Comcast deal to buy NBC is done, will be announced Thursday

Published by Tech Pundit | Filed under Gadgets & Tech | December 1st, 2009

We told you we had a feeling this thing was happening — less than a day after GE consolidated ownership of NBC Universal in preparation to spin it off and sell a controlling stake to Comcast, CNBC is reporting that the deal is actually done and will be announced Thursday morning. As rumored from the start, Comcast will now own 51 percent of NBC to GE’s 49 percent, and the new company will fold in Comcast’s various content assets, which means the new NBC will rival Disney in size. That’s a big enchilada, and it should make the future of Comcast intiatives like TV Everywhere extremely interesting

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Comcast deal to buy NBC is done, will be announced Thursday