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- The survivor: despite enduring four owners in a decade, Universal TV is in fine shape.(Top of the Week)
- Any company slammed by the perpetual tornado that has swirled around Universal Television should be in terrible shape. The cable network and TV studio operation has been flipped among four owners in the past decade. The last owner, Vivendi, was gripped by a financial scandal that...
- Research articles 2004-05-17
- NBC Universal steps up as a media giant
- NEW YORK -- NBC clinched its big media prize Wednesday, completing a merger with the Universal television and entertainment businesses to create a major media conglomerate. NBC Universal will rival Time Warner Inc. and Viacom Inc. in industry clout by combining a top- rated TV network backed by a major...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- NBC Completes Acquisition of Most Vivendi Universal Entertainment Assets.
- By Greg Hernandez, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--NBC formally acquired Vivendi Universal on Wednesday, putting the newly christened NBC Universal on equal footing with The Walt Disney Co. and Viacom Inc. as a media monolith crossing ...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- Report: NBC-VU hits snag at FTC over fees.(This Just In)(the Federal Trade Commission shows concerns over NBC's plans for using its merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment to gain higher programming feess from cable operators)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly concerned that NBC plans to use its pending merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment to extract higher programming fees from cable operators. The FTC's concerns were reported Dec. 31 in USA Today, which cited unnamed individuals. FTC spokesman Mitch...
- Research articles 2004-01-05
- NBC, Vivendi merger hits possible snag
- WASHINGTON -- NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment's seemingly problem-free merger has hit a snag because internal NBC documents have antitrust enforcers worried about the effect the deal could have on consumers, people familiar with the deal say. The European Commission approved the $14 billion deal last week, but the...
- Research articles 2003-12-31
- Amateur beats media prognosticating pros again
- What a horrible year for Wall Street analysts. First, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sent chills down their spines after finding that several analysts had privately denigrated stocks they publicly urged investors to buy. Now, for the third year, a reader walloped them in the Seventh Annual USA TODAY...
- Research articles 2003-12-26
- Heat Index; Weekly Rating (0-10) of Sizzle & Fizzle.(Media Works)
- 9 NBC Universal Bob Wright has gotten Vivendi Universal's movie studio and cable channels to round out GE's media holdings beyond NBC, creating a $43 billion entity. 7 Deutsch and Wolff New York columnist Michael Wolff and ad man Donny Deutsch are teaming with...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- NBC-VIVENDI MERGER CREATES MEDIA GIANT.
- After months of negotiations, NBC is getting its prize: Membership in the Big Media Club. NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., sealed a deal to merge with the entertainment businesses of Vivendi Universal, the companies announced Wednesday, creating a media conglomerate in the same class...
- Research articles 2003-10-14
- B&C indices: week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4.(Top of the Week)(week of August 29 - September 4, 2003)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
- WEEK OF AUG. 29-SEPT. 4 B&C INDICES THE B&C 10 WEEK YTD 2.4% 18.9% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK YTD ...
- Research articles 2003-09-08
- NBC wins Vivendi auction
- PARIS -- General Electric Co.'s NBC emerged the winner Tuesday of a tortuous, months-long contest for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, which include a major movie studio, three cable channels, a television studio and several theme parks. NBC and Vivendi said they intend to combine the...
- Research articles 2003-09-03
- That's entertainment.
- Jul 22, 2003 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) Vivendi is auctioning its US entertainment operations. A buyer will be selected in September 2003. The French conglomerate is cleverly giving the impression there is intense rivalry for the assets, which comprise a film studio,...
- Research articles 2003-07-22
- Liberty spreads news on DirecTV. (Finance).(Liberty Media Corp. is in discussions with News Corp. for a possible joint acquisition of DirecTV Inc.)
- Liberty Media Corp. is in talks with News Corp. concerning a possible joint acquisition of DirecTV Inc., the direct-broadcast satellite arm of Hughes Electronics Corp., Liberty CEO Dob Bennett told investors and analysts last week. Bennett, who spoke at the Salomon Smith...
- Research articles 2003-01-13
- Marketplace
- DOW JONES VS. CABLE MSO WATCH 52-Week YTD ...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- Tristani For Free Time
- Marketplace in political broadcasting may not be working properly -- just as it wasn't in children's TV, which prompted legislation -- so "it may be time for the government to step in," FCC Comr. Tristani said. Speaking June 19 at American Enterprise Institute AEI seminar on "Campaigns, Broadcasters and...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- Vivendi Wants More Credit for USA.(Vivendi Universal S.A. seeks consolidation of USA Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Vivendi Universal S.A. chairman Jean-Marie Messier last week told investors that while he doesn't feel the need to own a cable distribution pipe, he sure would like to get some credit for the large stake in the cable network his company already own Vivendi...
- Research articles 2001-10-08
- NBC'S Universe: wright: we're ready to meet TV's demands.(Bob Wright will assume the role of chairman under NBC Universal)
- Soon-to-be NBC Universal chairman Bob Wright gave analysts last week more glimpses at plans that include using NBC's considerable broadcast and cable muscle and VUE's cable and film studio properties to create new content, exploit new technologies Soon-to-be NBC Universal chairman Bob Wright...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- USA Travel to Get T-Commerce Twin.(USA Networks Inc.'s planned activities with Vivendi Universal S.A.)(Brief Article)
- USA Networks Inc. is developing a transactional and television-commerce companion service to its USA Travel Channel project. Both are likely candidates for the proposed interactive-TV offerings Vivendi Universal S.A. will first provide to dire USA Networks Inc. is developing...
- Research articles 2001-12-24
- Why experts say NBC wants new cable VUE.(NBC negotiaties to acquire the U.S. media assets of Vivendi Universal Entertainment)
- For years, Bob Wright watched rival networks pair with movie and TV studios. But the NBC CEO didn't get it. "We have taken the position that we don't have to do that," Wright said during an appearance at the Washington Press Club three ye ...
- Research articles 2003-08-25
- Al Gore Buys Cable Network from Vivendi, with Young Viewers in Mind.
- By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Phyllis Furman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2004-05-05
- Denver-Based Cable System May Bid for Vivendi Entertainment Division.
- By Jennifer Beauprez, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jennifer Beauprez, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-06-17
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