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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Lands NBC in Deal That Reshapes Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Thomasch and Yinka AdegokeNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:45:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast-NBCU Reshapes U.S. Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Thomasch and Yinka AdegokeNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:15:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast-NBC: Media Buyers Hope Combo Can Accelerate Targeted TV Ads, Fix Broken Broadcast Model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Media buyers are enthused about the implications of a combined Comcast and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), which is a good thing since 23 percent of the revenues of the new entity will come from advertising. The stakes are particularly high for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), which has been frustrated by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:41:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US telco Comcast takes control of NBC Universal in $US30 billion deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The complex deal is worth over $US30 billion, and will see Comcast pay GE over $US6.5 billion for a 51% stake in the entertainment giant. Analyst have suggested the purchase will see Comcast place a bigger emphasis on digital distribution, with films and television shows likely to reach pay TV...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:12:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Lands NBC in Deal That Reshapes Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul Thomasch and Yinka AdegokeNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:45:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast/NBCU: Waxman Calls For Hearings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) wants hearings on Comcast/NBCU "at the earliest practicable date." "The proposed Comcast/NBC Universal joint venture agreement has the potential to reshape the media marketplace," he said in a statement. "This proposal raises questions regarding diversity, competition, and the future of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:29:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Take: Comcast-NBCU Deal Isn't About Digital]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Sure, the biggest media deal of the decade has a lot invested in digital, on the face of it. When they talk about it, in today&#8217;s announcement and the days and months to come, they will have all the right words about the digital future, and the combined giant&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast/NBCU Won't Create ESPN Rival]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast executives said they won't try to turn their Versus cable channel into a rival to ESPN after their joint venture with NBC Universal clears. Several published reports have speculated that Comcast could offload some NBC Sports content onto Versus, which currently offers sports programming like the Tour de France,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:48:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Official: Comcast Buys Majority of NBC Universal; NBCU Valued at $30 Billion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Comcast&#8217;s grand mission to expand its role on the content side is much closer to reality today following the long-expected announcement this morning that it is buying 51 percent of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) in a deal valued at $30 billion. More than 80 percent of the cash flow...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Groups Voice Opposition To Comcast-NBCU Joint Venture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The response out of Washington Thursday was swift to the announcement of the Comcast-NBCU deal and the promises the company made to make it more palatable in Washington. Those include extending the FCC's program access rules to retransmission-consent negotiations for NBC and Telemundo stations. Since the deal did not include...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Makes NBC Universal Acquisition Official - New $30 billion joint venture arrives...]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Comcast and General Electric sent out announcements to the press this morning saying that the long-expected Comcast and NBC Universal deal is official. According to the companies, Comcast and NBC Universal are creating a new joint venture 51% owned by Comcast and operated by Comcast. In exchange for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:52:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast-NBCU Will Face Opposition In DC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NBCU-Comcast joint venture will face plenty of opposition in Washington, including from Free Press, Consumer Federation of America, unions worried about job losses, and from potentiail competitors including smaller and midsized cable operators concerned about competing with a 1,600 -pound gorilla. It will be the first media merger to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast Eats GE, NBC Owned By Cable Provider [Comcast]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has sucked GE into a new venture that's 51% owned by Comcast, 49% owned by GE. But all you might care about is that Comcast now has controlling power of all NBC Universal properties, which include: NBC, Hulu, USA, Bravo, Syfy, E!, Versus, CNBC, MSNBC, Universal Pictures movie studio,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Will Comcast Give Up to Get the NBC Deal Through Washington? Place Your Bets… [MediaMemo]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast's deal to buy half of NBC Universal from GE, first reported in late September, is now official, and the two companies are holding three conferences calls this morning to talk about it. But there won't be much either company can say that hasn't already made it into the press...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:18:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comcast, NBCU Sign Definitive Joint Venture Agreement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/comcast-nbcu-sign-definitive-joint/22581/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As expected, Comcast and General Electric have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will be 51% owned by Comcast, 49% owned by GE. Managed by Comcast, the joint venture will house NBC Universal businesses and Comcast's cable networks, regional sports networks, digital properties and certain unconsolidated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:31:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE reaches deal with Comcast for NBC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/ge-reaches-comcast-nbc/22577/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable channels and a major movie studio. Although the deal could mean that movies could reach cable more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:45:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Comcast-NBC Mega-Deal Moves Forward]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/food/news-analysis/comcast-nbc-mega-moves/22248/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ According to the   New York Times  ,  General Electric  GE is one step closer to handing over NBC Universal to  Comcast  CMCSA. The firm has â??reached a tentative agreementâ?? with French media company Vivendi to buy its 20 percent stake in NBC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:57:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Free Press, Media Access Project want Comcast-NBC merger blocked]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/free-press-media-access-project/22242/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Free Press  and  Media Access Project  last night called for regulators and the administration to block the proposed merger of  Comcast  and  NBC , which the groups say would "open the door to a new era of media consolidation that reaches across...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:31:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[White House Party Crashers Crash NBC's 'Today']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/white-house-party-crashers-crash/22215/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple who crashed the White House state dinner, will sit down with Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Dec. 1. It will be the couple's first public appearance since catapulting to infamy last week after slipping past the Secret Service to attend the president's first state...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:19:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE Reaches Deal To Buy Vivendi's NBCU Stake: Reports]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/media/news-analysis/ge-reaches-buy-vivendis-nbcu/22212/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[General Electric has evidently reached a tentative pact to purchase Vivendi's 20% in NBC Universal, according to published reports.Such an agreement for some $5.8 billion would pave the way for a joint venture that would put Comcast Corp. in control of the programmer.GE, which owns 80% of NBC Universal, has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:54:14 -0800</pubDate>
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