M-I-C … See Ya Real Soon?

Discusses how the cable company Comcast offered an unsolicited bid to takeover the Walt Disney Co. Negotiations between Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and Disney CEO Michael Eisner about the proposed merger; Consideration of the poor financial performances at Disney's theme parks and animation business; Business strategies used by Roberts; Competition for Comcast from phone companies that will deliver video programming, phone services, and broadband Internet access through a single line; How Rupert Murdoch of News Corp. bought control of DirecTV satellite services.