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MEDIA Comcast's bid to buy control of NBC Universal from GE and Vivendi will be subject to tough but narrowly defined conditions, it emerged as the Federal Communications Commission chairman [...]

media Regulatory delays will push back Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal until early next year, both companies said on Wednesday. The postponement will keep what would have been the biggest [...]

Business levies Barack Obama, president, was pressed by top executives to slash taxes on foreign earnings of US companies - prompting the White House to agree to 'continue discussions' on [...]

From Ms Amanda Orson. Sir, Lex (' US cable companies ', November 27) makes a faulty assumption that 'early adopters of technology . . . are generally rich'. Having cancelled [...]

MEDIA News analysis Subscriptions have seen their biggest drop in 30 years, writes Matthew Garrahan Netflix, the DVD subscription service that also offers movies to be streamed online, has a [...]

MEDIA Millions of television viewers in the New York and Philadelphia regions look set to miss the Major League Baseball World Series as a dispute between Cablevision and Fox stretches [...]

media Contract extended just months ago Chief says Comcast made wishes clear Jeff Zucker will make an earlier than expected exit from NBC Universal, stepping down after three turbulent years [...]

The telecoms industry is developing a habit of shooting itself in the foot. Cable operator Comcast blasted away by challenging the Federal Communications Commission's right to regulate broadband - its [...]

To take the lift up to the 14th floor of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer tower in the heart of Los Angeles is to leave one world and enter another. The rest of [...]

Cover Story MGM's back catalogue is not selling. The company is mired in so much debt that even James Bond has been stopped in his tracks. Could this be the [...]

Service planned after release in US Site has deals with Sony and Samsung Hulu, the online video service owned by News Corp, Walt Disney and NBC Universal, plans to launch [...]

MEDIA News analysis The economics of the digital future are sure to polarise this year's meeting, writes Kenneth Li Deal talk used to dominate the unofficial agenda of Sun Valley, [...]

Apple is on course to become the second-largest provider of paid on-demand movies in the US by the end of 2010, leapfrogging Time Warner Cable and setting itself up as [...]

Apple is on course to become the second-largest provider of paid on-demand films in the US by the end of 2010, leapfrogging Time Warner Cable and setting itself up as [...]

media Cablevision, the US cable company controlled by the Dolan family, was yesterday poised to announce the purchase of Bresnan Communications for $1.3bn. The deal, which could be announced as [...]

NBC's reshuffling of comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien was an unhappy distraction for a company in the midst of a $30bn transaction. GE and Vivendi, NBC Universal's owners, are [...]

Media executives thrive on high-wattage company - Hollywood celebrities, publishing legends and fellow tycoons. The tycoons, at least, were in abundance last summer at the annual retreat sponsored by boutique [...]

How Jeff Bewkes is guiding Time Warner out of the most ruinous merger in US history and back to the top of the media industry. Portrait by Salem Krieger Media [...]

Broadband networks are often likened to the railways of the new economy, but they're actually much more important than that. They are also the printing presses, the telephone lines and [...]

High-speed internet providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon were gearing up for battle with the Obama administration after the US media regulator unveiled plans to impose tougher regulations on [...]

Democratic lawmakers are pushing Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to institute a tough regulatory regime on providers of high-speed internet access such as Comcast and AT&T. In [...]

News analysis Paul Taylor and Andrew Parker examine the deals being struck to improve reach and technology Bandwidth-hungry smartphones led by Apple's iPhone are unleashing a data tsunami on mobile [...]

Be careful what you wish for. Two weeks ago a court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacked the legal authority it had asserted to regulate the behaviour of Comcast, [...]

media Cable provider at risk after ruling Comcast's bid to take over NBC Universal could face more stringent conditions from the Federal Communications Commission after the company's victory in the [...]

technology hardware Group to leapfrog rival Technicolor Sales expected to hit [pounds sterling]1bn for first time Pace will this week announce that it has overtaken Technicolor to become the world's [...]

technology hardware Cisco Systems is developing an ultra-high-speed system for internet access with a number of US service providers, according to people close to the company. The move by the [...]

News analysis Showdown is the biggest challenge US web service providers have seen, write Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Richard Waters Google is gearing up for a bloody fight in Washington. For [...]

Comcast will be in Washington today pitching its plans to buy NBC Universal. While politicians will be more interested in making noises about consumer protection, they might also do a [...]

Once the leader in free-to-air shows, NBC Universal sees its future in pay-TV, writes Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson After weeks of watching his programming strategy for NBC pilloried by comedians on his [...]

MEDIA NBC looked increasingly likely to lose the host of its most venerable franchise yesterday as Conan O'Brien said he would not risk the 'destruction' of the Tonight Show by [...]

MEDIA NBC looked increasingly likely to lose the host of its most venerable franchise yesterday as Conan O'Brien said he would not risk the 'destruction' of the Tonight Show by [...]

Regulation US officials warned they would closely scrutinise Comcast's bid for control of NBC Universal, as the cable company sought to ease regulatory and shareholder concerns. The combination of the [...]

News analysis Armed with a hefty war chest, Jeff Immelt is eyeing his targets, writes Justin Baer General Electric will eventually reap more than $8bn from the spin-off of NBC [...]

The creation of a company that could control about one-fifth of all advertising on US televisions poses the first significant test of the Obama administration's merger policies, write Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson [...]

m&A News analysis Jeff Immelt will not be short of ideas on how to spend the funds, writes Justin Baer General Electric will eventually reap more than $8bn from the [...]

Corporate executives should not behave like hedge fund managers. Yet Comcast's chief executive Brian Roberts (who controls a third of the company via special voting rights, while owning less than [...]

media News analysis Deal would create rival to Disney, write Kenneth Li and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Tina Fey quipped last month about whether NBC Universal would change the name of hit [...]

MEDIA News Analysis Details of the deal have improved, write Kenneth Li and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Comcast's long-awaited bid for control of NBC Universal will value the joint venture with General [...]