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Television crews in Cairo fought to stay on the air on Friday as protests enveloped major cities in Egypt. Egyptian authorities adopted various tactics to halt live broadcasts from the capital city, but for the most part networks like CNN and NBC were able to send signals out.

NBC’s new chief, Bob Greenblatt, the programming executive who transformed Showtime into a pay TV powerhouse, is telling Tinseltown producers that he’s going to push the boundaries of broadcast television in a bid to revive the Peacock network.

With the departure of Angela Bromstad, president of NBC’s primetime entertainment, it’s clear that all bets are off for the network’s first fall season under Comcast instead of General Electric.

In the first executive fallout from the pending post-merger restructuring at NBC, Angela Bromstad, primetime entertainment president for the network and sister studio UMS, will be leaving. She told her staff about her departure Thursday afternoon.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – NBC says the series “Parenthood” will stay put on Tuesday night for the rest of the season, which will delay the return of “Law & Order: […]

Due to NBC Universal’s still-pending purchase by Comcast, the network chose not to make an executive available to talk about the network’s programming Thursday during the twice-annual meeting with the Television Critics Association.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Carrey and Gwyneth Paltrow will ring in the new year for “Saturday Night Live” with back-to-back hosting gigs. NBC said Tuesday that Carrey will preside […]

Does Comcast cherish the Olympics with the same fervor as did General Electric, which has paid billions to make NBC the network of the Summer and the Winter Games for a generation?

The National Hockey League and NBC Sports unveiled a campaign today that integrates Facebook, Twitter and national television on the New Year’s Day broadcast of the 2011 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The campaign is a “watch and win” promotion that gives viewers a chance to win either a Honda CR-Z, or trips for four to both Universal Orlando Studios and the 2011 NHL All-Star Game.

NBC and the National Hockey League have scored an early sellout of sponsorships and commercial time during the Winter Classic weeks ahead of last year, enhancing the annual outdoor contest as one of sport’s fastest-growing new events.

Through exhaustive research and interviews with the major players, Bill Carter’s book The War for Late Night tells the story of the Conan O’Brien-Jay Leno battle. Through exhaustive research and interviews with the major players in this battle Carter demonstrates that, while the usual oversize Hollywood egos were forming secret alliances and stockpiling armaments, it was NBC that fired the shots that sank the Lusitania.

NBC is teaming with Mark Burnett and John de Mol to launch a new singing competition program that takes aim at Fox’s American Idol and its upcoming series The X Factor.

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, who will be leaving the company when Comcast assumes control, accepted responsibility for NBC’s failures in primetime.

NBC, Hearst Newspapers and Advance Newspapers have each blended traditional media with new to spice up their websites and enrich their local content.

Give us the Big Four before we cut the cord, 300 people told a Needham & Co. survey. “We found that if folks listed one broadcaster, they generally listed them all,” said Needham’s Laura Martin. “They think of the four broadcasters as a monolith.

It’s not clear whether any mortal can save NBC, but if anyone has a shot it might be Robert Greenblatt, who will oversee entertainment programming once NBC Universal’s merger with Comcast in completed.

Former Showtime entertainment president Bob Greenblatt today was named chairman of NBC Entertainment. His appointment suggests that cable operator Comcast Corp., which is seeking approval to buy a controlling stake in NBC, won’t be content to let NBC stay in fourth place. It also signals that Comcast will return to investing in new shows in a big way.

Despite widespread speculation that Fox television executive Jennifer Salke is poised to take a top job at NBC, sources say she has a year left on her contract and will remain in her current position for at least that long.

CBS, ABC and NBC race to England to cover Prince William and Kate Middleton’s engagement.