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   Comcast CEO: Telemundo Soccer World Cup Rights Deal 'Should Be Profitable'

   6:15 am 11/2/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   "We will cover and cross-promote games and events across our various channels on broadcast and cable, as well as online, wireless and on-demand," Brian Roberts said.Read more

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   NBCUniversal Posts Mixed Third-Quarter Financials

   3:21 pm 11/1/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: Parent company and cable giant Comcast recorded a 165,000 video subscriber decline for the period, which came in below the 275,000 drop in the year-ago period.Read more

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   Keeping Hulu Would Be 'Optimal' for Entertainment Company Owners, Analyst Says

   7:27 am 10/13/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   

"Is it really worth it to take $100 million-200 million of
after-tax profit for each partner at the expense of losing control over your own destiny," RBC Capital Markets' David Bank asks.

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   Microsoft Inks Multiple TV Content Deals for Xbox 360 Live

   12:18 pm 10/5/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   Bravo, Comcast and HBO Go are among the providers that will supply programming for the console, which will satisfy users’ gaming and TV needs via voice command and without multiple remotes. Read more

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   NBC Sports Group Drops the Puck on NHL Promotion

   9:46 am 10/5/2011

   • by Etan Vlessing

   NHL topper John Collins says Comcast/NBC Universal merger and new TV rights deal buys more marketing of pro hockey nationwide by NBC Sports Group. Read more

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   Media Stocks Underperform Sinking Indexes

   1:56 pm 9/22/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   After a two-day beating the Dow has sunk 7.6 percent this month, but among the conglomerates only Comcast has done better. Read more

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   Entertainment Stocks Take Another Beating

   2:01 pm 9/9/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   A dismal summer on Wall Street has knocked more than 20 percent off the share prices of Disney, Sony and CBS.Read more

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   NBCUniversal Hires Investment Banker for CFO Slot

   4:30 pm 9/7/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   As head of Morgan Stanley's Media & Communications Group, Stuart Epstein was a key adviser to Comcast when it took control of NBCU in January.Read more

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   USA Wins Back Some Viewers Over Summer With Known Favorites, Edgy New Shows

   6:56 am 9/1/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   “Suits” and “Necessary Roughness” helped the NBCUniversal cable network increase its summer ratings after a weaker 2010, even though 18-to-49-year-old viewers remained below the summer of 2009, its highest-rated to-date. Read more

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    Fired Bill O'Reilly Adversary Loses Civil Rights Claim Against Comcast

    7:53 am 8/30/2011

    • by Eriq Gardner

    Appeals court rejects a lawsuit from a former 'Extra!' correspondent who claimed that Comcast's decision to fire him after he lobbied against an Emmy award for Bill O'Reilly constituted a violation of his free speech protections.Read more

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