iVillage is looking to expand its advertising role to include sites not specifically aligned with parent NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The female-focused lifestyle site has struck a deal with recipes and nutrition information and part of EatingWell Media Group to oversee advertising for EatingWell.com. The move is seen as a…

It’s not the end of online access to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert but next week tracking them down may be a little less convenient for those used to watching on Hulu. Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is removing Comedy Central from the ad-supported video portal at 11:59 p.m. March 9 after…

The data is starting to roll in for the full Vancouver Olympics. NBC hasn’t been to provide some of the stats we’ve asked for—the number of video streams served the night the first USA-CAN hockey match aired on MSNBC against ice dancing, among them. But the numbers we do have…

U.S. hockey fans needed a pay video subscription to watch the USA-CAN women’s gold medal game online but the men’s victory over Switzerland was barrier-free—and paidContent has learned the Friday men’s semi-final with Finland is likely to follow suit. NBC already has promised to broadcast Friday’s game live across the…

It’s half-way through the Vancouver Olympics and NBC Universal’s research head Alan Wurtzel already has some findings to share about the viewing results so far. Anticipating the ire of bloggers who have complained that NBCU has been holding back too much live coverage of the games from online, Wurtzel made…

It’s no secret that Disney (NYSE: DIS) would like to get another crack at the Olympics and plans to bid for rights to the 2014 and 2016 games.The last time ABC had rights to the Olympics was 1988—before e-mail was ubiquitous, broadband was even a possibility and ESPN was a…

Telegraph.co.uk’s sources have been promising the paper Hulu’s imminent UK launch for so long now that, now it’s reporting “further delays” to the U.S. VOD site’s ambitions here, we’re barely inclined to mention it - but anyway… Despite claiming in August that Hulu was in “most advanced discussions” to land…

Through some quirks of scheduling, I got my first taste of Olympics action on a laptop through in-flight wireless—not the big screen in our living room—and watched the winning ski jump late at night on demand using the NBC Olympics iPhone app. The 2010 Winter Olympics may not be the…

Weather Channel, now part-owned of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), has sold off some of its vacation rental websites to Perfect Places. The sale includes sites such as forGetaway.com, RentJillsHouse.com, LakeRentals.com and CoastRentals.com, for an undisclosed sum, though likely a very small sum. These will add to Mountain View, CA-based PerfectPlaces.com…

I don’t know anyone who thought it would last—and it didn’t. A few months after the August merger of Lifetime Networks into A&E Television Networks, Andrea Wong is leaving as president and CEO. PaidContent can confirm that she announced the move to her staff via e-mail after the news first…

If the grilling of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC top execs is any indication, the merger of the two companies faces an uphill battle in the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. Comcast chairman Brian Roberts and NBCU president Jeff Zucker found themselves repeatedly challenged, and occasionally cut off, by passionate bordering on…

Boxee’s inability to carry Hulu programming is a matter of Congress now, thanks to the proposed Comcast-NBCU deal. During this morning’s hearing at the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Chairman and CEO…

At the tres civilized Pierre in Manhattan this morning where the 8th Annual Media Dealmakers Summit kicked off with Disney’s Kevin Mayer. A lot of talk about the recent Marvel (NYSE: DIS) acquisition, a very big bet by Disney, but inevitably the question of Hulu and pay models came up.…

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) execs head to the Hill Thursday for what promises to be a long—and probably repetitive—day of questions about the joint venture that would give Comcast control of NBCU. First up, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the…

Congressional hearings have two parts: written testimony and the Q&A that all too often sounds like it is scripted. While the companies aren’t publicizing the remarks in advance of Thursday’s command performance in Washington, the written testimony has already been submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on…

In Thursday’s (Feb. 4) hearing, the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Communications & Internet Subcommittee will be looking at a merged Comcast/NBCU’s “unique and commanding” position in the media marketplace, including what could be its power to “fundamentally shape the way Web video evolves,” according to language in the memo.…

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is bringing back its “total audience measurement index,” or TAMi, for next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The company first used the system to track audience viewing data across traditional broadcast and digital a year-and-a-half ago. The audience data initiative, which is headed up by Alan…

With a lengthy pitch on the public interest value of creating a new content-focused joint venture that will boost quantity, quality, diversity and “local focus,” Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and General Electric jointly filed a merger application/public interest statement with the Federal Communications Commission Thursday (Jan 28),…

During the quarter that parent General Electric (NYSE: GE) agreed to sell a majority stake in NBC Universal to Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), the network’s profits dropped 28 percent to $602 million. Though only a footnote in GE’s wider earnings, NBC is in the spotlight as investors await the long process…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q408	Net Inc. vs Q408
NBCU (within GE)	Release	N/A	3.7%	28%

* vs. Analysts' Estimates: Beat Met Missed