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25 May 2012, 8:48 am by tekEditor
In fact, Fox and NBC-Universal just sued DirecTV because they've developed an "ad hopper" which allows DirecTV customers to automatically skip over advertising. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 4:54 pm
., and NBC Universal, Hulu filed a formal opposition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Appeal Board on February 29, claiming that Dish Network's "TV Everywhere" is merely descriptive and too generic of a term to be a trademark. [read post]
31 Dec 2011, 1:00 pm by Jeffrey May
A consent decree resolved antitrust concerns with the combination of Comcast—the nation’s largest cable operator and Internet service provider—and NBC Universal’s cable networks, filmed entertainment, and television programming (2011-2 Trade Cases ¶77,585). [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 4:09 pm
The joint venture combined Comcast—the nation’s largest cable operator and Internet service provider—and NBC Universal's cable networks, filmed entertainment, and television programming, including the NBC broadcast network. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 4:09 pm
The joint venture combined Comcast—the nation’s largest cable operator and Internet service provider—and NBC Universal's cable networks, filmed entertainment, and television programming, including the NBC broadcast network. [read post]
19 Aug 2011, 5:54 am by joe bahgat
Fairman, an Ohio State University law professor who recently published the book, “Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting our First Amendment Liberties. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 11:45 am
News giant Bloomberg has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, accusing Comcast of violating conditions it agreed to as part of its merger with NBC Universal, which created a $30 billion entertainment colossus. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 3:21 pm
Antitrust Division, FCC Conditionally Approve Comcast/NBC Universal Joint VentureThis posting was written by Jeffrey May, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.The Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Communications Commission yesterday conditionally approved a joint venture between Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric Co.The joint venture, which was announced in December 2009, combines Comcast–the… [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 11:25 am
"I'm hearing that Comcast is already preparing to pull NBC Universal's programming from Netflix when it's next up for review," Franken said. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 12:01 pm by Steven Titch
I can’t help but wonder if this makes moot all the handwringing about the FCC’s desire to place conditions on the online services a merged Comcast-NBC Universal can offer. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 6:12 am by admin
  And yet, by publicly announcing their intended managers of each component of NBC Universal, Comcast has effectively told employees at NBC Universal who their ‘real bosses’ are. . . . . [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 7:19 am by Morning Dockette
Phaedra has also served as a legal analyst on NBC and Fox News. [read post]
2 Oct 2010, 4:13 am by Pete Black
Zucker expanded NBC's presence online and on cable, but his tenure was marred by a string of unsuccessful projects in the company's entertainment division and the Conan/Leno late night debacle. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 4:36 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Suppose we decide we love opt-out so much we want to extend it to universities/libraries (don’t other countries have these regimes?). [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 6:13 pm by Adam Thierer
., Vice President at Large of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, have advocated the creation of a “Fund for Local News” that “would make grants for advances in local news reporting and innovative ways to support it. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 1:32 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
The State of Advertising Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario; co-host, NPR’s On the Media NBC is doomed except as a cable channel: tech and simple economics undermine TV’s business model. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 7:30 am by Adam Thierer
Roberts, and NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker. [read post]
16 Jan 2010, 11:27 pm
If the Comcast deal goes through, under which the cable operator would acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal from corporate parent GE, then I’d expect some hasty departures. [read post]
4 Jan 2010, 2:29 am by gmlevine
Although it is true that the Complainant is also in the business of entertainment, it “appears from the record in this proceeding …that [its] entertainment products and services are marketed under the NBC and Universal names and a variety of marks associated with particular broadcasting and cable channels, websites, and production studios. [read post]
1 Jan 2010, 5:07 pm
For instance, when the Comcast – NBC Universal deal closes (assuming, of course, that it does), Comcast will control a cable system, a broadcast network, and multiple cable channels, whereas Time Warner Cable is a cable system only (that’s because Time Warner Inc. spun off TWC) and Fox’s parent, News Corp., lacks a cable system. [read post]