PLAN

                Notes to Financial Statements, Continued




            Templeton Foreign Fund -- invests in stocks and debt
            securities of companies and governments outside the United
            States.  It maintains a flexible investment policy
            allowing it to invest in all types of securities and in
            any foreign country, developed or under-developed.

            TV Guide (formerly United Video) Stock Fund -- invests
            primarily in shares of TV Guide, Inc. (formerly United
            Video Satellite Group, Inc.).  A participant may not
            invest more than 20% of his or her contributions in this
            fund and may not transfer assets from other funds
            resulting in his or her investment in this fund to exceed
            20% of the value of his or her accounts.  A participant
            may continue to invest his or her contributions in this
            fund and no reduction in the participant's interest in
            this fund will be required if subsequent changes in the
            value of the various funds result in the participant's
            investment in this fund exceeding the percentage limit.

          Effective June 1, 1997, assets held in the Merrill Lynch
          Technology Fund were transferred to the Seligman
          Communications and Information Fund.  The Seligman
          Communications and Information Fund seeks capital
          appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of
          common stocks of both domestic and foreign companies that
          provide products and services in communications, information
          and other technology-related industries.  After June 1, 1997,
          the Merrill Lynch Technology Fund was no longer an available
          investment option.

     (f)  Payment of Benefits

          Upon separation of service due to termination, death,
          disability or retirement, participants can elect to leave
          their account balance within the Plan until minimum
          distribution payments are required by law or elect to receive
          either a lump sum distribution of their account or, if their
          account balance is greater than $5,000, equal periodic
          payments over a designated period in accordance with current
          tax regulations.

     (g)  Participant Loans

          Under certain circumstances, participants may borrow from
          their accounts up to a maximum of $50,000 or 50% of their
          vested account balance.  Loan terms are not to exceed five
          years (10 years for the purchase of a principal residence).
          The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's
          account and bear interest at the prime rate published in the
          Wall Street Journal on the last business day of the month
          prior to the date the loan is funded plus 1%.  Principal and
          interest are repaid by the participant in accordance with the
          Plan document.


                                   7

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                    UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                              401(k) PLAN

                Notes to Financial Statements, Continued


     (h)  Administrative Expenses

          The Company may elect to pay all administrative expenses of
          the Plan.  Administrative expenses not paid by the Company
          are paid from Plan assets.  All administrative expenses were
          paid by the Company in 1998 and 1997.


(2)  Summary of Accounting Policies

     (a)  Basis of Presentation

          The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been
          prepared on an accrual basis of accounting.

     (b)  Investment Valuation

          The Plan's investments are stated at fair value, based on
          quoted market prices.  The participant loans are valued at
          cost which approximates fair value.  Purchases and sales of
          securities are recorded on a trade date basis.

          In the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for
          Benefits, the Plan presents the net appreciation
          (depreciation) of the fair value of its instruments.  This
          consists of realized gains or losses and unrealized
          appreciation (depreciation) of those investments.

     (c)  Use of Estimates

          The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
          generally accepted accounting principles requires management
          to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the
          financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results
          could differ from those estimates.

     (d)  Payment of Benefits

          Benefits are recorded when paid.

     (e)  Concentration of Credit Risk

          Financial instruments which potentially subject the Plan to
          concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, participant
          loans, corporate bonds, commercial paper, government bonds
          and fixed income securities. Such credit risk is considered
          by management to be limited due to the diversity of
          investments and the financial stability of the institutions.
          Generally, the Plan does not require collateral with respect
          to its investments.

                                   8

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                  UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                Notes to Financial Statements, Continued



(3)  Investments

     The following table presents the fair values of individual
     investments at December 31, 1998 and 1997:

                                                 1998           1997
                                                 ----           ----

       Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves
         Fund; 1,484,555 shares at $1.00
         per share and 1,132,612 shares at
         $1.00 per share at December 31,
         1998 and 1997, respectively         $ 1,484,555    $ 1,132,612
       Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust;
         101,380 shares at $83.92 per
         share and 98,113 shares at
         $65.38 per share at December 31,
         1998 and 1997, respectively           8,508,019      6,414,111
       Merrill Lynch Investment Grade
         Corporate Bond Fund; 136,557
         shares at $11.67 per share and
         135,857 shares at $11.49 per
         share at December 31, 1998
         and 1997, respectively                1,593,622      1,560,993
       Merrill Lynch Capital Fund;
         17,795 shares at $34.36 per
         share and 15,789 shares at
         $34.46 per share at December 31,
         1998 and 1997, respectively             611,440        544,103
       Aim Value Fund; 107,845 shares
         at $40.19 per share and 95,846
         shares at $32.42 per share at
         December 31, 1998 and 1997,
         respectively                          4,334,298      3,107,337
       Aim Equity Constellation Fund;
         38,722 shares at $30.52 per
         share and 30,779 shares at
         $26.38 per share at December 31,
         1998 and 1997, respectively           1,181,780        811,960
       Templeton Foreign Fund; 68,317
         shares at $8.39 per share and
         45,216 shares at $9.95 per
         share at December 31, 1998 and
         1997, respectively                      573,178        449,904
       Seligman Communications Fund;
         29,074 shares at $30.73 per
         share and 20,666 shares at
         $23.25 per share at December
         31, 1998 and 1997, respectively         893,434        480,474
       TV Guide, Inc. (formerly United
         Video Satellite Group, Inc.)
         Class A Common Stock; 30,367
         shares at $23.63 per share
         and 16,686 shares at $14.38
         per share at December 31,
         1998 and 1997, respectively             717,430        239,862
       Participant loans                         302,848        270,825
                                             -----------     ----------
                                             $20,200,604    $15,012,181
                                             ===========    ===========

