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Comcast In Deal Talks With NBC Universal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-can-only-end-badly dept.

schwit1 sent us an LA Times article about another step in the seemingly unending media consolidation. This time it's Cable giant Comcast Corp. looking at NBC. NBC owns a slew of channels, including Bravo, USA and Syfy (who might have the single lamest rebranding since Spike). The article says that it would be far cheaper than the Disney deal Comcast tried to pull off 5 years ago.

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  1. False report (according to Comcast) by smooth+wombat · · Score: 2, Informative

    While the news came out, Comcast has since denied it is in a deal to purchase NBC Universal.

    Granted, this is Comcast who is most certainly looking for ways to expand its monopoly and further control what people watch, but for now, there is no deal for them to purchase NBC Universal.

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  2. Re:Lamest rebranding by Scyber · · Score: 4, Informative

    On the other hand, Sci-Fi's decision to call themselves "Syfy" is simply a lame attempt to justify having professional wrestling in their lineup.

    It was my understanding that the primary issue is that they couldn't trademark Sci-Fi b/c it was a generic term.

  3. Re:When they control...... by ericrost · · Score: 2, Informative

    AT&T comes with espn360 streaming, which has formula 1, 3, and nascar racing events live and replayed on demand whenever you want. I'm a huge college football fan who used to pay for the extra package during the season, and I just got sick enough of it that I explored my options.

    There's other isp's that pay for espn360:

    http://espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/affList

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