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Comcast CEO Talks Q1, From Cable To Theme Parks
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 11:41am | 500Read More...Brian Roberts, chairman and chief executive officer of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) appeared on CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday morning to talk about the company's impressive first quarter. "It was a really strong quarter across the board, I think, on a lot of metrics, on most metrics and we've been...
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Olympics May Not Produce Continuous Ratings Gold for NBC
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 8:45am | 479Read More...Although the Olympics are known to bring in hundreds of millions of viewers every four years, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) may have banked too heavily on promoting NBC programs throughout the competition. According to The New York Times, NBC will be unable to maintain its currently high ratings from the...
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Disney Trades Up on The Avengers Profit
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 3:16pm | 426Read More...The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) traded slightly up on Wednesday after the company reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday after market close. The company's third-quarter results exceeded expectations for earnings, but revenues came in lower than anticipated. Disney reported third-quarter...
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Disney Trumps DreamWorks, Others with Pixar's Brave
Monday, June 25, 2012 - 1:41pm | 328Read More...In a weekend that included vampire hunters and an asteroid that threatens to destroy the planet, a young redheaded princess has soared to the top of movie ticket sales. Brave, the enchanting animated comedy from Pixar, Disney's (NYSE: DIS) chief animation studio, has earned an estimated $66.7...
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Four Stocks That Should Abolish Piracy Laws
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 8:22am | 1222Read More...These four corporations should take the laws on piracy and throw them into the meat grinder as soon as possible. The reason? There are many. But in short, current piracy laws make it easier for content to be distributed illegally than through any of the legal channels. It's time for that to change...
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NBCUniversal and Netflix Renew Multi-Year TV and Film Content Agreement
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 12:00pm | 44Read More...Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution today announced a multi-year renewal of their licensing agreement expanding the selection of non-exclusive NBCU film and TV library titles available to watch instantly streaming from Netflix.
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Why the World Will End if Google Buys Hulu
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 2:58pm | 913Read More...R.E.M. once sang about this moment. “It's the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang loudly. He repeated those words a few hundred times, just be certain that we got the message. Today, we're getting that message loud and clear. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to take Hulu off the hands...
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Comcast to Buy Blackstone's Stake in Universal Orlando
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 11:45am | 202Read More...Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) plans to purchase Blackstone Group's (NYSE: BX) stake in Universal Orlando, sources familiar with the situation said Tuesday. Comcast is expected to pay between $1 billion and $1.5 billion for Blackstone's half of the theme park. In March, Blackstone offered to sell...
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Bloomberg To File FCC Complaint Against Comcast, Says Oppenheimer
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 7:43am | 77Read More...Oppenheimer has published a report on Bloomberg's recent announcement to file an FCC Complaint against Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA). In the report, Oppenheimer writes "Per Ad Age, Bloomberg intends to file a complaint with the FCC accusing Comcast of failing to comply with condition for its takeover of...
