PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
DA 10-457
Released: March 18, 2010
COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON APPLICATIONS OF COMCAST CORPORATION, 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., TO ASSIGN AND 
TRANSFER CONTROL OF FCC LICENSES 
MB Docket No. 10-56
Comments/Petitions Due:  May 3, 2010 
Responses to Comments/Oppositions to Petitions Due:  June 2, 2010 
Replies to Responses/Oppositions Due:  June 17, 2010 
On January 28, 2010, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”), General Electric Company (“GE”), and 
NBC Universal, Inc., (“NBCU” and, together with Comcast and GE, the “Applicants”) jointly submitted 
applications to the Commission seeking consent to assign and transfer control of certain broadcast, 
broadcast auxiliary, satellite earth station, and private land mobile and private fixed microwave licenses to 
a new limited liability company that would constitute a joint venture of GE and Comcast (the “Joint 
Venture”).1 On March 5, 2010, the Applicants filed an economists’ report entitled “Application of the 
Commission Staff Model of Vertical Foreclosure to the Proposed Comcast-NBCU Transaction,” which 
they have requested be considered as part of the Application.  The proposed transaction would combine 
the broadcast, cable programming, motion picture studio, theme park, and online content businesses of 
NBCU with the cable programming and certain online content businesses of Comcast.2 We seek 
comment from all interested persons to assist the Commission in its independent review of this proposed 
transaction.  The details of the proposed transaction and the procedures on how to file petitions to deny 
and comments are set forth below.   
  
1 See 47 U.S.C. § 310(d); Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, General Electric 
Company, Transferor, to Comcast Corporation, Transferee, Applications and Public Interest Statement (filed Jan. 
28, 2010) (“Application”).  A list of the licenses subject to the filed applications is set forth in the Attachment to this 
Public Notice.     
2 Application at 1.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION
GE, which is currently the majority owner of NBCU, would contribute all of NBCU’s businesses 
to the Joint Venture.3 These businesses include NBCU’s two broadcast television networks (NBC and 
Telemundo), its 26 local owned-and-operated broadcast television stations, several national cable 
programming networks, a motion picture studio, international theme park businesses and online content 
businesses.4 Comcast would contribute its regional sports networks, other programming networks, and 
certain online businesses, as well as certain other assets used primarily in those businesses, to the Joint 
Venture.  Comcast would not contribute its cable systems, its wireless holdings, or certain of its other 
online assets, such as Comcast.net and Fancast.5  The Joint Venture would be 51 percent owned by 
Comcast, 49 percent owned by GE, and managed by Comcast.6 It would take the NBCU name.7
According to the Application, and as set forth in the Applicants’ December 3, 2009, Master 
Agreement, the creation of the Joint Venture would occur in several stages.8 At the time of the closing, 
and immediately prior to the contribution of businesses and assets to the Joint Venture by Comcast and 
GE, both Comcast and GE would effect certain internal restructurings of entities to be contributed to the 
Joint Venture.9 Certain of the steps in each of these internal restructurings would result in pro forma
changes in control of FCC licensees.10 Following the internal restructurings, GE would acquire the 20 
percent ownership interest in NBCU that it does not currently own from Vivendi SA.11 Then, NBCU 
would borrow $9.1 billion from third-party lenders and distribute the proceeds to GE (the “NBCU 
Dividend”).12 The contribution to the Joint Venture of NBCU, as well as certain other assets used 
primarily in NBCU’s business, would then occur through a series of pro forma transfers of control.13  
Comcast then would contribute its programming and certain Internet businesses to the Joint Venture,14 as 
well as make a cash payment to GE currently estimated to be $6.5 billion,15 resulting in Comcast owning 
51 percent of the Joint Venture and GE 49 percent.  
At the closing, Comcast and GE would enter into an operating agreement for the Joint Venture 
(the “Operating Agreement”), which would provide for the management and governance of the Joint 
  
3 By the time of closing, GE would own NBCU outright.  Application at 11, App. 2 at 1.
4 Id. at i, 1-2.
5 Id. at 12.
6 Id. at 1, 12.
7 Id. at 1.
8 Id. at App. 3, which contains a copy of the Master Agreement.
9 Id. at 11.
10 See id. at App. 2, which describes the proposed transaction.
11 Id. at 11.    
12 Id. at 12.  
13 See id. at App. 2.
14 Formally, the Comcast content businesses would not be contributed to the Joint Venture directly but would be 
contributed to NBCU, which at that point would be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Joint Venture.  Id. at 12 n.6.  
