Comcast Roundup: Who saved the NBC deal, enemy of Google and More

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Yo, the Comcast news isn’t going to stop, even for Christmas Eve.

DEFINITE READS

The Inquirer’s Bob Fernandez revives the storyline on how the Comcast-NBC Universal merger happened, beginning at the Four Seasons on the Ben Franklin Parkway and tying to Comcast’s CFO Michael Angelakis.
Reuters reports that Comcast may have shrewdly structured its deal with GE to allow for a cost-effective purchase of the remaining 49 percent of NBC by the middle of next decade.
Below, buying ice from the Spectrum and Google on net neutrality.

MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR TIME

Business Week reports that Comcast is targeting ESPN by streaming online pro sports games.
The Washington Post’s tech blog reports that Google made clear on its company blog that they’re fighting for net neutrality that would keep Comcast and Verizon and other ISPs from becoming the ‘gatekeepers of content.’
CNet reports that Comcast has settled the class action suit dedicated to its limiting peer-to-peer traffic on its network.

GIVE A GLANCE

Fishbowl NY reports that Comcast has inked a new five year deal with its COO Stephen Burke to oversee NBCU assuming the merger closes.
The Inquirer’s Michael Klein has a photo of Shaq watching the Comcast 3d Holiday Spectacular, in which he makes an appearance.
The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Comcast-Spectacor is selling drink coasters that contain pieces of the ice sheet from the last hockey game played at the Spectrum.
When there is just too much Comcast news to follow, the Comcast Roundup will be there every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST