NBC Universal

Name:	NBC Universal
Industries:	Media
Headquarters:	100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, California 91608 United States
Website:
www.nbcuni.com

NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

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NBC News Criticized for University of Phoenix Participation ...

In June, NBC News announced its "Education Nation" event, which NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said would help "jump-start a national dialogue on education in America." NBC will host the summit at Rockefeller Plaza in New York in September, and will feature education reports on NBC News programs all ... - read more at TV Newswer

tags: University of Phoenix Bill Pepicello Inside Higher Ed Susan Hockfield CEO Jeff Zucker

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NBCU, Hulu Join Common Sense Media Campaign

NBC Universal and Hulu are donating airtime to the Power to the Parent campaign urging safe... - read more at Multichannel

tags: Hulu

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Apple's New Pie, Old Recipe - Analyst Blog

Apple Inc. (AAPL) refreshed its iPod line, introducing new features to the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle at its event held in San Francisco yesterday. Apple also introduced iTunes 10 with Ping (quite unexpectedly), a social networking feature that enables users to follow, comment and recommend ... - read more at Zacks - All Star Portfolio Highlights

tags: Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Apple Cablevision System Corp. (CVC) Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) General Electric Co Hulu Google (GOOG) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Netflix Inc. (NFLX) News Corp Myspace Time Warner Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) Walt Disney Co CBS Corp. (CBS) Logitech International (LOGI) Sony Corp. (SNE) Boxee SYS (CVC)

9/1/10:

Apple's New TV Push Boosts Challenges To Pay-TV Business

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) push to offer new, prime-time TV shows over the Internet for 99 cents apiece is part of a wave of web video offerings challenging the television industry's traditional subscription model, which has withstood the onslaught of digital media alternatives better ... - read more at Fox Business

tags: Amazon Inc. (AMZN) Apple Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) Forrester Research General Electric Co Hulu Google Inc. (GOOG) Chief Executive Steve Jobs Netflix Inc. (NFLX) News Corp Wall Street Journal Dow Jones Newswires Time Warner Inc Walt Disney CBS Corp. (CBS) Sanford C. Bernstein Dow Jones SNL Kagan Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch

9/1/10:

Watch This Media Merger With a Close Eye

The process hasn't been smooth sailing for Comcast/NBC Universal, but watch it carefully. - read more at Motley Fool

tags: Comcast

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WSJ: Amazon Pitching Online TV, Movie Subscription Service

New York - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) is pitching a Web-based video subscription service, in a bid to compete with rivals in the field such as Netflix, Hulu, Apple's revamped iTunes with video rentals and the forthcoming Google TV service, The Wall Street Journal reported. Sources told The Journal that ... - read more at Digital Media Wire

tags: Amazon Apple Hulu Google Netflix News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) WSJ Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Viacom (NYSE: VIA)

9/1/10:

Facebook Launches Prepaid Cards for Credits Virtual Currency ...

Following months of efforts by Zynga, Playdom and other social gaming companies to introduce pre-paid cards in stores, Facebook is going direct — starting this Sunday, it will allow users to buy pre-paid cards for its virtual currency, Credits, within 1,743 Target retail locations across the US. ... - read more at Inside Facebook

tags: Paypal Target Facebook Zynga Playdom Plastic Jungle Rixty

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Amazon working on a movie and TV streaming subscription service ...

Amazon is gearing up to take on Apple, Google, and Netflix, and move beyond its own video-on-demand offering, with a new subscription service, the Wall Street Journal reports. People familiar with the matter tell the WSJ that Amazon has been pitching the subscription service to media heavyweights like ... - read more at V entureBeat

tags: Apple Hulu Google YouTube Microsoft Netflix News Corp Wall Street Journal Time Warner CEO Jeff Bezos

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Sony's Multi-Platform Content Play Is A Qriocity

Sony's long-held ambition of providing a content service available to its game console and other devices is finally coming together. At the IFA show in Berlin on Wednesday, CEO Howard Stringer said the cloud-based Sony Online Services (SOLS) platform, which was hinted at in November, is being christened ... - read more at PaidContent.co.uk

tags: Apple Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) Microsoft Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Howard Stringer Sony

9/1/10:

Amazon May Launch Subscription TV Service

Online retailer Amazon.com is looking to launch a subscription-based Internet televisions service, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday.The newspaper, citing sources "with knowledge of the proposal," notes that the Seattle-based company has approached NBC Universal, ... - read more at RedOrbit

tags: Amazon Apple Hulu Google YouTube Netflix News Corp Wall Street Journal Time Warner Disney Associated Press

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