Brian Roberts

CEO Admits 'Battleship' Is One Big Fail

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 06.01.2012

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When "Five-Year Engagement" flopped at the box office, Universal seemed to be disappointed but not crushed by the film's performance. But then "Battle...

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Comcast CEO: Netflix Is Good For Business

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Comcast Broadband, Netflix, Comcast, Comcast Cable, Netflix Streaming, Brian Roberts, Comcast Ceo, Technology News

While Netflix's plethora of TV and movies on-demand threatens to steal consumers from cable providers offering premium content packages, one CEO claim...

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Ha Ha Tonka's Talkin' Baseball, Bourdain and Death of a Decade

Michael Bialas | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Ozarks, Winter?S Bone, Anthony Bourdain, Ha Ha Tonka, Lennon Bone, Old 97?S, Brett Anderson, Lucas Long, Brian Roberts, Big Country, The Travel Channel, Death of a Decade, No Reservations, Entertainment News

Ha Ha Tonka is a band as Americana as hot dogs and apple pie, only tastier, edgier and easier to digest.

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THE $65 MILLION DOLLAR MEN

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: NBC Universal, Comcast, Brian Roberts, Steve Burke, Media News

NEW YORK -- Cable giant Comcast Corp. disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that chairman and CEO Brian Roberts and new NBCUniversal president and C...

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Comcast CEO: We Won't Interfere With NBC News

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — The chief executive of Comcast says he won't interfere with the editorial decisions of NBC's news programs. Brian Roberts said T...

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Government Takeover? Comcast CEO Changes His Tune Outside D.C.

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comcast, Fcc, Brian Roberts, Julius Genachowski, Net Neutrality, Technology News

With breathtaking hypocrisy, the phone and cable companies' K Street lobbyists are fighting an all-out war against the Net Neutrality proposal at the FCC that would protect Internet users from government or industry censorship.

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Comcast/NBC Merger is Like an Asteroid Hurtling toward Earth

Megan Tady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporations, Brian Roberts, Comcast, Hulu, 30 Rock, Unions, Net Neutrality, Asteroid, Nbc, Scientists, Media News

The proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal is like an asteroid hurtling toward Earth: It's huge, it's widely destructive and if it slams into ou...

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Senator Franken Rips Into Comcast CEO Brian Roberts

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media Consolidation, Brian Roberts, Comcast, Jeff Zucker, Nbc, Al Franken, Media News

Not everyone is swallowing the snake oil Comcast is peddling to grease its takeover of NBC. None shone brighter yesterday than Sen. Al Franken, who aggressively interrogated Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.

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Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO, Frustrated By NBC's Late Night Drama, Supports Jeff Zucker

MediaWeek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts on Wednesday expressed his frustration with NBC's late-night imbroglio, telling a Washington, D.C., audience that his compan...

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Does Anyone at NBC Have a Grip?

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Tonight Show, Jeff Zucker NBC, Media, Conan NBC, Jeff Immelt, Conan O'Brien, Comcast NBC, NBC Universal, The Late Show, Jay Leno, Comcast NBC Universal, Jeff Zucker, Media Criticism, Leno Conan, Brian Roberts, Nbc, Media News

Everyone understands and appreciates the need for comedy-it is part of being in show business. However there are limits. At stake is the reputation a...

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Astroturf Group Tries to Flip Bloggers on Net Neutrality

Megan Tady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Savetheinternet, David Mcclure, Verizon, AT&T, Brian Roberts, Merger, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Technology News

Not only does supporting free speech and democracy feel really good at the end of the day, it's actually a critical investment in the future of our country.

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Did Katie Couric Fire Walter Cronkite's Voice...Or did the Cronkite family, make his voice "quit" Katie's show?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen Viscusi Although I work on TV now myself, preparing for my own TV show "The Job's Whisperer" I started my career as a headhunter, then ra...

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How a Comcast Boss's Father Foretold the NBC Deal

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Roberts, Comcast, Steve Burke, Nbc, Media News

It's easy to look at Comcast from the outside and see a big cable company. But a closer look at the guys who made the deal -- and who will lead the combined company -- reveals something very different.

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Sports Business Most Influential

Sports Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean McManus, Chase Carey, David Hill, George Bodenheimer, Bud Selig, Jerry Jones, Sports Business, Roger Goodell, David Stern, Dick Ebersol, DeMaurice Smith, Steve Burke, Jacques Rogge, Brian Roberts, Sports Business Journal, Most Influential Sports Business, Sports News

Much like the industry itself, our ranking of the 50 most influential people in sports business evolves constantly. It's the nature of such lists, wha...

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Lessons From NBC's Train Wreck

Dennis O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Colbert Report, Ge, Conan O?Brien, Johnny Carson, Jeffrey Immelt, Comcast, Jay Leno, Comedy Central, Jeff Zucker, The Daily Show With John Stewart, Brian Roberts, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Nbc, NBC Olympics, Media News

Watching NBC implode must be great fun to Jeff Immelt and his colleagues at GE. Probably not so much fun for Brian Roberts and Comcast.

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Mega-Media Era Begins: GE/Vivendi Deal Clears Way for Comcast/NBC Merger

Josh Silver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Msnbc, Media Consolidation, Antitrust, Comcast, Brian Roberts, Nbc, Mergers, Media News

Obama has promised to finally begin enforcing antitrust laws to prevent unreasonable consolidation of market power. If ever a media deal posed such a threat, this is it.

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Comcast Plans Ambitious Increase Of On-Demand TV Shows, Movies

Fortune | Tim Arango | Posted 05.25.2011

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Comcast, the nation's largest cable television company, will outline an ambitious plan Tuesday to set up two new paradigms for how people will watch m...

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