                                   9
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                   UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                Notes to Financial Statements, Continued


     The following schedule presents the net appreciation in fair value
     for each significant class of investment for the years ended
     December 31, 1998 and 1997:

                                                 1998           1997
                                                 ----           ----

       Common/collective trust funds          $1,876,102   $1,726,422
       Mutual funds                            1,062,653      262,384
       Common stock                              242,179       77,719
                                              ----------     --------
                                              $3,180,934   $2,066,525
                                              ==========   ==========

(4)  Internal Revenue Service Status

     The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on June 26,
     1996, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan,
     as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable
     requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has been
     amended since receiving the determination letter to comply with
     changes in the law. The Plan has not applied for a new
     determination letter. The Plan administrator believes that the
     Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with
     the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.
     Therefore, the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-
     exempt as of the financial statement date.

(5)  Plan Termination

     Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has
     the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any
     time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.
     In the event of Plan termination, participants will become fully
     vested in their accounts.

(6)  Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

     There were no differences between the 1998 and 1997 financial
     statements and the amounts reported in Form 5500.

(7)  Year 2000 (unaudited)

     The Plan could be adversely affected if the computer systems and
     those of service providers used by the Plan or the Trustee do not
     properly process and calculate date related information from and
     after January 1, 2000. This is commonly known at the "Year 2000
     Problem". The Company is taking steps that it believes are
     reasonably designed to address the Year 2000 Problem with respect
     to the computer systems that it uses and to obtain satisfactory
     assurances that comparable steps are being taken by each of the
     Plan's other major service providers. At this time, however, there
     can be no assurance that these steps will be sufficient to avoid
     any material adverse effect on the Plan's activities and,
     accordingly, its net assets available for benefits and changes
     therein.

(8)  Subsequent Event

     On March 1, 1999, the Company acquired the stock of certain
     corporations which publish TV Guide Magazine and other printed
     television program listings guides in exchange for cash and the
     Company's stock.  In conjunction with the transaction, the
     Company's name was changed to TV Guide, Inc.

     The Company intends to amend the Plan in 2000 to reflect the
     Company's name change. In conjunction with the name change,
     the former TV Guide Magazine and other employees currently
     participating in the TV Guide Savings Plan will become
     participants in the Plan.


                                  10

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(9)  Separate Option Allocation

     The amount of net assets available for benefits at the beginning
     of the year and changes in net assets during the year, allocated
     by separate investment option, is as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



                                                      Merrill
                          Merrill                     Lynch
                          Lynch         Merrill       Investment    Merrill     Merrill
                          Retirement    Lynch         Grade         Lynch       Lynch
                          Reserves      Equity        Corporate     Capital     Technology
                          Fund          Index Trust   Bond Fund     Fund        Fund

<S>                       <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>


Net assets available for
 benefits, December 31,
 1996                     $ 1,089,412   $ 5,594,390   $ 1,781,179   $  249,604  $ 123,228

Investment income:
  Net appreciation
  (depreciation) in fair
  value of investments             --     1,726,741        19,793       34,394     21,534
  Interest                      1,616         8,730         1,693          166         66
  Dividends                    63,164            --       100,609       40,121         --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------
   Total investment
     income                    64,780     1,735,471       122,095       74,681     21,600

Contributions:
  Employee contributions      107,100       443,327       116,754      153,168     17,943
  Employer contributions       71,109       256,691        70,593       54,181      9,137
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------
   Total contributions        178,209       700,018       187,347      207,349     27,080
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------
    Total additions           242,989     2,435,489       309,442      282,030     48,680

Benefits paid to
  participants             (1,099,004)     (914,131)     (242,297)     (22,386)    (2,403)
Other, net                    (33,964)           --            --           --         --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------
    Total deductions       (1,132,968)     (914,131)     (242,297)     (22,386)    (2,403)

