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NBC U Perks Up a Bit for Its New Owners

in Media on October 15, 2010 at 5:56 am PT

This should make the folks in Philadelphia feel a bit better about their purchase-to-be: GE says that its NBC Universal unit, soon to become a Comcast property, had a “pretty solid” third quarter.

NBC Cleans Up Its Earnings Act for Comcast

in Media on October 16, 2009 at 4:27 am PT

After a couple of miserable quarters, NBC Universal finally has some good news to announce: Boosted by a one-time gain, earnings actually increased in Q3, even though the entertainment conglomerate’s revenue kept dropping. Perhaps those numbers will cheer Comcast investors, who have been beating up the cable company ever since news of its talks to buy NBCU surfaced last month.
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