Comcast In Deal Talks With NBC Universal

schwit1 sent us an LA Times article about another step in the seemingly unending media consolidation. This time it's Cable giant Comcast Corp. looking at NBC. NBC owns a slew of channels, including Bravo, USA and Syfy (who might have the single lamest rebranding since Spike). The article says that it would be far cheaper than the Disney deal Comcast tried to pull off 5 years ago.

Re:When they control......

[j00r0m4nc3r]

Well maybe some of the people. Not everyone is locked into Comcast. In fact, nobody is truly locked into Comcast. But perhaps we should start looking for an exposed ventilation shaft that leads to the core of their mothership just in case.

Re:Lamest rebranding

[Idbar]

"Syfy" is simply a lame attempt to justify having professional wrestling in their lineup.

Isn't professional wrestling fantasy anyways?

I hope this means good things...

[ronobot]

I hope this means good things for my Sheinhardt Wig Company shares!

In other news comcast also set to purchase...

[maggotsforbreakfast]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Telecom giant Comcast is buying privately held goatse.asia, a top web destination firm, for $3.1 billion in cash, the companies said Friday afternoon. Comcast is set to purchase goatse.asia from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which bought the website in 2005 for $1.1 billion in a deal that took the company private. For Comcast, the deal will likely help boost its presence in the area of Internet display advertising, ads on banners, videos and other non-text based types of ads. Goatse.asia specializes on placing and serving banners and other display ads on its prominent Web site. "Comcast is the 800-pound gorilla in online services. They were before this merger and they will be tomorrow so on one level this doesn't change anything," said Derek Brown, an analyst with Cantor Fitzgerald. "But at the same time, this deal clearly has the potential to ignite Comcast's efforts in the display ad market and down the road gives them the opportunity to create a platform that marries both their services and display ads in a way that it will be hard to fathom others imitating," Brown added.

Another TechTV...

[rwrife]

**sarcasm** Don't see why not, they did such a good job with TechTV.

Re:Great - I can see it now...

[spitzak]

How is it legal for a single company to own BOTH the internet companies in your neighborhood (cable and dsl)? Sounds like a reason to file an antitrust lawsuit.

OMG! Socialism! How dare you!

Re:Further comment...

[Obfuscant]

Big cities should have 100Mbps, though. There's really no excuse.

Big American cities, mostly built in the 30's and 40's, before cable, are built of brick and mortar.

Big Japanese cities are built of ricepaper and bamboo.

Have you compared how easy it is poking a cable through the wall in Japan to install 100Mbps vs. poking a cable through a brick? And don't EVEN compare how much easier WiMAX will pass through paper vs. steel-reinforced concrete.

People who live in glass houses don't need sun porches. People who live in paper houses don't need drills.

Re:Lamest rebranding

[clampolo]

I for one welcome this new management. Maybe it means that they will finally give the fans what they want and come out with Mansquito 2.