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Hulu Owners Explore Sale -- Who Has a Few Billion Lying Around?

March 25, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 8 weeks ago

Hulu is once again on the block, but an outright sale is one of several avenues being considered

  

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to Resign Friday (Report)

March 21, 2013 By Lucas Shaw & Ira Teinowitz 9 weeks ago

Genachowski's term ends this summer

  

Brian Roberts: How Comcast's $4.4B Investment in the Olympics Will Pay Off Big-Time

March 21, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 9 weeks ago

Roberts cites NBCU's use of the London Olympics to launch "The Voice" as an example of the kind of synergies that having the Games offers

  

Comcast to Buy Remaining 49 Percent of NBCUniversal

February 12, 2013 By Lucas Shaw & Tim Molloy 14 weeks ago

NBCU buying space it uses at one of America's most famous addresses

  

Comcast Sounding Retreat in Georgetown Utility-Box Dispute

November 7, 2012 By Doug Halonen 28 weeks ago

Refrigerator-sized utility boxes in Washington's historic Georgetown district brought protests from preservationists

  

Nanny Deaths: Comcast CEO Extends Condolences to Executive Whose Children Were Murdered

October 26, 2012 By Tim Molloy 30 weeks ago

CNBC executive's children killed by nanny, police say

  

Comcast CEO: NBC in 'Beginning of a Turnaround'

October 26, 2012 By Tim Molloy 30 weeks ago

Network is top-rated in key demo for the first time since 2002

  

Earnings: Olympics Help Comcast Earn Higher 3Q Profits

October 26, 2012 By Tim Molloy 30 weeks ago

Company loses fewer video customers than expected

  

Comcast Class-Action Suit Will Be Heard by Supreme Court

October 1, 2012 By Doug Halonen 33 weeks ago

A federal court judge's decision to side with Comcast sets the stage for the class-action matter to be heard by the Supreme Court

  

Verizon's $3.6B Spectrum Deal Nears Approval

August 14, 2012 By Doug Halonen 40 weeks ago

Federal regulators are said to be close to green-lighting Verizon Wireless' deal to buy wireless spectrum controlled by Comcast and other major cable companies 

  

About That Stacey Snider Universal Rumor ...

August 1, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 42 weeks ago

Hollywood’s phone lines are burning up over the rumor that Stacey Snider might replace Ron Meyer at the head of Universal. The problem is there are zero facts to back it up.

  

NBC May Break Even on Summer Olympics Coverage

August 1, 2012 By Brent Lang 42 weeks ago

"We're way ahead of where we thought we would be," NBC Universal chief Steve Burke tells analysts

  

Comcast Earnings Beat Street with Internet Subscribers

August 1, 2012 By Reuters 42 weeks ago

NBC Universal unit bruised by poor box office for "Battleship"

  

Apple TV Adds Hulu Plus

July 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 42 weeks ago

Hulu is already available on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and other connected devices

  

$3B Comcast Sale of A&E to Disney, Hearst OK'd by Feds

July 30, 2012 By Doug Halonen 42 weeks ago

The deal will involve cash and a note issued by A&E

  

FCC Decides in Favor of Tennis Channel in Discrimination Case Against Comcast

July 24, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 43 weeks ago

Maintaining its innocence, Comcast claims that its First Amendment rights are being trampled

  

Comcast, Scripps Reach Multi-Year Partnership

July 16, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 44 weeks ago

Scripps' array of networks and programming will come to Comcast's Xfinity TV customers for years to come

  

MSNBC.com Becomes NBCNews.com After Comcast Takes Over

July 16, 2012 By Sharon Waxman & Tim Molloy 44 weeks ago

Purchase price for Microsoft's share reported at $300 million

  

Comcast Selling Stake in A&E for $3B

July 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 45 weeks ago

Company will now be controlled evenly by Disney and Hearst

  

Comcast to Pay $800K to Resolve FCC Probe

June 27, 2012 By Doug Halonen 47 weeks ago

Comcast will also continue offering its lower-priced, Internet-only broadband service for an additional year

  

PayPal Teams With TiVo, Comcast for Interactive Click-And-Buy Ad Service

June 12, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 49 weeks ago

New PayPal-enhanced interactive advertisements will allow TiVo and Comcast viewers to purchase products with remotes

  

Comcast Chief Admits 'Battleship's' a Bomb

June 1, 2012 By Brent Lang 51 weeks ago

Brian Roberts acknowledges what few in the media have been saying: "Battleship" is a "John Carter"-sized flop

  

Comcast Ups Data Usage Limits Following Netflix Complaint

May 17, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Comcast Corp. announced Thursday that it is lifting its cap on customers' monthly bandwidth use following complaints from competitors

  

Netflix Turning Up the Heat on AT&T, Comcast and TWC Over Data Caps

May 15, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Netflix is lobbying federal regulators to prevent the cable companies from leveraging monthly broadband-usage caps against the video-streaming giant 

  

Consumer Group: Verizon-Time Warner Cable-Cox Joint Venture a 'Template for Cartel'

May 9, 2012 By Doug Halonen 1 year ago

Public Knowledge wants more information about the joint venture to develop new technologies be made public

  

Sen. Franken Wants Obama Administration to Investigate Comcast

May 7, 2012 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Minnesota Democrat says anticompetitive behavior could raise cable and internet rates

 

  
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