15 Id. at 12.  The amount of both the NBCU Dividend and the cash payment by Comcast to GE would be subject to 
adjustment in certain circumstances.  Id. at 12 n.7.
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Venture.16 Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, the new company would be managed by an internal 
management board of directors initially consisting of three Comcast designees and two GE designees.17  
The Operating Agreement would contain a list of approval rights reserved solely for the board of 
directors.18 Board decisions would be made by majority vote, provided that GE would have veto rights 
with respect to certain non-ordinary course matters.19 GE’s veto rights would terminate if its ownership 
interest in the Joint Venture fell below 20 percent.20 Jeff Zucker, current President and Chief Executive 
Officer of NBCU, has been selected to serve as the Joint Venture’s initial Chief Executive Officer.21 In 
addition, for as long as GE directly or indirectly retained an ownership interest in the Joint Venture, the 
Joint Venture or its subsidiaries generally could enter into a transaction, agreement, or arrangement with 
Comcast or any of its affiliates only if the transaction was on arm’s-length terms.22  
The Applicants assert that the proposed transaction would serve the public interest and promote 
the Commission’s policy goals of diversity, localism, and competition.23 They argue that the proposed 
transaction would be in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including the 
Commission’s media ownership rules and channel occupancy limits.24 They deny the potential for public 
interest harms and contend that the antitrust laws and the Commission’s current regulations, including the 
program access, program carriage, and retransmission consent rules, would serve as adequate safeguards 
against any anticompetitive behavior by the parties.25 Nevertheless, the Applicants propose to be bound, 
upon Commission approval of the transaction, by 16 “voluntary public interest commitments” involving, 
among other things, increasing the amount and availability of local news and information programming, 
children’s programming, Spanish programming, public, educational, or governmental (PEG) channel 
programming, and independent programming.26 The Applicants also pledge to continue to provide free 
  
16 Id. at 13 n.8.  A copy of the draft Operating Agreement is provided in Appendix 4 to the Application.  
17 Id. at 13-14.  The internal management board would consist of Michael J. Angelakis, Stephen B. Burke, Jeffrey R. 
Immelt, Brian L. Roberts, and Keith S. Sherin.  GE’s representation right would be reduced to one director if GE’s 
ownership interest in the Joint Venture fell below 20 percent, and GE would lose its representation right if GE’s 
ownership interest in the Joint Venture fell below 10 percent, with Comcast designees replacing the outgoing GE 
directors.  Id. at 14 n.9. 
18 Id. at 14.  These approval rights would include those for certain incurrences or repayments of debt, removal of the 
Chief Executive Officer or employees reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, certain acquisitions and 
dispositions, entering into certain non-ordinary course agreements, approval of new strategic plans, and material 
amendments to or departures from existing strategic plans and the company’s annual budget.  Id. at 14 n.10.
19 Id. at 14.  These veto rights would include those for:  (1) certain acquisitions; (2) material expansions of the Joint 
Venture’s scope of business or purpose; (3) certain issuances or repurchases of equity; (4) certain distributions to 
equity holders; (5) certain debt incurrences; (6) certain loans made outside of the ordinary course of business; and 
(7) a liquidation or voluntary bankruptcy of the Joint Venture.  Id. at 14 n.11.
20 Id. at 14.
21 Id. In the event of a vacancy in the position of Chief Executive Officer within the first three-and-a-half years of 
operation of the Joint Venture, GE would have the right to veto up to two candidates proposed by Comcast.  After 
two such vetoes, the Joint Venture’s board of directors would have the right to select the Chief Executive Officer.  
Id.