Interfund transfers           933,179      (701,637)     (287,331)      34,855   (169,505)
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------

Net change in net assets
  available for benefits       43,200       819,721      (220,186)     294,499   (123,228)
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------

Net assets available for
  benefits, December 31,
  1997                      1,132,612     6,414,111     1,560,993      544,103         --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  ---------



Investment income:
  Net appreciation
  (depreciation) in fair
  value of investments             --     1,876,008        24,774       (7,530)       --
  Interest                      2,486        11,561         2,930          205        --
  Dividends                    62,438            --        93,972       38,075        --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------  --------
   Total investment
     income                    64,924     1,887,569       121,676       30,750        --

Contributions:
  Employee contributions      191,176       463,371       138,400      135,923        --
  Employer contributions       85,956       272,608        81,216       83,255        --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
   Total contributions        277,132       735,979       219,616      219,178        --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
    Total additions           342,056     2,623,548       341,292      249,928        --

Benefits paid to
  participants               (263,551)     (464,764)     (183,257)     (92,962)       --
Other, net                   (117,549)          263            --           --        --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------
    Total deductions         (381,100)     (464,501)     (183,257)     (92,962)       --

Interfund transfers           390,987       (65,139)     (125,406)     (89,629)       --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------

Net change in net assets
  available for benefits      351,943     2,093,908        32,629       67,337        --
                          -----------   -----------   -----------   ----------

Net assets available for
  benefits, December 31,
  1998                    $ 1,484,555   $ 8,508,019   $ 1,593,622   $  611,440  $     --
                          ===========   ===========   ===========   ==========  ========






             Aim                                       TV
Aim          Equity         Templeton   Seligman       Guide       Participant
Value        Constellation  Foreign     Communications Stock       Loan
Fund         Fund           Fund        Fund           Fund        Fund        Cash        Unallocated   Totals

<C>          <C>            <C>         <C>            <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>           <C>




$ 2,504,066  $  566,158     $ 260,463          --      $ 85,430    $ 180,042   $ 3,222     $ 97,199      $12,534,393




    281,576      27,276       (29,305)    (93,212)       77,728           --        --           --        2,066,525
      5,524         410           127         205           226           --        --           --           18,763
    313,911      57,415        46,287      92,495            --           --        --           --          714,002
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------

    601,011      85,101        17,109        (512)       77,954           --        --           --        2,799,290


    409,409     227,988       157,194      78,575        48,010           --        --       61,544        1,821,012
    203,597     105,037        66,571      34,031        24,245           --        --       55,052          950,244
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
    613,006     333,025       223,765     112,606        72,255           --        --      116,596        2,771,256
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
  1,214,017     418,126       240,874     112,094       150,209           --        --      116,596        5,570,546


   (348,736)   (101,035)      (57,386)     (6,548)      (29,350)     (17,462)   (2,537)          --       (2,843,275)
         --          --            --          --            --       (1,039)      400      (65,572)        (100,175)
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
   (348,736)   (101,035)      (57,386)     (6,548)      (29,350)     (18,501)   (2,137)     (65,572)      (2,943,450)

   (262,010)    (71,289)        5,953     374,928        33,573      109,284        34          (34)              --
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------


    603,271     245,802       189,441     480,474       154,432       90,783    (2,103)      50,990        2,627,096
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------



  3,107,337     811,960       449,904     480,474       239,862      270,825     1,119      148,189       15,161,489
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------



    796,090     143,442       (97,911)    203,877       242,184           --        --           --        3,180,934
      7,400         677           285         826           492           --        --        3,000           29,862
    270,744      28,779        57,878       9,922            --           --        --           --          561,808
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------

  1,074,234     172,898       (39,748)    214,625       242,676           --        --        3,000        3,772,604


    376,289     238,893       152,269     193,457        94,402           --        --        5,979        1,990,159
    213,534     132,576        77,700     102,705        49,331           --        --       77,494        1,176,375
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
    589,823     371,469       229,969     296,162       143,733           --        --       83,473        3,166,534
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
  1,664,057     544,367       190,221     510,787       386,409           --        --       86,473        6,939,138


   (243,400)   (118,810)      (80,974)    (60,616)      (26,430)     (12,981)     (683)          --       (1,548,428)
        263         263            --          --           263           --      (402)      89,780          (27,119)
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------
   (243,137)   (118,547)      (80,974)    (60,616)      (26,167)     (12,981)   (1,085)      89,780       (1,575,547)

   (193,959)    (56,000)       14,027     (37,211)      117,326       45,004       (34)          34               --
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------


  1,226,961     369,820       123,274     412,960       477,568       32,023    (1,119)     176,287        5,363,591
- -----------  ----------     ---------   ---------      --------    ---------   -------     --------      -----------



