COMCAST: MORE TO LOSE THAN GE FROM OLYMPICS DEAL

Comcast, which now controls NBC, may have a lot more to lose from its over-the-top bid for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 summer games in Rio de Janeiro, than GE did when it owned the network, according to several analysts. The reason, they observed, is that GE was able to […]

BAD YEAR FOR DVD SALES, ANALYSTS SAY

Sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, which already were down 13 percent in 2010, are likely to take a steeper dive in 2011, according to analysts interviewed by the Los Angeles Times. Current economic conditions are the root cause of the decline, the analysts say, as well as the ease with which consumers can now […]