22 Id. at 15-16.
23 Id. at 36.
24 Id. at 71-77.
25 See, e.g., id. at 7-10.
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over-the-air television for an unspecified period of time and to extend the “key components” of the 
program access rules to retransmission consent negotiations involving the signals of the NBC and 
Telemundo owned-and-operated television stations for as long as the current program access rules remain 
in effect.27
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS
The file numbers and call signs of the Applicants’ facilities that are the subject of the applications to 
assign or transfer control to the Joint Venture are listed in the Attachment to this Public Notice.  Interested 
parties should refer to the assignment and transfer of control applications for a listing of the licenses.  Parties 
should be aware that additional applications may have to be filed to identify any additional licenses and 
authorizations in the services noted.  The Applicants have requested that the Commission’s grant of 
consent to the assignment and transfer of control of the licenses include consent for the Joint Venture to 
acquire control of:  (1) any authorizations or licenses issued to Comcast’s contributed subsidiaries or to 
GE’s contributed subsidiaries during the Commission’s consideration of the applications and the period 
required for the consummation of the transaction following approval; (2) construction permits held by 
licensees involved in the transaction that mature into licenses after closing and that may have been 
omitted from the applications; and (3) applications that will have been filed by such licensees and that are 
pending at the time of consummation of the proposed transaction.28
EX PARTE STATUS OF THIS PROCEEDING
As this proceeding involves broad public policy issues, it will be treated as “permit but disclose” for 
purposes of the Commission’s ex parte rules.29 Should circumstances warrant, this proceeding or any 
related proceeding may be designated as restricted.  As a result of the permit-but-disclose status of this 
proceeding, ex parte presentations will be governed by the procedures set forth in section 1.1206 of the 
Commission’s rules applicable to non-restricted proceedings.30
Parties making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the 
presentation must contain the presentation’s substance and not merely list the subjects discussed.31 More 
than a one- or two-sentence description of the views and arguments presented generally is required.32 We 
urge parties to use the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), described below, to file 
ex parte submissions.  
     
26 Id. at 42, 43-44, 48-50, 68-69, 112-13.  These commitments are listed in Appendix 8 to the Application.
27 Id. at 40-41, 121, App. 8.
28 Id. at 133-34.  
29 See generally 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.1200-1.1216.  
30 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206.  An ex parte presentation is any communication (spoken or written) directed to the merits or 
outcome of a proceeding made to a Commissioner, a Commissioner’s assistant, or other decision-making staff member, 
that, if written, is not served on other parties to the proceeding or, if oral, is made without an opportunity for all parties 
to be present.  See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1202(b).
31 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2).
32 Id.
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REQUESTS FOR EX PARTE MEETINGS
All requests for meetings with Commission staff regarding this Docket should be made on-
line, using the link at http://www.fcc.gov/transaction/comcast-nbcu.html.  Those who lack Internet 
access may direct their requests to Jessica Almond, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2721.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The applications for assignment and transfer of control of the licenses referred to in this Public 
Notice have been accepted for filing upon initial review.  The Commission reserves the right to return any 
application if, upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in conformance with the 
Commission’s rules, regulations, or policies.
Interested persons must file comments or petitions to deny no later than May 3, 2010.  Responses 
to comments or oppositions to petitions must be filed no later than June 2, 2010.  Replies to responses or 
oppositions must be filed no later than June 17, 2010.  Persons and entities that file comments or 
petitions to deny become parties to the proceeding.  They may participate fully in the proceeding, 
including seeking access to any confidential and/or highly confidential information that may be filed 
under a protective order.33  Persons and entities that do not file petitions to deny, including those who file 
comments, may not seek reconsideration of the Commission’s decision regarding the assignment or transfer 
of control of the licenses at issue nor appeal a final decision to the courts.  
To allow the Commission to consider fully all substantive issues regarding the Application in 
as timely and efficient a manner as possible, petitioners and commenters should raise all issues in 
their initial filings.  New issues may not be raised in responses or replies. 34 A party or interested 
person seeking to raise a new issue after the pleading cycle has closed must show good cause why it 
was not possible for it to have raised the issue previously.  Submissions after the pleading cycle has 
closed that seek to raise new issues based on new facts or newly discovered facts should be filed 
within 15 days after such facts are discovered.  Absent such a showing of good cause, any issues not 
timely raised may be disregarded by the Commission.
