Re: Olympic coverage

[Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us>]

> > <<On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:44:15 -0500, Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us> said:
> > 
> > > Wouldn't it have made sense for NBC to put some of their 
> > > Olympic coverage on PAX over-the-air TV rather than their cable 
> > > outlets?
> > 
> > That presumes that PAX and NBC were still on speaking terms....
> > 
> > -GAWollman
> 
> Has something changed?  Last I heard, GE still owned some 32% 
> of PAX.
> 
> --RC


I'll answer my own question: yes!  When NBC started moves to 
buy Telemundo, that made an eventual NBC-Pax buyout less likely,
given ownership constraints.

It's reported in 
http://www.nypost.com/business/37366.htm
http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/bentley/v-print/story/1312093p-1380484c.html

So (cue Emily Litella:) never mind!   :-)

--RC


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