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NBC Universal to Offer Network, Cable Shows on Comcast Video-on-Demand

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 30, 2006 - 9:23am.
Philadelphia - Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, announced on Thursday an agreement with NBC Universal, to offer over a dozen of the company's most popular network and cable programs through Comcast's video-on-demand service. NBC primetime programs will become available as early as midnight following their on-air broadcast for 99 cents, while late-night and daytime programs will be available at no additional charge. NBC Universal programs offered on Comcast VOD will include NBC's "Law & Order," "The Office," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"; USA Network's "Monk"; Sci-Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica"; and Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown". Comcast said that its 21.4 million cable subscribers have viewed more than 2 billion video-on-demand programs since the company launched the service in 2004.