$ 4,334,298  $1,181,780     $ 573,178   $ 893,434      $717,430    $ 302,848   $    --     $324,476      $20,525,080
===========  ==========     =========   =========      ========    =========   =======     ========      ===========



</TABLE>

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                        SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES


                                                            Schedule 1


                   UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                             401(k) PLAN

                   Line 27a - Schedule of Assets Held
                        For Investment Purposes

                            December 31, 1998


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Column (a)     Column (b)                       Column (c)            Column (d)  (Column (e)

                                                Description of
                                                Investment Including
Party-in-                                       Maturity Date, Rate
Interest       Identity of Issue, Borrower,     of Interest, Par or               Current
Identification Lessor, or Similar Party         Maturity Value        Cost        Value

<S>            <C>                              <C>                   <C>         <C>

      *        Merrill Lynch:
                 Retirement Reserves Fund       Money market          $ 1,484,555 $ 1,484,555
                 Equity Index Trust             Common/collective
                                                  trust                 6,751,624   8,508,019
                 Investment Grade Corporate
                   Bond Fund                    Mutual fund             1,572,070   1,593,622
                 Capital Fund                   Mutual fund               616,680     611,440
               Aim:
                 Value Fund                     Mutual fund             3,596,499   4,334,298
                 Equity Constellation Fund      Mutual fund             1,044,680   1,181,780
               Templeton Foreign Fund           Mutual fund               662,767     573,178
               Seligman Communications Fund     Mutual fund               717,119     893,434
      *        TV Guide, Inc. (formerly
                 United Video Satellite Group,
                 Inc.) Class A Common Stock     Common stock              502,730     717,430
      *        Participant Loans                (7%-10%)                  302,848     302,848
                                                                      ----------  -----------
                                                                      $17,251,572 $20,200,604
                                                                      =========== ===========


</TABLE>

* Party-in-Interest


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<PAGE>

                                                           Schedule 2


                 UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                            401(k) PLAN

           Line 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions

                   Year Ended December 31, 1998


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Column (a)     Column (b)                 Column (c)    Column (d)   Column (e) Column (f)     Column (g)   Column (h)    Column (i)

                                                                                Expense                     Current Value
Identity                                                                        Incurred                    of Asset on
of Party       Description                Purchase      Selling      Lease      With           Cost of      Transaction   Net Gain
Involved       of Assets                  Price         Price        Rental     Transaction    Asset        Date          (Loss)

<S>            <C>                        <C>           <C>          <C>        <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>


Merrill Lynch  Merrill Lynch:
  Trust          Retirement Reserves Fund $1,100,822    $       --   $    --    $    --        $1,100,822   $1,100,822    $     --
  Companies      Retirement Reserves Fund         --       748,879        --         --           748,879      748,879          --
                 Equity Index Trust Fund   1,378,579            --        --         --         1,378,579    1,378,579          --
                 Equity Index Trust Fund          --     1,160,678        --         --           826,914    1,160,678     333,764
                 Investment Grade
                   Corporate Bond Fund       406,144            --        --         --           406,144      406,144          --
                 Investment Grade
                   Corporate Bond Fund            --       393,907        --         --           385,671      393,907       8,236
Merrill Lynch  AIM:
  Trust          Value Fund                1,025,627            --        --         --         1,025,627    1,025,627          --
  Companies      Value Fund                       --       594,751        --         --           485,404      594,751     109,347
                 Equity Constellation
                   Fund                      538,045            --        --         --           538,045      538,045          --
                 Equity Constellation
                   Fund                           --       311,667        --         --           296,941      311,667      14,726
                 Seligman Communications
                   Fund                      698,189            --        --         --           698,189      698,189          --
                 Seligman Communications
                   Fund                           --       489,106        --         --           507,785      489,106      (18,679)



</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
                             SIGNATURE



     The Plan.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                               UNITED VIDEO SATELLITE GROUP, INC.
                                          401(k) Plan





DATE:  June 29, 1999           By:     /s/ Peter C. Boylan III
                                    ------------------------------
                                          Peter C. Boylan III
                                    Member, United Video Satellite
                                       Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
                                       Administrative Committee



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                             EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                     Description
- -------                    ------------

  23         Consent of KPMG LLP




                                   15

<PAGE>


Exhibit 23


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





The Board of Directors
TV Guide, Inc.:




We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 333-2866) on Form S-8 of United Video Satellite Group, Inc. 401(k)
Plan of our report dated May 14, 1999, relating to the statements of
net assets available for benefits of United Video Satellite Group, Inc.
401(k) Plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the
years then ended and all related schedules, which report appears in the
December 31, 1998 Annual Report on Form 11-K.







                                  KPMG LLP


Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 29, 1999






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