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NYTimes: Comcast May Control NBC Universal By Next Week!!!!



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The New York Times reported Sunday that GE and Comcast reached on Friday a tentative agreement to sell 51% of NBC Universal to Comcast, and that the deal could be completed by next week.

Word is Comcast is likely to then keep the NBCU-owned cable channels and sell off the NBC broadcast network and its owned & operated stations to a third party. Other components of NBC Universal include film studio Universal Pictures, TV production company NBC Universal Media and broadcast network Telemundo.

Comcast operates cable-TV systems as well as cable channels E!, G4, Style, Versus, AZN, The Golf Channel, The Comcast Network (formerly CN8), and SportsNet.

NBCU’s cable channels include USA, Bravo, Syfy, Oxygen, CNBC, MSNBC, Universal HD, Chiller, Sleuth, and The Weather Channel.

Find all of The Times’ story on the matter here.


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What does this mean for ShopNBC?
by OceanWang
Nov 2nd, 2009
04:59:19 PM
so, they are keeping all the good stuff
by Big Jim
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:00:16 PM
Jeff Zucker, prepare to suck some dick
by IndyGold
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:02:23 PM
Good bye everything
by shutupfanboy
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:07:12 PM
wow, this is pretty unreal...
by nalapou
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:19:42 PM
Does this mean no more GE jokes on 30 Rock?!
by Raymar
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:19:59 PM
Way do destroy a true American brand Jeff Fucker!
by Force_McCockin
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:34:08 PM
Thanks for the story herc, but help us out...
by Keblar
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:42:36 PM
it would be nice if the FTC says no go......
by j2talk
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:51:42 PM
yeah, this is really going to shake up 30rock
by Timahh
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:51:43 PM
Hopefully they'll tell that
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:54:18 PM
Cool! maybe they will fire Leno!
by PowerRing
Nov 2nd, 2009
05:57:29 PM
Shit, that means Community on 24 hours a day.
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:11:57 PM
Joss Whedon abusing the Terminator franchise?
by jaysin420
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:14:19 PM
Hey! Maybe They'll Fix The SyFy Channel!
by Real Deal
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:16:55 PM
That sounds huge
by CherryValance
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:18:34 PM
Good insight, Real Deal
by NoHubris
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:40:44 PM
meant "Also...:
by NoHubris
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:41:25 PM
Great, now TV Guide's gonna say
by TheZenCowSaysMu
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:42:35 PM
goddammit i hate comcast so much
by mrgreentheplant
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:43:09 PM
Universal Pictures
by NoHubris
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:45:35 PM
This can only be bad...
by Toulon
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:50:24 PM
Wondering what kind of impact this might have on...
by Jo3yHuds
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:51:51 PM
Based on the list of current Comcast owned channels
by chromedome
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:51:53 PM
Welp, guess they can't move Raw to NBC now.
by Shermdawg
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:52:48 PM
Actually, it could be that GE insists that Comcast buy all of it
by chromedome
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:54:32 PM
More DirecTV Deletions?
by BradP
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:56:20 PM
Herc, about that bluray player...
by yesiamaplant
Nov 2nd, 2009
06:59:25 PM
I have CSN on my DirecTV here in the Bay Area.
by AzulTool
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:05:14 PM
yay.
by sailingmaster
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:06:20 PM
McMahon won't let USA get yanked off DirecTV.
by Shermdawg
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:29:53 PM
It's comcastic!
by SifoDyasJr.
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:42:58 PM
never good
by Gungan Slayer
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:57:52 PM
Nikki Finke: Adrian Pasdar let go from Heroes...
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:03:40 PM
Speaking of Heroes...
by Doc Savant
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:21:07 PM
At least Caitlin will have some company.
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:22:58 PM
It's a plot to kill Leno!
by Royston Lodge
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:33:27 PM
Heroes best episode ever.
