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Archive for the ‘NBC Universal’ Category

Business Briefing | Deals: Group Is Said to Bid $3.5 Billion for Weather Channel

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

An investor group led by NBC Universal and two private equity firms appeared to be leading the bidding for the Weather Channel.

author By THE NEW YORK TIMES, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in NBC Universal, Bain Capital, Blackstone Group|BX|NYSE, Weather Channel, Television, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures | Comments Off | Read more..

The Medium: Voilà (Sort Of)!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

What this year’s television upfronts will actually reveal.

author By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Blogs and Blogging (Internet), ABC Inc, Museum of Television and Radio, comScore, Inc|SCOR|NASDAQ, NBC Universal, Fox Broadcasting Co, Television, Advertising and Marketing, National Broadcasting Co, CBS Corp|CBS|NYSE, Ratings and Rating Systems | Comments Off | Read more..

Bravo’s Parent Sues for ‘Runway’ Rights

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

NBC Universal, the parent company of Bravo network, filed a lawsuit to try to keep one of the biggest hits in cable television from moving to Lifetime this fall.

author By BILL CARTER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in New York Fashion Week, Lifetime Television, Bravo, NBC Universal, Television | Comments Off | Read more..

Digital Domain: Online Commercials: Now That’s a Hard Sell

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The television industry is moving online and mounting its most ambitious attempt to date to restore mandatory viewing of commercials.

author By RANDALL STROSS, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in NBC Universal, Advertising and Marketing, Television, Computers and the Internet, TiVo Incorporated|TIVO|NASDAQ | Comments Off | Read more..

Digital Domain: Online Commercials: Now That’s a Hard Sell

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The television industry is moving online and mounting its most ambitious attempt to date to restore mandatory viewing of commercials.

author By RANDALL STROSS, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in NBC Universal, Advertising and Marketing, Television, Computers and the Internet, TiVo Incorporated|TIVO|NASDAQ | Comments Off | Read more..

Advertising: NBC to Revive a Mainstay of Early TV

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Sponsors will get a say in content and its name on the show.

author By STUART ELLIOTT, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Silverman, Ben, Liberty Mutual Group, NBC Universal, National Broadcasting Co, Advertising and Marketing, Television | Comments Off | Read more..

Bravo’s Chief Reaches Out to the Prosperous Urban Woman

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Lauren Zalaznick, the woman behind the surging success of cable television’s Bravo network is, in many ways, a model of the channel’s viewers — wealthy, educated and attentive to pop culture.

author By BILL CARTER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Zalaznick, Lauren, Bravo, NBC Universal, Cable Television, Executives and Management | Comments Off | Read more..

USA and SciFi Chief to Lead NBC Cable Entertainment

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

The move sets up an unusual division at the television studio, with Bonnie Hammer overseeing all the shows intended to be played on cable.

author By BILL CARTER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Wire and Cable, NBC Universal, Executives and Management, Television | Comments Off | Read more..

Telemundo Is Said to Have Struck Deal in Mexico

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Executives involved in the deal said that Televisa had agreed to include multiple hours of Telemundo programs on one of its Mexico-based broadcast television stations.

author By BILL CARTER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Spanish Language, Mexico, Telemundo, Zucker, Jeff, Cable Television, NBC Universal, Television | Comments Off | Read more..

G.E. Chairman Rejects Talk of NBC Sale

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Looking to squelch persistent rumors, G.E.’s chairman, Jeffrey R. Immelt, plans to make his most definitive statement yet about his company’s chief media asset.

author By BILL CARTER, source www.nytimes.com

Posted in Immelt, Jeffrey R, Zucker, Jeff, NBC Universal, General Electric Co|GE|NYSE, National Broadcasting Co, Television | Comments Off | Read more..