NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is rolling up a batch of changes into one post-Beth Comstock announcement: Digital: As we reported earlier, the digital team now reports to Salil Mehta, president…

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If the tom-toms keep beating, eventually they’ll be right. It’s official: Beth Comstock is moving back to GE after two-plus years at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The move was first…

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The digital words are flying like crazy as people try to draw conclusions from quarterlife‘s one-and-done tenure on NBC and it’s likely move to cable, at least for the end…

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Peacock Equity Fund, the strategic venture fund which is part of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), has now upped it fund size from an initial $250 million to $1 billion, according…

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-- Microsoft To Test Ad Effectiveness Tool:  Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will begin beta testing a new measurement tool called “Engagement Mapping” next month. Instead of linking sales, leads and traffic…

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NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is winding down the beta period of its NBC Direct, the free TV program download service it introduced last fall, according to P2P provider Pando Networks,…

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paidContent.org has confirmed that iVillage is closing Healthology.com and laying off 18 employees—nine now, nine in May. That brings the number of layoffs announced by iVillage in the past 10…

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-- NBCU’s entertainment sites offer retro shows: NBC Digital Entertainment and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Cable Entertainment announced they will be offering vintage TV content on their entertainment sites, NBC.com,…

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NBC finally makes a decision: no upfronts, but a smaller “spotlight” event, and then series of client meetings with media buyers instead. As NYT writes here, get ready for “the…

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iVillage’s feeble attempts at cross-synergies into TV via NBCU have been nipped again: The retooled iVillage Live, which was canceled last year due to low ratings, and relaunched and now…

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paidContent has learned that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is pursuing a music joint venture for MySpace—similar to Hulu, its video joint venture with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), but with variations…

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After a few months of negotiations, UK-based TV show producer Reveille has been sold to independent production company Shine for $125 million, NYT reported. The final acquisition price could rise…

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While we were watching for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) layoffs, iVillage cut roughly 4 percent of its staff—13 jobs out of about 300. Those laid off across divisions include Editor-in-Chief Jennie…

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This is me doing my bit to save the best show on network TV, Friday Night Lights on NBC. EW is reporting, not a huge surprise, that NBCU is still…

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As we told you back in November, ESPN/*Disney* vet Salil Mehta is the new head of biz dev for NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The official title: president, business operations, strategy…

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I am at NATPE, at the Mandalay Bay, listening in to Jeff Zucker, CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), who is striking a mixed note of pessimism and optimism. --…

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Multi-platform entertainment programmer LX.TV has been acquired by NBC’s Local Media Division. LX.TV began producing hi-def programming for NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) WNBC last January. The company will become a…

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Internet advertising will attract only $70 million in ad spend related to the summer Olympics, out of a total $1.5 billion in expected expenditures for the Beijing event, according to…

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As our sister site ContentSutra confirmed Jan. 2, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is taking a major stake in the UK subsidiary of Indian media company NDTV. The price tag: $150…

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NBCU parent and economic bellwether GE posted Q4 revenue of $48.5 billion, up 18 percent from the $41.2 billion in the year-ago period. Net income grew 17 percent to $6.7…

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-- Sony, DivX pact for online downloads: Studios have resisted DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) software for downloads until now but Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures TV finally has given in. Online retailers…

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The setting: the bustling NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center, a multi-million-dollar production complete with full-fledged television studio. Around the booth, areas that show off…

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What a week for the two camps: after Warner Bros. pulled out of HD DVD camp, and denials by Paramount of going completely Blu-Ray, comes the news from Variety that…

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Last October, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and companies like News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and others signed on…

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Veoh wants to have it both ways: legit distribution deals with the likes of CBS (NYSE: CBS) and guerrilla tactics to showcase NBC and Fox content from Hulu. Prison Break,…

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