[mythtv-users] Somewhat OT: Comcast takeover of NBC Universal

[Jay Cornell]

greg wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> On Friday 04 December 2009 04:59:02 pm greg wrote:
>>  
>>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Friday 04 December 2009 04:22:51 pm Aaron wrote:
>>>>      
>>>>> We have always been NBC watchers, but in reality lately we've had to
>>>>>         
>>>> start
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>> watching other channels due to NBC just sucking hard...  They've 
>>>>> had         
>> so
>>  
>>>>>  many good shows that they just screw up, or cancel way too early.
>>>>>
>>>>> This latest thing with Jay Leno is crappy as well, I like Jay, but
>>>>> common.... enough with the talk shows already.
>>>>>         
>>>> They are cheap to produce. Not as cheap as "Reality Shows" (where the
>>>> performers show up for free), but a LOT cheaper than dramas or       
>> sitcoms,
>>  
>>>> and especially good quality documentaries.
>>>>
>>>> NBC has gone from #1 to dead last, but the networks always seem to 
>>>>       
>> move
>>  
>>>> up and down a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Comcast won't help things, they make G.E. (self-admitted felons) look
>>>> good by comparison.
>>>>
>>>> The Comcast takeover of NBC is not in best interests of the public, 
>>>> who
>>>> supposedly own the airwaves they make their profits from.
>>>>
>>>> But money talks in the USA, and nothing any of us can do will change
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> Let me get this straight: If I were to be convicted of even a minor
>>>> felony I would be unable to own a firearm, but G.E. admits to multiple
>>>> major felonies, and is permitted to make (and thus to own) nuclear
>>>> weapons.
>>>>
>>>> Huh?
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>>> It's a good deal for GE and it's stock holders (as I am)..Jack Welsh
>>> bought NBC from RCA for 3 billion and is selling it for 13.5
>>> billion...Not a bad deal.. I am sure you know GE owned NBC,back in the
>>> earlier years of television,they sold it off when they off loaded their
>>> cable business ( I think that was cablevision).. Yeah, They have pulled
>>> some shady deals,but name one company who don't push the envelope... 
>>>     
>> I
>>  
>>> worked for them for many years...Overall a good company to work for..
>>>     
>>
>> The plants in upstate NY are not too bad (other than poisoning the 
>> river and trying to get the taxpayers to clean it up).
>>
>> You're right, any large US company has its faults.
>>
>>  
>>> I will admit that the programing is in the toilet..I can't think of 
>>> even
>>> one program i watch on NBC...
>>>     
>>
>> Likewise, but I don't watch ABC either, and the only show I watch ob 
>> CBS is the Evening News, and occasionally 60 Minutes.
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> Yeah ,I worked in Schenectady.. I polluting of the river is a funny 
> deal..The EPA gave them a permit to dump PCBs in the Hudson..Then they 
> put a ban on PCB's and stopped the dumping.. I only live about 20 
> miles from that plant...
> They just started the clean up this past spring..It's going to cost in 
> the neighborhood od 750 million to clean the river...So far they all 
> they have done is make a mess.. The ppm of pcb is off the scale...
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I can't wait to see the episode of 30 Rock when the make the 
announcement of going to Comcast...

But I hate Comcast, and don't want to pay for my STB to watch the 
channels i already pay for.