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NBC, FOX, CBS split NFL Contract

Posted on December 15, 2011 by zyakaira

  NBC signed a new deal with NFL for the next 9 years till 20021, bagging three Superbowls apart from the 2012 bowl in in 2015, 2018 and 2021. It also gets 19 regular season games incl Thanksgiving primetime for…

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Posted in Dealbook, Retail Lifestyle, US

It's NBC Universal

Posted on December 4, 2009 by zyakaira

[picapp align="left" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7234592" src="9/3/8/8/COMCAST_BUYS_NBC_d4ad.JPG?adImageId=8008008&imageId=7234592" width="500" height="342" /] [picapp align="right" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7172769" src="4/2/7/8/General_Electric_And_e942.jpg?adImageId=8008197&imageId=7172769" width="380" height="253" /] The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company…

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After AOL Warner, the new megalith?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by zyakaira

Can conventional media survive yet? The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company into a leading producer of movies and television shows and a…

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Posted in Amitonomics, ETC, Film making, Media and Entertainment, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US

The epic saga: In which Vivendi gets out of the way

Posted on December 1, 2009 by zyakaira

GE has finally got itself a new doorstop with Vivendi agreeing to sell out 20% in NBC Universal for $5.8 billion (MarketWatch story) Now one only needs to wait for Comcast to get in and bid for NBC and then…

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Will Buffet's GE get rid of NBC?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by zyakaira

NBC Universal executives declined to deny a report Wednesday night that Comcast, the cable giant, is in talks to buy the television and movie company from General Electric.Comcast also did not deny the report that bankers for the two sides…

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Posted in Financial Markets, Obamanomics, TARP