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Waiting for Vivendi: Comcast-NBCU Deal Needs a “Oui”

Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2009 at 5:10 am PT

When will Comcast and GE’s NBCU finally unveil their hookup plans? When Vivendi says they can. Which should be sooner than later.

Report: Comcast Buying NBC for $35 Billion. Comcast: “Inaccurate”

Peter Kafka in Media on September 30, 2009 at 6:23 pm PT

Here’s the big media deal everyone has been waiting for. Or at least, here’s the report: Sharon Waxman of TheWrap reports that cable giant Comcast is buying all of NBC Universal from GE for $35 billion. Comcast says the report is “inaccurate.”