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Fox Bringing Down the House

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:40:00 CST

Cynical, manipulative, pill-popping genius doctor Gregory House is pulling down his shingle. The popular, critically acclaimed TV series House won't be back next season. “The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature; he should never be the last one to leave the party," said a statement from the...

Coming Soon: Real Dunder Mifflin Paper

Matt Cantor — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:20:05 CST

Fans of the Office will soon be able to buy paper made by their favorite company—though instead of purchasing it from Dwight Schrute, they’ll have to get their reams through Staples. The office-supply giant’s Quill.com has reached a licensing deal with NBCUniversal to sell Dunder Mifflin paper, the...

Netflix Was Ready for Your Hate

Kevin Spak — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:02:06 CDT

Well, now we know what a portion of those new, higher Netflix fees could be used for: to pay call center reps to deal with angry customers . Customer service reps have been telling callers that the company not only told them to be ready for a backlash, it hired extra...

NBC Wins Olympics Until 2020

Rob Quinn — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:30:00 CDT

NBC Universal has outbid rivals to win the US rights to broadcast the four Olympics after London 2012. The Comcast company's $4.38 billion bid included $2 billion to broadcast the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 summer Games in Rio de Janiero. Rival bidder Fox offered...

Trump Run Could Kill Apprentice

Kevin Spak — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:08:05 CDT

If Donald Trump decides to run for president, NBC plans to tell him he’s fired. The network hasn’t renewed The Apprentice yet, or done any serious planning about the next season, because it’s holding its breath to see if Trump will formally jump into the 2012 fray, the New York...

NBC Loses Peacock—Sort Of

Mark Russell — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:21:21 CST

Comcast takes over NBC Universal today, and some feathers are already being ruffled—the peacock has been removed from the corporate logo. Though the colorful, 55-year-old mascot will still be used on television, internally, it's been swapped out in favor of the the name NBCUniversal on a purple background, reports...

FCC Honcho: Comcast Can Only Buy NBC if It Shares

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:41:14 CST

Comcast should only be able to go through with its plans to buy NBC Universal if it's willing to share the media giant’s content with its competitors, according to Julius Genachowski. The FCC chairman gave his conditional approval for the merger last week, proposing a set of rules that would...

Content From Amazon, NBC to Power Google TV

Nick McMaster — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:52:47 CDT

Google now has a series of deals to provide content for its new Google TV service, the Wall Street Journal reports, including with NBC Universal and Amazon. The latter will lend its Amazon Video on Demand library to Google TV users, giving them paid access to some 75,000 movies...

Hulu to Add $9.95 Subscription Plan

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:34:22 CDT

Hulu is done giving out all its content for free. The web's second most popular video site plans to implement a $9.95-per-month subscription service as soon as May 24, sources tell the LA Times . But don't panic, cheapskates; the most recent five episodes of most shows will still be...