Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such ...
Justice Department, Federal Communications Commission promise tough review of Comcast-NBC deal Federal regulators are pledging rigorous reviews of Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of NBC Universal to ensure that it would not stifle competition or harm consumers. Christine Varney, the Justice Department's antitrust ...
Christopher Allen Lewis pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in the hack and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. A Delaware man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to his role in a hack that took down Comcast's homepage and email ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top senator on antitrust matters has written to NBC to express concern that some of its Internet coverage of the Winter Olympics is limited to pay television subscribers. Senator Herb Kohl's letter said sports fans who want to ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp <CMCSA.O> CEO Brian Roberts brokered the 2001 deal that turned the cable company his father founded into a national player, but he is perhaps better known for his failed attempt to buy Walt Disney Co <DIS.N> ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered ...
<div id="subtitle">Activists claim deal could violate antitrust laws</div><div><p>The next big mega-merger between media companies seems poised to go forward, with Comcast officially taking a 51 percent stake in NBC-Universal from its longtime corporate parent General Electric, creating an entertainment giant with an ...
<div id="subtitle">GE to buy at least $345 million worth of ads over 5 years from NBC Universal</div><div><p>General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the ...
<div id="subtitle">NBC Universal chief says company is investing more in broadcast programming</div><div><p>NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said Monday the company is putting more money into its network broadcast programming, calling it a "mistake" that it hadn't invested more over the past few ...
<div id="subtitle">Time Warner Cable to Comcast: Integrating content and cable distribution didn't work for us</div><div><p>The chief executive of Time Warner Cable Inc. offers this warning to Comcast Corp. on its purchase of a controlling stake in NBC Universal: Mixing content and distribution ...
