NBC in talks to buy Sparrowhawk Media: paper
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NBC Universal is preparing to buy  Sparrowhawk Media, the private-equity backed owner of the  Hallmark channel, for 175 million pounds ($351 million) to make  its biggest foray into Britain&#39;s TV industry, a newspaper said.
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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity   was looking at a possible bid for CanWest Global  Communications Corp.'s  stake in Australian broadcaster  Ten Network Holdings Ltd. , a source familiar with the  situation said.
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Microsoft Corp.  is in talks  to buy privately-held Tellme Networks, a maker of Web-based  voice technology, for about $800 million, the Wall Street  Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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NBC Universal has decided against renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on Apple Inc's iTunes after failing to come to an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its online edition on Friday.
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U.S. cable network operator ESPN Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy the London-based cable channel NASN Ltd. as part of its strategy to broadcast more American sports in Europe.
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NBC has moved closer to bringing  the best-selling official narrative of the Sept. 11 attacks on  America to TV, clinching a deal with Hollywood filmmakers at  Imagine Entertainment, the network said on Friday.
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The BBC confirmed on Wednesday it had held talks with media companies including Time Warner, Bertelsmann and Walt Disney about its commercial subsidiary
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LOS ANGELES  - Martha Stewart Living  Omnimedia is said to be in final negotiations with NBC to  distribute a new syndicated show hosted by the company's  imprisoned founder.
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NBC Universal, owner of the top-rated broadcast television network, on Thursday said it signed a seven-year contract with Nielsen Media Research, in one of the strongest endorsements of Nielsen's controversial tracking technology.
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Media conglomerate NBC Universal said  on Thursday it expects a new online video venture it is  building with News Corp. to launch in September.
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NBC has moved closer to bringing the best-selling official narrative of the Sept. 11 attacks on America to TV, clinching a deal with Hollywood filmmakers at Imagine Entertainment, the network said on Friday.
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A media executive who helped purchase  the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News last  year could be interested in joining a group to acquire Dow  Jones & Co., the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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NBC Universal said on Tuesday it is   launching a new venture to distribute and profit from video   footage on the Internet, tapping its affiliate television   stations as well as other media companies for material.
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NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's  iTunes after failing to come to  an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its  online edition on Friday.
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News Corp. (NWSa.N) is willing to go  further than it has before in acceding to tighter safeguards of  editorial independence as a condition of buying Dow Jones & Co.  Inc. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing  sources close to News Corp.
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Philadelphia&#39;s Comcast and Time Warner are considering a bid to buy bankrupt Adelphia Communications, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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The U.S. Justice Department is scrutinizing proposals by Gannett Co. Inc. and The New York Times Co. to own or invest in rival local newspapers over antitrust concerns, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.