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  • Friday 7:14 AM More on Comcast's (CMCSA) bid for MSNBC.com (previous): An exec with NBC News confirms that discussions and due diligence are ongoing in the deal for Comcast to buy out Microsoft's 50% stake in the website. A key point for negotiations centers on MSNBC.com securing strategic placement on the MSN.com website.
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  • Thursday 11:40 PM In the next step after Dish Network's (DISH) pre-emptive legal strike, Fox (NWS), NBC (CMCSA) and CBS have now all sued the satellite provider over its commercial-skipping "AutoHop" technology, claiming copyright and licensing violations. Subtle questions over who controls the skipping could dictate whether Dish faces the fate of ReplayTV: being sued out of existence.
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  • Thursday 4:58 PM Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal subsidiary is in "serious negotiations" to buy Microsoft's (MSFT) stake in MSNBC.com, and could gain full control of the site by this summer, multiple sources tell Adweek. Such a deal could be another example of Microsoft's efforts to reduce the giant losses posted by its Online Services division.
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  • Wednesday 1:08 PM A panel of sports TV execs see the prices for the rights to televise major sports events continuing to rise - a sentiment that seemingly flies in the face of word that Comcast will lose money on the London Olympics and GM will opt out of Super Bowl advertising. The rationale behind the hefty premium is that live sports programming delivers a highly-targeted audience and is fast becoming the last bastion of appointment viewing with digital recording of popular shows growing.
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  • Wednesday 12:58 PM The FCC is exploring whether online video sites such as Hulu and YouTube (GOOG) should be governed by the same rules as traditional pay-TV providers. Any move in this direction could have huge implications, potentially giving video sites the right to carry channels content owners have been unwilling to license (and thus representing major new competition for traditional providers), while also requiring them to carry less popular content.
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  • Wednesday 11:11 AM Disney (DIS -0.8%) CEO Robert Iger says the firm will pull the plug on programming if Dish Network's (DISH -1.0%) commercial-skipping service takes off as he dangles Dancing with the Stars as a potential high-profile casualty. While it's very early in the fight, the question of the survivability of commercial-laced TV programming has to be raised with the coming onslaught of original programming from players such as NetFlix, Amazon, Yahoo, Google, Hulu, and others that go lighter on the ads.
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  • Wednesday 8:29 AM Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal plans to boost its online coverage of the London Olympics by 3K hours as it moves off of a strategy of holding back from broadcasting events until prime-time slots. NBC execs now see live streaming during the morning and afternoon hours as helping to promote evening programming - instead of cannibalizing it by providing spoilers for the results of key events. The big picture: The latest forecasts still tag Comcast with a loss over its $1.18B investment in the London Games.
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We are a leading provider of video, high-speed Internet and phone services (“cable services”), offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications services to residential and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2009, our cable systems served approximately 23.6 million video... More

Sector: Services
Industry: CATV Systems
Country: United States