All Comcast articles – Page 11

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    Disney faces hostile bid by US cable giant.

    2004-02-16T06:41:35Z

    US cable giant Comcast this week launched a $66bn (£37bn) hostile bid to take over the world's most famous media company, Walt Disney, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Disney faces hostile bid by US cable giant

    2004-02-12T08:00:30Z

    US cable giant Comcast this week launched a $66bn (£37bn) hostile bid to take over the world's most famous media company, Walt Disney.

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    Goldsmith leaves Universal Network

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Universal Studios Networks UK managing director Janet Goldsmith has quit after five years at the company, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Goldsmith quits Universal

    2003-08-11T09:41:59Z

    Universal Studios Networks managing director Janet Goldsmith has quit after five years at the company.

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    CHANNEL REPORT - Can QVC stay top of the TV shops?

    2003-07-17T16:12:56Z

    QVC brought the teleshopping revolution to the UK when it launched here in 1993. Now 10 years on and with more than 20 rival stations, the channel is turning to technology to stay ahead of the competition.

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    Comcast set for $7.9bn disposal of QVC stake

    2003-07-04T10:41:36Z

    Comcast, the US cable group, has agreed to sell its 57.5 per cent stake in the home shopping network QVC to Liberty...

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    QVC could be put up for sale.

    2003-03-07T16:06:18Z

    Shopping channel QVC could be sold following the announcement that John Malone's Liberty Media was planning to sell its 42% stake in the business, writes Paul Revoir.

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    QVC could be put up for sale

    2003-03-06T14:33:49Z

    Shopping channel QVC could be sold following the announcement that John Malone's Liberty Media was planning to sell its 42% stake in the business, writes Paul Revoir

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    QVC at stake in Liberty discussions

    2003-03-04T09:37:35Z

    Liberty Media yesterday embarked on a high-stakes negotiation with Comcast over the future of QVC ...

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    Liberty to offer QVC stake to Comcast

    2003-03-04T09:34:55Z

    Liberty Media yesterday announced plans to exercise an option likely to trigger the sale of QVC ...

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    Comcast sells TV systems in cut-price deal

    2003-02-05T09:34:49Z

    Comcast, the largest US cable operator, has sold a group of TV systems in the Rocky Mountain region for about $675m...

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    Cable deal is approved

    2002-07-11T10:54:16Z

    AT&T and Comcast shareholders overwhelmingly approved plans by the companies to create the nation's largest cable o...

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    CITY WATCH - Finding the right Pace for growth.

    2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The share price of the set-top box maker may have fallen after its latest results, but its prospects for the future look sound. The company is innovating with cheap plug-in decoders and PVR technology. James Curtis reports.

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    Excite@Home in fight for survival

    2001-08-21T11:44:00Z

    Shares in US broadband outfit plunge to new low as Securities and Exchange Commission filing by auditors expresses 'substantial doubt' that company can continue as going concern

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    Pace profits jump

    2001-07-09T12:07:00Z

    Set-top box manufacturer beats analysts forecasts but warns of slowing sales

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    Show us your Business Plan..

    2001-05-21T13:59:00Z

    EPG developer Gemstar and Mpeg-4 Encoding specialist Packet Video come under scrutiny as Domminc Timms assess their business plans

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    More than a road digger?

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    How far will NTL be able to fulfil its ambitions of becoming a major broadcaster and rights holder, after a period of rapid expansion which burdened it with£10bn of debt and losses of£2bn last year?

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    Interview: Steve Timmins, Einstein Channel

    2001-02-13T13:19:00Z

    Albert Einstein said back in 1931 that: 'Science is a wonderful thing unless one has to make one's living at it.'Einstein Channel's chief executive Steve Timmins will be hoping that things

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    Acquisition costs force NTL losses up

    2000-03-14T09:37:00Z

    Cable giant goes further into the red as reports hint at Middlesbrough stake

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    NTL pulls out from football takeover

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    NTL has shelved plans to bid for Newcastle United, arguing that a report from the Competition Commission (CC, formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission) blocking BSkyB's£623 million bid for Manchester