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On December 3, 2009, Comcast and NBC Universal confirmed a $6.5 billion deal to merge the two companies, pending approval from the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division; the deal would be structured as sale of Vivendi's stake in the company to GE for $5.8 billion, followed by Comcast acquiring 51% controlling stake of NBC ...
NBCUniversal was formed on May 11, 2004, beginning on November 8, 2004 as NBC Universal, Inc., with the merger of General Electric (GE)'s NBC with Vivendi Universal's film and television subsidiary Vivendi Universal Entertainment, after GE had acquired 80% of the subsidiary, giving Vivendi a 20% share of the new company.
The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Prior to its split in 2013, it was the world's largest media ...
Last year, Disney announced it would pay Comcast $8.61 billion for its stake in Hulu, which matched the minimum guaranteed value of Hulu — $27.5 billion — that Disney would be required to pay ...
Xfinity. Adelphia Communications Corporation: assets acquired by Time Warner Cable and Comcast in 2006. Comcast Entertainment Television (CET) Comcast Television 2 (Michigan) Commuter Cable. ExerciseTV (with Time Warner Cable, New Balance, and Jake Steinfeld) Group W Cable.
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., which did business as 21st Century Fox ( 21CF ), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was one of the two companies formed on June 28, 2013, following a spin-off of the publishing assets of the old News Corporation as News Corp .
Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, a similar media merger but entirely vertical scale. Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, a corporate act of The Walt Disney Company which acquired most of 21st Century Fox assets, mostly film and television studios and entertainment pay-TV channels. Concentration of media ownership
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