NBC Universal

...byline) By Jui Chakravorty and Anupreeta Das NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - General Electric and Vivendi are moving closer to a deal on NBC Universal, with Vivendi agreeing to accept payment for just one-third of its stake until a related...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. Further...

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...$1 billion to $2 billion apart on the valuation of the French group's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, the report said. Comcast's offer values NBC Universal at about $30 billion, implying a $6 billion valuation for Vivendi's stake.

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...Electric, which owns 80 percent of NBCU, and Comcast Corp have agreed on the structure of the board for the proposed joint venture with NBC Universal, a person familiar with the matter said last week. Any deal between GE and Comcast would...

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...to "weakness" at the ESPN and ABC networks. The sector's woes are also said to be weighing on NBC Universal's efforts to sell more than $1bn in advertising inventory for the summer Olympics. Analysts at Sanford Bernstein predict that...

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...includes energy, oil, gas and water. GE Capital brings together the financial service businesses. NBC Universal will remain unchanged. General Motors said it is extending its employee discounts to a wider group of nonemployees in an...

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...longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. Comcast, the largest cable TV operator in the U.S., wants NBC Universal largely for its lucrative cable channels. But it isn't likely to raise its offer to General Electric Co.,...

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...continuing our work in representing world class consumer and entertainment brands such as Heineken, Loehmann's, Vh1, General Motors, NBC Universal, Kmart, AMC, and Luxottica, and a growing list of entertainment properties via the Vanguard...

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...Motors products as de facto characters in the shows, but both were soon off the air. Silverman's biggest legacy at NBC, along with that of NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, who hired him, may be the decision to give Jay Leno a weeknight live...

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...that will make NBCU movies and TV shows available for paid download and rental. [13] Sony has struck a deal with NBC Universal which will see the network's films and TV shows promptly placed on the PlayStation Network after they are...

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