NBC-Comcast could compete with Fox for MLB

"A combined NBC-Comcast could compete for more NFL coverage, regain Major League Baseball and the NBA, and fight to maintain its exclusive deal for U.S. rights to the Olympics.

• "I think this is a watershed deal in the history of the broadcast industry," said former CBS Sports president Neal Pilson, now a television consultant. "It’s the biggest thing that’s happened in my 40 years in broadcasting. No question."

When Comcast Corp. gains majority control in NBC Universal, it will meld NBC into a company that already owns 11 regional sports networks, The Golf Channel and Versus, and

• also has minority interests in the MLB Network and iNDemand."...

The deal could take a year to finalize. If baseball is someplace other than Fox on Saturdays, and Leo Hindery is not involved in any way, I might watch. ed.

• From Boston Herald article by AP, 12/25/09, "NBC-Comcast will be big power in sports," via RadioDailyNews

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