All filings concerning matters referenced in this Public Notice should refer to MB Docket No. 10-
56, and if they pertain only to specific applications or matters, to the specific file numbers of the 
individual applications or matters as well. 
Submissions in this matter may be filed electronically (i.e., through ECFS) or by filing paper 
copies.  
§ Electronic Filers:  Documents may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the 
ECFS:  http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/.
§ Paper Filers:  Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each 
filing.  Filings may be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or 
  
33 On March 4, 2010, the Media Bureau released a Protective Order governing the review of confidential 
information submitted by the Applicants and others in this proceeding, and a Second Protective Order governing the 
review of highly confidential information so submitted by the Applicants.  Applications of Comcast Corporation,
General Electric Company and NBC Universal, Inc., Protective Order, DA 10-370 (Med. Bur. Mar. 4, 2010), 
Applications of Comcast Corporation, General Electric Company and NBC Universal, Inc., Second Protective 
Order, DA 10-371 (Med. Bur. Mar. 4, 2010). 
34 See Section 1.45(c) of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. §1.45(c).
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by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail.  All filings must be addressed to the 
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
§ All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission’s Secretary 
must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th Street, S.W., Room TW-A325, 
Washington, D.C. 20554.  All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or 
fasteners.  Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building.  
§ Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority 
Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, Maryland 20743.
§ U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.
In addition, one copy of each submission must be sent to the following:
1.  The Commission’s duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, S.W., 
Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160, e-mail fcc@bcpiweb.com; 
2.  Jessica Almond, Media Bureau, Room 3-C828, e-mail Jessica.Almond@fcc.gov; and
3.  Vanessa Lemmé, Industry Analysis Division, Media Bureau, Room 2-C313, e-mail 
Vanessa.Lemme@fcc.gov.
Any submission that is e-mailed to Best Copy and Printing, Jessica Almond, and Vanessa Lemmé should 
include in the subject line of the e-mail:  (1) MB Docket No. 10-56; (2) the name of the submitting party; 
(3) a brief description or title identifying the type of document being submitted (e.g., MB Docket No. 10-
56, Comcast Corporation, Ex Parte Notice).
People with Disabilities.  To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities 
(braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
Availability of Documents.  Documents in this proceeding will be available for public inspection 
and copying during business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, 
S.W., Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554.  The documents may also be purchased from BCPI, 
telephone (202) 488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-5563, TTY (202) 488-5562, e-mail fcc@bcpiweb.com.  
The Application, as well as the economists’ report filed by the Applicants on March 5, 2010, are also 
available electronically through the Commission’s ECFS, which may be accessed on the Commission’s 
Internet website at http://www.fcc.gov.  Additional information regarding the proposed transaction will be 
available on the FCC’s Office of General Counsel’s Comcast-NBCU website, 
http://www.fcc.gov/transaction/comcast-nbcu.html, which will contain an unofficial listing and electronic 
copies of materials in this Docket.  
Further Information.  For further information, contact William Freedman, (202) 418-1415, Jennifer 
Tatel, (202) 418-1817, Marcia Glauberman, (202) 418-7046, or Jessica Almond, (202) 418-2721, of the 
Media Bureau.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165, of the Media Bureau.  
TTY: (202) 418-2555 or (888) 835-5322.    
