Comcast's purchase of NBC/Universal

... aware of NBC comings and goings, Comcast finally acquires NBC/Universal, today. Whether... GE is in that framework. Will Comcast look to change the direction of NBC’s flailing cable-news ..., will the FTC allow a cable delivery service to control content as ... seems very, very likely that this deal will run afoul of anti-trust...com/archives/2009/12/03/video-comcast-buys-nbc-universal/ Link: http://blogs...

Comcast's purchase of NBC/Universal

... it has been reported on here, Comcast finally acquires NBC/Universal. Whether it ... GE is in that framework. Will Comcast look to change the direction of NBC’s flailing cable-news ...that, will the FTC allow a cable delivery service to control content as ... seems very, very likely that this deal will run afoul of anti-trust ....com/archives/2009/12/03/video-comcast-buys-nbc-universal/ Link: http://blogs...

Yesterday's tweets

... live, everything asplode and my mailbox gets filled up # 08:54 Oppose Comcast-NBC deal. Comcast will charge others (FiOS etc) ... to carry NBC. If u don't have Comcast, bill goes up. Unfair advantage # 08:58 (And by NBC I also mean its cable channels: USA, Bravo, Weather Channel, etc.) #...09:29 I just said no to the Comcast-NBC merger! bit.ly/1WciqP #NoMerger (via ...

... brought in Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate, to comment on Comcast's(CMCSA) acquisition of NBC Universal. He said the deal validates the marriage of content marriage with distribution. "It makes a ... its television programming, a big investment in TVguide.com, its basic cable network and its EPIX entertainment channel. In the final trades, Terranova ...

Shit well there goes the TV entertainment world even farther down the drain

... the General Electric Company. The deal valued NBC Universal at about...create a joint venture, with Comcast owning 51 percent and G...joint venture its stable of cable channels, which includes Versus, the...remain NBC Universal, but ultimately Comcast could decide to change the...s entertainment industry, giving a cable provider a huge portfolio of...Channels. Plus, since Comcast is a cable company those of us...

Comcast to Buy NBC-Universal. What Could Go Wrong?

... It will mean increased costs for cable television service; currently free online NBC...that normally occurs between distributors (like Comcast) and content producers (like NBC). ...wall that is only available to Comcast cable customers is a classic example...the most dangerous risk of this deal -- and one we have seen many...new threat that the vertically integrated Comcast poses. Consumer choice will be ...

A Layman's Guide to Technology

...old insists that an external HD doesn't need a power cable, that doesn't make it gospel; a ten minute google ...just as well as the Intel yet still be a good deal cheaper. That doesn't mean either is better , it just... think you know something, otherwise you'll insist that Windows 7 can and will download Comcast cable television right to your Office Document. If you don't understand what's wrong with ...

..., electricity- no problem.  I called Comcast, they had an estimated wait time...I try my desktop computer, same deal.  I reboot the router and modem... I check the tv- no cable.  So I call in using ... getting ridiculous.  Supervisor agrees that comcast screwed up but there is ... at all.  The next day comcast arrives, when the first tech ... terminated, it also terminated the comcast.net email account I had (...

MSNBC not shy about criticizing Obama

...the verge of being spun out of General Electric in a deal that would make Comcast its controlling entity. Gary Carr, the executive director of national broadcast...opinions matter less than the ratings they earn. With cable’s prime-time opinion shows, “you’re reaching...the activism conducted, she says, by others on cable news. “We’re articulating liberal viewpoints,” she said...

With leadership like this, they're just destined to fail

... would also house the cable networks now belonging to Comcast. They recently agreed...as well as its collection of cable networks to pay for its stake...of News Corp. -- has been advising Comcast. The sources said Zucker would be...might play, if any. Last week, Comcast and GE agreed on the valuation... not yet agreed to a deal, the sources said. GE owns ... as part of a 2004 deal to create NBC Universal, and ...