by jimbojones123
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:36:47 PM
Jeff Zucker will probably get his own show on CNBC now
by snowpuff
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:41:27 PM
But the ideal end of that episode was Sylar's death.
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:44:11 PM
Still, that's piss-poor no-class to let Pasdar go
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:46:05 PM
Didn't we hear the Triple H thing last week
by jimbojones123
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:57:04 PM
Wow.
by Johnny Smith
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:05:59 PM
It means Attack of the Clairebear 5 X per week!
by DreamSeasonBobby
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:25:00 PM
CASH FOR CLUNKERS
by DS9Sisko
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:30:53 PM
COMCAST TO OWN WORLD
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:31:47 PM
Here's hoping...
by jimmy rabbitte
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:39:37 PM
Thing is, does Kring think people will tune back to Heroes just
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:00:00 PM
just to see Nathan die AGAIN?
by PennsyDeux
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:00:43 PM
Hopefully
by NippleEffect
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:07:00 PM
Heroes only has as much direction...
by StarWarsRedux
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:09:54 PM
I read the article, hopefully things will change
by mistergreen
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:28:02 PM
If they touch Conan O'Brien...
by goldenstate5
Nov 2nd, 2009
10:33:47 PM
Yeah! Heroes Was Actually Good Tonight!
by Real Deal
Nov 2nd, 2009
11:11:29 PM
Well, at least they didn't sell them the defense division
by BrandLoyalist
Nov 2nd, 2009
11:15:03 PM
Tonight's Hero
by Gislef_crow
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:08:31 AM
Why do people worry about Conan?
by WickedJacob
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:55:00 AM
They don't own FX do they?
by RedJester
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:38:05 AM
They don't own FX do they?
by RedJester
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:38:09 AM
Sorry for the double post...
by RedJester
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:39:18 AM
Maybe they'll give NBCU the TechTV treatment
by Ckought
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:58:05 AM
jaysin420
by smackfu
Nov 3rd, 2009
04:24:51 AM
Media consolidation
by The McPoyle Clan
Nov 3rd, 2009
07:34:58 AM
i hate Comcast
by Judge Briggs
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:03:17 AM
how the hell is this not monopoly?
by Jack Burton
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:45:15 AM
SoA is Fox
by Jack Burton
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:52:09 AM
Re : chromedome
by Real Deal
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:53:14 AM
Wow. What recession?
by Larry Sellers
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:58:43 AM
Poor Hiro + Chrono Trigger
by Alientoast
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:27:46 AM
"just to see Nathan die AGAIN?" ** Heroes SPOILERS***
by Big Jim
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:28:30 AM
Prelim overnight rating for Heroes: 3.2/5
by PennsyDeux
Nov 3rd, 2009
09:51:45 AM
Time Warner
by Ckought
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:15:50 AM
chromedome
by NoHubris
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:16:52 AM
meant "...this MOVE shows..."
by NoHubris
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:20:49 AM
Heroes sucks ass
by supercowbell5THECOWBELLHASSPOK EN
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:21:35 AM
Ckought
by NoHubris
Nov 3rd, 2009
10:29:55 AM
CUMCASTIC!
by RectalBlowout
Nov 3rd, 2009
12:10:22 PM
Pennsy is the opposite of right
by Burgundy82
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:41:07 PM
meant "...arena..."
by NoHubris
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:53:49 PM
Good, now fire that Fucker Zucker
by Cash907
Nov 3rd, 2009
01:54:05 PM
Don't dump on the messenger, burgundy82...
by PennsyDeux
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:16:24 PM
Comcast sucks
by lockesbrokenleg
Nov 3rd, 2009
02:52:21 PM
not familiar with Comcast, but I know NBC are fuck ups
by FamousEccles
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:04:18 PM
Not good news
by MGTHEDJ
Nov 3rd, 2009
03:25:22 PM
Comcast is keeping the cable channels and selling the newtork?
by Chain
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:28:20 PM
That could have served as the Heroes series finale
by Raymar
Nov 3rd, 2009
06:44:08 PM
Re : lockesbrokenleg
by Real Deal
Nov 3rd, 2009
08:03:50 PM
Well...there goes hulu for sure
by codecrackx15
Nov 4th, 2009
08:46:33 AM
Heroes
by squarebird
Nov 10th, 2009
01:18:03 AM

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