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NBC Teaches Personal Finance Lessons On "30 Rock"
NBC is taking the "workplace comedy" concept to new levels of realism, by including a couple of scenes about a major character's lack of a savings plan in this week's "30 Rock" episode. After being awarded a $10,000 "GE Followship Award" for being such a great follower, Tina Fey's character stuns her boss by revealing she doesn't have a 401(k)—or, apparently, even a savings account. More »
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NBC Pulls Content From YouTube
NBC said yesterday that it was pulling its content from YouTube in favor of its own video site, "Hulu." More »
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NBC Announces Free "Downloads" Of TV Shows
NBC has announced that it will "permit" customers to download its shows for free. The downloads will expire after a week and become unplayable, according to the NYT.The service, which is set to start in November after a test period in October, comes less than three weeks after NBC Universal said it was pulling its programs out of the highly successful iTunes service of Apple Inc. That partnership fell apart because of a dispute over Apple's iTunes pricing policies and what NBC executives said were concerns about lack of piracy protection.More »
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NBC makes many of its popular shows available online in streaming media, which means that fans can watch episodes on their computers. Under the new NBC service, called NBC Direct, consumers will be able to download, for no fee, NBC programs like "Heroes," "The Office" and "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on the night that they are broadcast and keep them for seven days. They would also be able to subscribe to shows, guaranteeing delivery each week.
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NBC Will Not Renew iTunes Contract
The New York Times is reporting that NBC will not renew its contract to provide content to Apple's iTunes service. A spokesperson from NBC confirmed the decision after an anonymous source leaked it to the Times but did not comment on why NBC was dropping iTunes. More »
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NBC Lawyer: Copyright Infringement Is A More Important Law Enforcement Priority Than Fraud, Burglary And Bank-Robbing
Meet NBC/Universal general counsel Rick Cotton. He told a press conference that,"Our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned. If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year."Cotton is the Chairman of something called the Coalition Against Counterfieting and Piracy and is "spearheading" a new effort by the MPAA and and the RIAA called, "Campaign to Protect America." More »
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BREAKING: NBC and FOX Announce "You Tube Killer" Featuring Full Episodes of Popular Shows
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that NBC and FOX have joined forces to produce an on-line video site meant to rival YouTube. From the WSJ:The companies said Thursday that distribution partners for the online content would include Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp.'s MSN network and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit. The site, which will be free, is expected to launch this summer and will carry full episodes and clips from hit shows such as "Heroes," "The Simpsons," "24" and "My Name Is Earl." It will also feature movies, including "Borat."More »
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Home Depot's Contractors Instructed to Intentionally Inflate Estimates, Charge For Items Not Installed
KNBC in Los Angeles is investigating a nationwide epidemic of fraud being perpetrated by Home Depot. Is it that bad? Yeah, it's that bad. From KNBC:Now, NBC4 has heard from customers in 22 states and from insiders from across the country, who have given NBC4 a paper trail of internal documents, suggesting the company overcharges customers on window and siding installations, kitchen remodels and on roofing jobs."More »
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