Brian Roberts News
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Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable provider, said its new X2 TV guide will be available to customers later this year, as it seeks to offer a more interactive service similar to online video platforms.
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Comcast Corp.’s $16.7 billion acquisition of the rest of NBC Universal signals Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts’s increased confidence in the prospects for entertainment as a partner for cable distribution.
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Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist and former lobbyist, moves toward a U.S. Senate hearing on his nomination to lead the Federal Communications Commission without stated support from the lawmaker who can most sway the process.
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Tom Wheeler, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the FCC, agreed to sell holdings of $500,001 to $1 million in both AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. to resolve possible conflicts of interest before taking office.
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At a benefit for the Metropolitan Opera last night, Joe Torre noted the connection between opera and baseball.
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On a gray day in February 2010, Brian Roberts sat facing the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee. The panel was holding its first hearing on a proposed merger between two of the country’s most powerful media companies, the cable distribution giant Comcast Corp. and the entertainment conglomerate NBC Universal.
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NBC is upgrading “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon’s studio in New York, a potential new home for “The Tonight Show” if Fallon takes over from Jay Leno, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Umar Cheema, a reporter in Pakistan, was kidnapped, beaten and dropped by the roadside.
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Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts received 14 percent more in compensation last year, earning $31.1 million as he led the company’s takeover of NBC Universal.
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NBC, the struggling broadcast network acquired by Comcast Corp. in January 2011, is off to a surprisingly strong start in the new television season.
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