Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift (the Stuffy Head Cold Edition). In this week's edition, I look at the $30 billion mega-merger between Comcast and NBC Universal. Critics already believe the deal could lead to higher cable rates and less free content on Hulu. Plus, AOL's Tim [...]
Comcast buys 51% of NBC Universal. Are you happy or sad?
On one hand, let’s hope Comcast doesn’t destroy NBC as this could be a sad day to the future of their programming. But there are always other outlets on the Internet to turn to for programming and [...]
Tom Brokaw, in one of his first comments on the just announced Comcast/NBC merger, says the prospective merger would be "a good thing."
His comment comes in at 2 minutes into this interview with Liz Glover of washingtontimes.com. She spoke with the NBC News special correspondent earlier today.
Andy [...]
In a deal just announced, Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, will buy a controlling stake in NBC. The deal will take a year to close and will surely be subject to strenuous regulatory review, notably from the FTC.
As the power of the broadcast networks has fallen and' [...]
Comcast-owned video destination Fancast.com lured 11.3 million unique visitors in October, nearly double its 6.5 million count in September, according to comScore.
I spoke with Comcast senior VP Karen Gilford about Fancast at the newTeeVee Live event in San Francisco earlier this month.
She attributes the jump to marketing. [...]
SAN JOSE, CA -- Adding another notch to its cable customer belt, online video technology firm thePlatform inked a deal to power broadband video for Rogers Cable.
The company's VP of marketing Marty Roberts told us thePlatform now delivers online video for five of the seven largest cable operators including' [...]
Following in the footsteps of ESPN Local and CBS, Comcast will develop local sports sites on the back of its existing TV properties. Comcast has already launched Comcast SportsNet News England, which it calls “the most comprehensive and dedicated online local sports [...]
SAN FRANCISCO -- Comcast, the nation's biggest cable system, will launch an online offering of its television service to 14 million Comcast "double play" subscribers next month. Comcast's Interactive Media President Amy Banse told Beet.TV's Daisy Whitney in this video interview.
While the December introduction had been widely anticipated' [...]
Not long after I overheard a Comcast ad on a college football broadcast, the doorbell rang. It was a guy wearing a Comcast shirt and carrying a clipboard-type contraption with some kind of a phone-like keyboard at one end. Under the clip was a list of channels. We greeted each [...]
