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- Comcast in talks with GE to form cable group using NBC's assets
- Comcast is in talks with General Electric to create a new venture that would combine NBC Universal and the content assets of the top US cable operator, people familiar with the negotiations said.The potential Comcast deal emerged this week as one of several options GE is pursuing as it...
- External links 2009-10-01
- TV Upfront Tally Slips to $8 Billion as Networks Take Their Chances on Scatter
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- This year's upfront tally is estimated to be between $7.8 billion and $8.1 billion, down from last year's about $9.23 billion. And for that you can thank Mel Karmazin. In 2001, with the economy in decline and CBS still joined with Viacom, then-second-in-command Mr. Karmazin (now...
- News items 2009-08-10
- YouTube Music JV Vevo In Talks With CBS And NBC For Music Shows
- Vevo is often referred to as the "Hulu of music" and it appears the company's JV partners Universal Music Group and Sony Music are taking steps to create programming that could directly compete with the Hulu. Read the rest of this...
- News items 2009-09-02
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- Risks in Buying NBC Universal Include Broken Peacock Network
- The escalating risks associated with buying NBC Universal or any traditional media conglomerate -- which includes declining TV stations and broadcast networks -- is why Comcast will likely settle for a 51 percent stake in the company, for now. Corporate parent...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- GE ties with NBC come under pressure
- General Electric's potential NBC Universal spin-off, in which the cable television group Comcast would end up with a majority of the media division, seems to break many of the rules that have guided the conglomerate's dealmaking strategy for decades.GE would cede control of NBC while still reporting a meaningful...
- External links 2009-10-05
- NFL, NBC Will Stream Sunday Night Football Again But No Syndication - Yet
- NBC Sports and the NFL have another one-year deal to live stream the network’s coverage of Sunday Night Football on their respective sites, NBCSports.com and NFL.com. The digital package, which is technically separate from the two-year extension for broadcast rights announced Wednesday, kicks off on a Thursday, Sept.10, with...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Zucker Selected to Head NBC, Comcast Venture
- NEW YORK - Comcast Corp and General Electric Co have agreed to make NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker the head of their proposed joint venture, but the structure of a new board is still being negotiated, sources familiar with the matter said. The two sides have been in talks to...
- News items 2009-11-11
- How Patient Will NBC Be About "The Jay Leno Show"?
- Perhaps the most pointed of all of the stories assessing NBC's decision to run "The Jay Leno Show" every weeknight at 10 p.m. came yesterday â€" Bill Carter's story in The New York Times looked not only at the show's performance, but at the so-called "collateral damage" around intentionally putting...
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- GE, Comcast Agree on NBC Universal Valuation: Source
- By Jui Chakravorty DasNEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks so far, a source familiar with the matter said...
- News items 2009-11-08
- GE, Comcast Agree on NBC Universal Valuation
- NEW YORK - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks so far, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The resolution...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Leno, NBC, Laugh All the Way to the Bank
- Hiring Jay Leno for a five-night-a-week gig at 10 p.m. probably wasn't always what NBC had in mind as a way to keep him. But times and network TV ratings being what they are, the hiring of Leno to take up five hours of primetime TV works. Whether his humor...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- NBC Cancels Shared Super Bowl Spot to Keep Prices High
- NBC nixed an idea to have a single Super Bowl spot shared by multiple advertisers. The idea, floated by agency Cesario Migliozzi, was to buy a single spot in the big game and then divide it into eight mini-spots of a few seconds each. Each slot would be bought by...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- NBC Exec Says Apple's Business Model Has No Core
- Yesterday was the beta launch of Hulu.com (a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. that will compete with iTunes by offering ad-supported TV and film downloads.) The timing was perfect for NBC U chief executive Jeff Zucker to explain why the company will not renew its deal with iTunes in December:...
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- NBC denies Persian Gulf Net exists. (NBC Cable's rumored new cable programming network in the Middle East)
- NBC Denies Persian Gulf Net Exists The Persian Gulf Network is NBC Cable's latest foray into cable programming -- or is it? Although an NBC spokesman dismissed the idea as "carnivorous," sources close to both NBC...
- Research articles 1991-02-18
- Comcast Play for NBC Universal Is a Bet on Future of Advertising
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Comcast Corp. is looking to take a 51% stake in NBC Universal, surely a sign of the durability of cable networks, since NBCU owns a bunch of top-tier ones. But there's more going on here: It's also a calculated move to seize the reins in shaping...
- News items 2009-11-09
- SF Station War II: KRON-TV owner Young opposes NBC transmitter plan.(Washington)(San Francisco, California station owner Young Broadcasting)
- NBC and Young Broadcasting are still battling in San Francisco--four years after Young outbid NBC for KRON-TV and NBC retaliated by buying a station in nearby San Jose and yanking KRON-TV's affiliation. Now NBC is trying to move the transmitt ...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- The repurposeful new NBC.(Fast Track)(the combined NBC and Universal would produce television shows for all six broadcast networks and NBC's cable networks)(Brief Article)
- A combined NBC and UNIVERSAL would make TV shows for all six broadcast networks, as well as NBC's own cable nets, said NBC Entertainment President JEFF ZUCKER at the Hollywood Radio & Television Society's annual luncheon last week with the broa A combined NBC...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Steve Schwaid is promoted at NBC. (Station Break).(named vice president of news programming for the NBC Television Stations Division)(Brief Article)
- Steve Schwaid, who has been NBC's man in San Jose, overseeing KNTVTV's transition from an independent to NBC affiliate, has been named vice president of news programming for the NBC Television Stations Division. In his new role, NBC said, S ...
- Research articles 2002-05-06
- NBC into Total Health.(Syndie Insider)(National Broadcasting Company Inc)(Brief Article)
- NBC Enterprises and NBC News this fall will premiere a new weekly half-hour syndicated series titled Your Total Health. It will be hosted by NBC News Correspondent Hoda Kotb, a six-year veteran of NBC News. Dr. David Agus, an oncologist at Los Ange NBC...
- Research articles 2004-04-05
- The king of KRON.(Young Broadcasting Inc. outbids NBC for KRON-TV, San Francisco)
- NBC stumbles as Young Broadcasting snags San Francisco prize... It was NBC's deal to lose, and it did. NBC made no secret that it lusted for KRON-TV, seeing the San Francisco NBC affiliate as one of the last truly great acquisition opportuniti...
- Research articles 1999-11-22
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