NBC’s Sale to Cable Co. Signals TV Sea Change
Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television’s decline. Cable TV operator Comcast is expected to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal, perhaps as early as this week, bringing the network of Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope, Milton Berle and Tom Brokaw under the corporate control of the company that owns the Golf Channel and E! Entertainment Television. “This is highly symbolic,” said Tim Brooks, who had worked at NBC for 20 years and now writes books on television history.
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NBC’s Sale to Cable Co. Signals TV Sea Change
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