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Comcast CEO unveils new platform for delivering TV programming
WASHINGTON -- Next time you want to see a Don Cheadle movie, all you may have to do is say the actor's name to your TV and it will tell you what your options are. That was just one of the features Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts talked about...
Tags: Stephen King, Satellite and Cable Service, Entertainment, Jennifer Lopez, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Cable industry to discuss challenges — and hear from Jennifer Lopez
The cable industry’s annual gathering is usually a celebration of new technologies, popular programming and sunny projections for growth. But when top pay-TV executives gather in Washington for the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn....
Tags: Corporate Officers, Viacom Inc., Liberty Media Corporation, Television, AMC (tv network)
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Comcast's Roberts paid $29 million; NBCU's Burke got $26 million
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts might run the nation's largest entertainment and cable TV company, but he ranks in the middle of the media pack in terms of salary and perks. Roberts received $29 million in compensation last year, an increase...
Tags: Corporate Officers, General Electric Company, The Walt Disney Co., Companies and Corporations, Comcast Corporation
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Jimmy Kimmel's big moment. Al Jazeera will face hurdles.
After the coffee. Before figuring out why I say yes when I should say no. The Skinny: I was watching an episode of "The Office" last night (guessing it was a rerun) and the character of Angela came thisclose to saying the dreaded "f-word." Can you get...
Tags: ABC (tv network), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Texas Chainsaw 3D (movie), Amazon.com Inc., The Wall Street Journal
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Natalie Portman is money! DirecTV raising rates. Brian Roberts sells!
After the coffee. Before watching some more midseason pilots. The Skinny: I'm doing my best to find some news for you folks but it is pretty slow out there. Of course, most of you aren't reading me this week anyway because you're having fun! I'm not...
Tags: The Avengers (movie, 2012), DirecTV Group Inc., Anne Hathaway, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Celebrities
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Comcast profit jumps 30%, with mixed results at NBCUniversal
Company TownComcast's first-quarter profit jumped 30% to $1.22 billion. Revenue came in at $14.88 billion.... -
Top Comcast executives take a pay cut in 2011
Company TownTop Comcast Corp. executives received smaller compensation packages last year. Chief Executive Brian Roberts collected $26.9 million -- a decrease of 13.2% from 2010. Steve Burke, now chief executive of NBCUniversal, saw his earnings plummet 32%. Burke... -
Cable Show: Comcast Will Stream Live TV, DVR to Array of Connected Devices
VarietyWASHINGTON -- Comcast is gearing up to launch a fully Internet-enabled television service this year that will provide live TV and DVR recordings on tablets, smartphones and PCs -- but in deference to programming suppliers, it's mostly restricting the...Tags: Computer Hardware, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Xbox, Television
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Cable Show: Can Comcast Really Make Cable TV Cool and Fun?
VarietyWASHINGTON -- Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts tried to make the case that the cable company has the chops to produce an elegant, personalized and fun TV service just as slick as anything from Silicon Valley. At the Cable Show here Tuesday, chief...Tags: Computer Hardware, Television, Satellite and Cable Service, Burn Notice (tv program) , Entertainment
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Cable TV Tightens its Grip on Revenues
VarietyWhy, in the name of Honey Boo Boo, is cable television still alive and well? Now that the four biggest publicly traded MSOs have reported first quarter earnings, their stocks are up across the board. Based on May 14 closing prices, Comcast shares are 45%...Tags: DirecTV Group Inc., John Malone, Viacom Inc., Liberty Media Corporation, Television
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Rosenthal: Content has power to keep media king
There's a famous story, perhaps apocryphal, that pundit Chris Matthews and others tell about former politician Bill Bradley. The featured guest at a banquet, Bradley asked for a second pat of butter and was rebuffed by the waiter, who insisted each...
Tags: Apple iPad, Corporate Officers, Computer Hardware, Television, Chicago Tribune
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Forest Hill resident new executive producer of MPT's MotorWeek
Brian Roberts of Forest Hill has been named executive producer of MotorWeek, Maryland Public Television's long-running national automotive series. In his new role, Roberts will oversee all aspects of the daily production of the PBS show that airs weekly...Tags: Television Networks, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Automotive Equipment, Car Guides and Reviews, Television
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