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   New NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke: NBC Network Turnaround Will Take Years

   7:18 am 2/16/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   “We are here to make money,” he tells a conference call about the approach that new owner Comcast is taking to the entertainment company, and he also mentions Telemundo as a business with upside. Read more

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2. Comcast Cable Subscriber Losses Slow in Fourth Quarter

   4:38 am 2/16/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The cable giant said its expenses related to the recent acquisition of a majority stake in NBCUniversal amounted to $216 million in 2010, or $130 million net of tax.Read more

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   New Jersey TV Shows Pull in Record Cable Ratings

   5:54 am 2/2/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   It’s not just "Jersey Shore." "Cake Boss" and "Jerseylicious" are among the most-watched shows on their nets. Read more

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4. Time Warner, Comcast Expand TV Content Available Online

   12:15 pm 2/1/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   A new multi-year deal covers content from TNT, TBS, CNN, HLN, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim and includes plans for live Web streaming.Read more

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   Al Jazeera Using Egypt Coverage to Edge Onto U.S. Cable, Satellite Operators

   6:03 am 2/1/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   "There's been suspicions in the government about what their true motivations might be,” says one industry exec about the network, which is not carried on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and DirecTV. "I think this might be a time to re-examine that." Read more

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6. Analyst: Comcast-NBCU Should Buy Starz to Hurt Netflix, Compete With HBO

   8:12 am 1/28/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   BTIG’s Richard Greenfield suggests the purchase on the day the big entertainment deal is set to close and a day after the unveiling of the new NBC Universal logo.Read more

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   Incoming NBCU CEO Steve Burke: We Are 'In It to Win It'

   12:46 pm 1/27/2011

   • by Marisa Guthrie

   Deal gives NBCU a corporate overlord in the same business. "Being owned by GE was like being a flea on an elephant's ass," says Universal Studios chief Ron Meyer. Read more

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8. NBC Universal to Sell LA Station KWHY-TV to Meruelo

   10:01 am 1/26/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The entertainment company, in which Comcast will take a 51 percent stake on Friday, will continue to own KNBC-TV and Telemundo station KVEA-TV in LA.Read more

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9. NBC Universal Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises 38%

   3:55 am 1/21/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The company’s cable networks and film/theme parks units were once again key growth drivers as Comcast's acquisition of a 51 percent stake is set to close next Friday. Read more

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    Angela Bromstad Out as NBC Primetime Entertainment President

    4:59 pm 1/20/2011

    • by Alex Ben Block

    UPDATED: The executive informed her staff of her impending exit just two days after the Comcast-NBC Universal merger was approved by regulators.Read more

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