AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

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So Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) couldn’t buy Disney (NYSE: DIS) a few years ago, but it has now succeeded in buying a part of it, sort of: Fandango, the online movie tickets service that Comcast bought a year ago, has bought out movies info site Movies.com from Disney, for an undisclosed sum.
Movies.com, under its previous name [...]

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Informaitv
Tru2way is gaining momentum as the new way ahead for interactive television on cable in the United States. Tru2way is the retail brand for OpenCable hardware and OCAP software and will be much in evidence at the annual industry Cable Show in New Orleans. Following a two-day Tru2way developer conference, there will be more than [...]

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The Wall Street Journal
Comcast Corp. said on Wednesday that it will acquire networking Web site Plaxo, in an effort by the cable operator to broaden its range of services.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Plaxo, a closely held company based in Mountain View, Calif., offers technology that helps users more easily share contact information [...]

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The Wall Street Journal

Sprint, Comcast, Google, Time Warner and Intel Join Forces in New Broadband Joint Venture
The race to bring consumers ultrafast wireless Internet service is on.
An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries have agreed to invest $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and [...]

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Deal or No Deal - BusinessWeek
Comcast’s Brian Roberts is a tough negotiator but hasn’t made a big acquisition in years. Is he trigger-shy?
Ever since Brian L. Roberts abandoned a hostile bid for Walt Disney (DIS) four years ago, Wall Street has wondered when the Comcast (CMCSA) chief executive and serial acquirer might make a play [...]

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