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After Pepsi , Tasti D Lite and Metro News dipped their toes, a wave of media brands including Bravo TV, HBO, Warner Brothers, Zagat and the History Channel are now testing the waters, experimenting with the platform in new and interesting ways These new deals represent an entertainment trifecta for Foursquare network TV, cable TV and movie studios Last week Bravo announced integration for select shows 

General Electric Company (GE) - Peter Hong at L.A. Land

Could Burbank housing deals be in the cards now that the ink is dry on NBC's nearly $33 million severance agreement with ousted "The Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien? . There's been no word if an exodus to the Big Apple is in the works for Conan and the 190 staffers who will divvy up $12 million in severance; nearly 70 of the show's staff members followed Conan from New York to Universal City for the late night talker's , 2009, debut Candy Peak, broker owner of PEAK Premier Properties in Burbank, who has been selling real estate in the Burbank Glendale areas for 21 years, said her two most recent sales illustrate the strength of the  market only a short commute away from NBC Studios 

General Electric Company (GE) - Minyanville

In addition to completely botching the 10 pm weeknight time slot, NBC Universal ( ) CEO Jeff Zucker has made one poor decision after another and run the network into the ground a position with which Zucker is apparently comfortable (See and ) But the fact that NBC is now trailing ABC ( ), CBS ( ), and Fox ( ) 

General Electric Company (GE) - Silicon Alley Insider

At the NBC Universal Comcast Capitol Hill hearings today, company CEOs won't give a "yes" or "no" answer about whether the merger will raise cable prices for consumers. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts responded during the question and answer session that Comcast is still 80% a cable company and 20% a content company "So our eye is still very much in that perspective," he said 

General Electric Company (GE) - Silicon Alley Insider

During the congressional hearings on the NBC Universal Comcast merger hearings this morning, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America's research director, blasted against creating the media giant. The merger will "increase the likelihood that the ugly business model of the cable cartel will be strengthened and extended to the Internet," he said In his research for Consumer Federation of America , which publicly opposed the merger before the hearings, Cooper said the companies directly compete in online video 

General Electric Company (GE) - Business Insider

A member of Congress offered to hire Conan O'Brien during this morning's NBC Universal Comcast merger hearing on Capitol Hill this morning. Rep Mike Rogers of Michigan flirted with Conan during his opening statement at the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology & the Internet hearing, which will help decide whether the merger is fair for consumers and competition "To my friends at NBC, I have an opening for a constituent humorist specialist," he joked 

General Electric Company (GE) - Business Insider

NBC will lose its decade long stronghold on rights to the Olympics if Fox and ESPN get their way. News Corp's Fox and Walt Disney Co's ESPN will bid for the rights to air the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, according to Bloomberg CBS and Time Warner are also contemplating getting in on the action together 

General Electric Company (GE) - Silicon Alley Insider

Bravo TV characters from shows like The Real Housewives and Top Chef are now offering suggestions for stores, restaurants and bars on mobile social application Foursquare . The new partnership integrates information from NBC Universal's iPhone app "Guides By Bravo," which launched its 11 version this summer Users can find curated lists to find out where their favorite Top Chef eats and where designer Rachel Zoe of The Rachel Zoe Project shops for couture finds 

General Electric Company (GE) - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

ANALYST TAKE: Chris Marangi, an analyst at Gabelli & Co, said he's looking for an update on the regulatory review of the NBC Universal deal as well as more financial details about the deal itself 

General Electric Company (GE) - Business Insider

NBC may be losing money by broadcasting the Vancouver Olympics, but it is still expecting viewers to tune by Feb. 12. . Alan Wurtzel, president of research at NBC Universal, is expecting 200 million people to watch the 17 day Olympic Games, according to the Wall Street Journal.  That's a low number compared to the 215 million who watched the Beijing Olympics and it includes online and broadcast viewership Wurtzel noted that NBC is tracking both TV and internet viewers to reel in advertisers