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NBCU Profits Drop 45 Percent Due To Soft Ad Market

Authored by Jay Baage on April 17, 2009 - 12:24pm.

GE said its cable operations continued to deliver double-digit growth, but NBC Universal had a "tougher performance overall due to a soft advertising market and fewer major DVD releases" compared with a year earlier, writes TheStreet.com.

tags: Advertising | Investing | Earnings | GE | NBCU |

Buzz Watch: Hulu.com Looks Great and the Strategy Behind It is Right On

Authored by Jay Baage on October 31, 2007 - 9:02am.
Hulu.com, the joint venture between media giants NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), is an effort to bring the game to their own playing field after online viewers have moved to sites such as YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). Will it succeed? Well, for starters, it certainly looks great and it has debuted to positive reviews in the press (here is a review from my fellow DMW writer Scott Goldberg). Take a look at the full-length version (!) of the classic movie “Breakfast Club” here.
tags: Deals | Internet | Video | Marketing | Tech | News Corp | Hulu | NBCU |

Full Length Version of Breakfast Club on Hulu.com

Authored by Jay Baage on October 31, 2007 - 8:11am.
tags: Deals | Internet | Video | Marketing | NBCU | Hulu.com |