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   GE Reports $3.6 Bil Q1 Gain After Reducing NBCUni Stake

   7:02 am 4/21/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The company's earnings per share got a 4 cents boost from the deal, and its latest results also include a $93 million pre-tax operating profit from the entertainment company.Read more

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2. Comcast Bay Area Sports Network to Produce Sports Content for NBC Station

   2:33 pm 4/20/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Comcast's regional sports networks became part of the NBC Sports Group as part of the cable giant's acquisition of a majority stake in NBCUniversal. Read more

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   NBC Sports Chief Says Network Will Make Money on $2 Billion NHL Deal

   4:34 pm 4/19/2011

   • by Marisa Guthrie

   After paying bargain-basement prices for the last NHL pact, Dick Ebersol says "our wonderful run of not paying anything" for hockey "is over."Read more

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   Viacom's Philippe Dauman Is Nation's Highest-Paid CEO (Report)

   3:52 pm 4/10/2011

   • by THR staff

   DirecTV's Mike White, Comcast's Brian Roberts and Disney's Robert Iger also land in the top 10.Read more

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5. Comcast Requests Upcoming Hulu Filing Be Kept Secret

   7:23 am 4/7/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The cable giant tells the FCC that making public information on its deal with the online video site, in which its NBCUniversal owns a stake, “would give third parties a detailed understanding of Hulu’s decision making process.”Read more

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6. NBC's 'Playboy' Under Fire From PTC Over Nudity

   6:28 pm 4/1/2011

   • by Sofia M. Fernandez

   TV watchdog says Comcast/NBC merger to blame for attempts to "obliterate any remaining standards of broadcast decency."Read more

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7. Comcast Hires Top Executive of Cable Trade Group

   1:06 pm 3/9/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Kyle McSlarrow, currently the CEO of industry association NCTA, will fill the position of president, Comcast/NBCUniversal, Washington, D.C where he will lead the firm's public policy efforts, among other things. Read more

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8. Cable Executives Vow to Stem Subscriber Losses

   4:30 pm 3/7/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Comcast and Time Warner Cable managers also discuss Netflix at an investor conference.Read more

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9. Comcast Shares Hit New High

   3:26 pm 2/28/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Analysts point to the recent NBCUniversal deal, lower-than-expected subscriber losses in the latest quarter and new shareholder rewards as key drivers of the stock.Read more

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    Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Calls Netflix Streaming Service a Positive

    7:17 am 2/28/2011

    • by Georg Szalai

    “What used to be called "reruns" on television is now called Netflix,” he says and talks about how NBC executives came up with the idea to do away with the peacock in NBCUniversal’s corporate logo.Read more

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