NBCU, News Corp. choose CNET.com as video partner

Posted May 8th 2007 2:42PM by Tom Barlow
Filed under: Deals, Launches, General Electric (GE), News Corp'B' (NWS)

According to wire reports, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) ended the suspense today by announcing that they have chosen CNET Networks (NASDAQ: CNET) to distribute their content on the internet. NBCU will provide content from its stable of networks as well as its vault. Media Corp. will offer entertainment from its Fox Network and 20th Century Fox brands.

The combined offerings lineup could be something like this:

NBC Universal

CNET.com
NBC Entertainment
Telemundo
NBCU Sports & Olympics
Bravo
Chiller
SciFi
CNBC
CNBC World
MSNBC
Shop NBC
Mun2
Sleuth
USA
History Channel
History Channel Int'l
Biography Channel
Sundance Channel
Telemundo Puerto Rico
Universal HD
NBCU Global
CNBC Europe
CNBC Asia
Universal Studios

News Corp.

Fox Television
Fox Movie Channel
Fox Sports Channel
Speed
Fuel
Fox College Sports
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports net
Fox en Español
FX
National Geographic
Blue Sky Studios
Star

This deal will create the largest single block of video entertainment content on the net to date. The game has been ratcheted up another notch.

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