Comcast has tapped former Showtime President Bob Greenblatt to run NBC Entertainment as the cable giant continues to reorganize the leadership at the network in advance of its proposed acquisition of NBC Universal from General …
The planned merger by Comcast and NBC Universal is a bad idea, according to a group of hundreds of small cable companies who oppose the deal. They say it could cost consumers $2.4 billion over the next nine years.
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Comcast will soon control NBC but doesn’t yet. Still, the cable giant is moving to put its own stamp on NBC, naming its own chief operating officer, Stephen Burke, to replace Jeff Zucker as CEO of NBC Universal.
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NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker is leaving the company ahead of its impending merger with cable giant Comcast. Zucker said he made the decision because NBC Universal’s new owners “deserve the chance to implement their own visio…