Comcast

...Ryan Blethen. For starters, the administration should block the sale of NBC Universal to Comcast Corp. By blocking the sale of NBC Universal to Comcast Corp., the Obama administration can send a message to the behemoth corporations...

In this article: NBC Universal, DirecTV, AT&T, GE, Philadelphia, and BitTorrent

...down the cable giant's homepage and Web mail service for more than five hours and allegedly cost the company over $128,000. Visitors to Comcast.net had been redirected to a simple page reading "KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT RoXed COMCAST...

In this article: E mail, Network Solutions, U.S., and Wired magazine

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Media mogul John Malone said Thursday that Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal would give it too much market power and force competitors to consider similar acquisitions. Comcast Corp. -...

In this article: John Malone, NBC Universal, GE, DirecTV Group Inc., Philadelphia, Vivendi SA, Universal Studios, Liberty Media Corp., and El Segundo, Calif.

...that ensure choice programming held by Comcast is available to competing cable operators, it says Comcast doesn't always do so easily. "The rumored Comcast-NBC Unviersal merger would hugely expand Comcast's control over 'must have' cable...

In this article: Charlie Ergen, NBC Universal, Vertical integration, Federal Communications Commission, File sharing, Columbia University School of Law, Cable Act, Dish Network, and Western Union

DENVER (AP) - NBC might have a partner in the cable company that wanted to be its Olympic rival. Cable giant Comcast Corp., is expected to purchase NBC Universal, a transaction that would merge the two TV companies that were at odds over...

In this article: USOC, International Olympic Committee, NBC Universal, NBC, Dick Ebersol, Revenue, Olympic sports, MLB Network, and Vancouver Olympics

...from the same requirements as satellite-delivered programming to foster local programming diversity," She added that Comcast sells Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia programming to Verizon and RCN. Public interest groups have also expressed...

In this article: Charlie Ergen, NBC Universal, Cable Act, Dish Network, Vivendi, and Universal Studios

...also didn't show much enthusiasm. In April 2004, two months after mounting the takeover attempt on Disney, Comcast walked away. Comcast wanted Disney's programming and cable networks, especially the valuable ESPN, which cable providers...

In this article: Brian Roberts, Disney, NBC Universal, John Malone, Bill Gates, Archie Manning, GE Capital, and Ralph Roberts

Key events in Comcast Corp.'s history: 1963 - Ralph Roberts buys American Cable Systems, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Miss., for $500,000. 1969 - Company renamed Comcast - from "communications" and "broadcast." 1988...

In this article: Comcast Corp, Disney, Clearwire Corp., Golf Channel, ESPN, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Microsoft Corp.