  
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ATTACHMENT
Part 25 – Satellite Communications Licenses
File No.  Licensee/Registrant Call Sign(s)
Satellite Earth Stations
SES-ASG-20100201-00147    TGC, Inc.  E050133
SES-ASG-20100201-00148 E! Entertainment Television, Inc.  E080069
 E020009
SES-T/C-20100201-00149 The Comcast Network, LLC  E000423
 E000360
 E090030
 E050129
 E020281
SES-ASG-20100202-00150 NBC Telemundo License Co.  E020152
E870542
 E980370
 E980090
 E980067
 E960289
 E940360
 E940216
E060346
E873926
E870840
E870839
E870838
E870837
E860946
E860725
E860347
E860231
E090133
E090033
E070259
E070252
E070167
E070133
E070047
E060397
E990553
E060347
E060345
E060344
E060330
E060329
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E060328
E060327
E060326
E060325
E060324
E060008
E060006
E050280
E050139
E4288
E040464
E040167
E040097
E020194
E020193
E020062
E020061
E010336
E010105
E000668
E000667
E000226
E000129
E000099
E060193
E873608
SES-T/C-20100201-00151 New England Cable News E050107
E940292
E970108
SES-T/C-20100201-00152 Station Venture Operations, LP E890143
E030334
E050232
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Part 73 – Radio Broadcast Services Licenses
File No(s).  Licensee Call Sign
BTCCDT-20100128AAG NBC Telemundo License Co. WCAU(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAH WMAQ-TV
BTCCDT-20100128AAI WNBC(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAJ WRC-TV
BTCCDT-20100128AAK WTVJ(TV)
BTCTT-20100128AAL W58BU
BTCCDT-20100128AAM WVIT(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAN KNBC(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAO KNTV(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAP WNEU(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAQ WNJU(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAR WSCV(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAS WSNS-TV
BTCCDT-20100128AAT KDEN-TV
BTCCDT-20100128AAU KHRR(TV)
BTCTT-20100128AAV K28EY
BTCCDT-20100128AAW KNSO(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128AAX KSTS(TV)
BTCTT-20100128AAY K15CU
BTCTT-20100128AAZ K46GF
BTCTTL-20100128ABA K52FF
BTCTTA-20100128ABB KEJT-LP
BTCDTL-20100128ABC KEJT-LP
BTCTVL-20100128ABD KMAS-LP
BTCCDT-20100128ABE KTAZ(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128ABF KTMD(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128ABG KVDA(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128ABH KVEA(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128ABI KWHY-TV
BTCTT-20100128ABJ K47GD
BTCCDT-20100128ABK KXTX-TV
BTCCDT-20100128ABL Station Venture Operations, LP KNSD(TV)
BTCCDT-20100128ABM KXAS-TV
BTCCDT-20100128ABN Telemundo of Puerto Rico WKAQ-TV
BTCTTV-20100128ABO W09AT
BTCTT-20100128ABP W32AJ
BTCTT-20100128ABQ W68BU
BTCCDT-20100128ABR Telemundo Las Vegas License LLC KBLR(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ABS NBC Telemundo License Co. WCAU(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ABT WMAQ-TV
BALCDT-20100128ABU WNBC(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ABV WRC-TV
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BALCDT-20100128ABW WTVJ(TV)
BALTT-20100128ABX W58BU
BALCDT-20100128ABY WVIT(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ABZ KNBC(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACA KNTV(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACB WNEU(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACC WNJU(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACD WSCV(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACE WSNS-TV
BALCDT-20100128ACF KDEN-TV
BALCDT-20100128ACG KHRR(TV)
BALTT-20100128ACH K28EY
BALCDT-20100128ACI KNSO(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACJ KSTS(TV)
BALTT-20100128ACK K15CU
BALTT-20100128ACL K46GF
BALTT-20100128ACM K52FF
BALTTA-20100128ACN KEJT-LP
BAPDTL-20100128ACO KEJT-LP
BALTVL-20100128ACP KMAS-LP
BALCDT-20100128ACQ KTAZ(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACR KTMD(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACS KVDA(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACT KVEA(TV)
BALCDT-20100128ACU KWHY-TV
BALTT-20100128ACV K47GD
BALCDT-20100128ACW KXTX-TV
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Parts 90 and 101 - Private Land Mobile and Private Fixed Microwave Licenses
File No. Licensee Lead Call Sign
0004101576 Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, L.P. WPWF842
0004101702 Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P. WQAW846
0004105041 Versus, L.P. WPTR291
0004106409 TGC, Inc. WPWN254
0004106423 E! Entertainment Television, Inc. WPVJ725
0004101711 Station Venture Operations, LP WPQY246
0004101741 Telemundo of Puerto Rico WQES973
0004101787 Telemundo Las Vegas License LLC WQGR453
0004101864 Universal City Property Management II LLC KD22853
0004101869 Universal City Development Partners, LTD WNTH512
0004102148 NBC Telemundo License Co. KB81618
0004102460 Universal City Studios LLLP KB85978