Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Shell, who resigned Thursday, may join Comcast Corp. to oversee the cable-television operator’s portfolio of channels, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Shell, who hasn’t negotiated a contract with Philadelphia- based Comcast, the world’s largest cable-television operator, would report to Comcast Chief Operating Officer Stephen Burke, whom he worked with at Walt Disney Co. in the early 1990s, the Times said.

L.A. Times sources said Shell left Gemstar because he had accomplished most of his goals and saw few new opportunities at News Corp., Gemstar’s controlling shareholder,