Brian Roberts

Comcast-NBCU: The Strange Bedfellows at Year One

 January 30, 2012 By Fred Schruers 16 weeks ago

Some laughed when old-school cable company sat down to play with content. Now, despite some costly ratings and box-office woes, the shareholders are laughing all the way to the bank

  

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Hit With $500K Anti-Trust Fine

Media
 December 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 23 weeks ago

The Justice Department says that the cable executive violated premerger reporting when he acquire voting shares

  

Comcast Appoints Neil Smit CEO of Cable Communications

Television
 December 7, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 24 weeks ago

Smit, already president of Cable, adds another title

  

Viacom's Sumner Redstone: The Mogul Named 'Sue!'

Media
 July 4, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 46 weeks ago

Viacom is pressing three major lawsuits, each likely to end in an out-of-court settlement that boosts revenue. It's just the way Redstone rolls

  

Out at NBC -- What's Dick Ebersol's Next Move?

Television
 May 19, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The man who spearheaded NBC's sports and Olympic coverage for two decades is moving on, but to where? Here are some possible destinations

  

Comcast Profits Up as Company Looks for NBC Primetime Turnaround

Media
 February 16, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

During a conference call with investors, executives outlined broad strategic goals for NBCU, including a turnaround in primetime. Just don't expect one anytime soon

  

Comcast Plans to Offer Live TV Streaming on Tablets

Television
 January 5, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Company to also enable on-demand content for iPad and Android later this year

  

Meet Steve Burke: The Exorcist for What Ails NBCU

Television
 September 27, 2010 By Johnnie L. Roberts 1 year ago

He won’t suffer sycophants or loose lips. Says Warren Buffett: “He’s got everything you want in an executive." He'll need it.

  

Steve Burke Replacing Zucker Atop NBCU

Television
 September 26, 2010 By Johnnie L. Roberts 1 year ago

Days after firing Jeff Zucker, Comcast COO Steve Burke is appointed to his position of CEO at NBC Universal

  

Brian Roberts Does a Killer Steve Jobs Impression

Deal Central
 May 12, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

The Comcast chief steals the show from Moonves, Rothman and Bewkes, showing off his new iPad VOD interface

  

Brian Roberts: 'We Will Not Comcastize NBC-Universal'

Television
 May 11, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Doing Cable Show one-on-one with Peter Chernin, Comcast head says company is after Peacock content, not corporate culture

  

Chernin, Roberts Go One-on-One at Cable Show

Television
 April 30, 2010 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Former Fox chief will interview Comcast chairman-CEO at Newsmaker Brunch

  

Wells on Comcast Deal: Creating a 'Superpower'

Deal Central
 March 11, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Wants net neutrality, and a quarter of primetime hours devoted to independent programming

  

Roberts-Zucker & Congress Talk Layoffs, Minority Programming

Deal Central
 February 25, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Maxine Waters: “Is there some assumption that black programming is not profitable? ... I don’t understand why you don’t do it?”

  

Brian Roberts, Al Franken Clash on Comcast Deal (updated)

Deal Central
 February 4, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

"Excuse me if I don't trust them," former NBC comedian says during the Roberts-Zucker dog-and-pony show before Congress

  

Film Libraries a New Sticking Point for Comcast-NBCU Critics

Deal Central
 February 3, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Could prevent rival internet-based video-download services from achieving significant share, critics say

  

Roberts, Zucker Take Their $30B Case to Congress

Deal Central
 February 2, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

To testify their Comcast-NBCU deal will "benefit consumers and encourage much needed investment"

  

Roberts Supports Comcast-NBCU Deal ... and Zucker

Deal Central
 January 27, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Tells State of the Net conference merger is an all-out wager on the future of TV programming

  

Neil Smit Named President of Comcast Cable Communications

Deal Central | People
 January 22, 2010 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Cable veteran joins company from Charter Communications

  

Comcast-NBCU Approval Could Take Till Mid-2011

Deal Central
 December 4, 2009 By Ira Teinowitz 2 years ago

Until the deal is finalized, Comcast wants approval of all major deals and contracts.

  

Comcast: It's a Brave New World, and Cable Runs It

Media
 December 3, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

NBC was valued at zero in the purchase, the movie studio only at 2 percent

  

A New, 'Heimish' Day at NBCU -- See Ya, Six Sigma

Deal Central
 December 3, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Town hall ends with Brian Roberts welcoming the 30,000 employees into the Comcast "family"

  

Comcast/NBCU Conference Call: Vague Ideas, In Real-Time

Media
 December 3, 2009 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Brian Roberts on potential synergies, layoffs, future of Hulu.

  

Comcast-NBCU Deal: TheWrap's Complete Coverage

Deal Central
 December 3, 2009 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago
  

Comcast Buys NBCU to Create New Media Giant

Deal Central | People
 December 2, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

The deal closes at $30 billion valuation, with Comcast putting up $6.5B in cash, $7.25B in business value; Zucker is CEO

  

Hollywood Heavyweights Head to Obama Jobs Summit

Media
 November 29, 2009 By Josef Adalian 2 years ago

Iger, Roberts set to offer their advice on how to get America working again.

  
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