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Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover
Forbes | 9 days 6 hours 51 minutes ago
NEW YORK -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.

Cable takeover marks new era for NBC, TV industry
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 8 days 23 hours 44 minutes ago
Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.

TVNewsCheck - GE Could Unwind Stake in NBC Universal
TVNewsCheck | 42 days 3 hours 11 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposed deal to acquire media giant NBC Universal would give current owner General Electric Co. the ability to unwind its stake over several years, and could see Comcast Corp. commit billions more to the joint venture, a person close to the situation said Monday.

Where to Now for Vivendi?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 35 days 8 hours 13 minutes ago
PARIS -- Of the world's biggest media companies, the one that might seem best placed to ride out the recession is Vivendi, whose headquarters in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe oversees a sprawling empire of music, pay television, video game and mobile phone businesses.

Broadcast pioneer NBC set up for Comcast takeover
Honolulu Advertiser, The | 8 days 16 hours 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.

Media Giant Wrestles With a Shifting Identity
CNBC | 35 days 10 hours 30 minutes ago
Of the world’s biggest media companies, the one that might seem in the best position to ride out the recession is Vivendi, whose headquarters in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe oversees a sprawling empire of music, pay television, video game and mobile phone businesses.

E-Commerce News: Television: NBC's Sale to Cable Co. Signals TV Sea Change
TechNewsWorld | 7 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago
Cable TV operator Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSK) is expected to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal, perhaps as early as this week, bringing the network of Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Milton Berle and Tom Brokaw under the corporate control of the company that owns the Golf Channel and E! Entertainment Television.

Atlanta bomb 'hero' is FBI prime suspect
Independent (London), The | 27 days 10 hours ago
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NBC's Sale to Cable Co. Signals TV Sea Change
E-Commerce Times | 2 days 16 hours 46 minutes ago
General Electric is expected to soon sell 51 percent of NBC Universal to Comcast. A broadcast giant's sale to a cable provider would underscore the fundamental changes going on in television, as audiences become increasingly fragmented and demand access to programming through new technologies. New ownership could usher in new opportunities for NBC.

Studio heads roll as Hollywood counts cost of biggest flops
Times (London), The | 44 days 4 hours 57 minutes ago
If this year’s Hollywood box office sales could be turned into a movie, they would fit only one genre: horror.

Pondering the illsand promise of NBC
Media Life | 4 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago
The ills are many, essentially its entire primetime

Vivendi May Prefer to Concede Price Battle for Brazil's GVT to Telefonica
Bloomberg | 46 days 19 hours 52 minutes ago
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Vivendi SA, whose planned acquisition of Brazilian phone operator GVT (Holding) SA was derailed by a counter-bid from Telefonica SA yesterday, may walk away from a fight that analysts say the company is bound to lose.

Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover
Seattle Times, The | 9 days 7 hours 7 minutes ago
NEW YORK Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline. Cable TV operator Comcast Corp. is expected to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal, perhaps as early as this week, bringing the network of Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Milton Berle and Tom Brokaw under the corporate control of the company that owns the Golf Channel and E! Entertainment Television.