The story below does not give any kind of metric for interpreting what the magnitude of this investment is. How much was NBC going to spend on prime-time shows without this infusion? How much does it cost to get a single pilot made, or commission one new show? Is $300M enough to finally get MILF Island on the air?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110504/ap_en_tv/us_comcast_nbc ****************** LOS ANGELES – "Comcast plans to spend an extra $300 million this year on newly acquired NBCUniversal, mostly to pay for new prime-time shows in a turnaround effort at broadcaster NBC. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke disclosed the figure on conference call with analysts Wednesday following the release of Comcast Corp.'s upbeat first-quarter results. But Burke said the turnaround of the fourth-ranked network will take several years." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
