NEW YORK (Reuters) - Storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer may opt for a stand-alone plan if bids disappoint, and creditors are expected to meet early next week as the company sifts through expected offers, sources said. The studio, struggling with $3.7 billion of debt, said in November it was exploring a potential sale of the company. It said at the time ...

Cable operator Comcast Corp. spent $3.5 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress on its pending acquisition of a controlling stake in NBC Universal and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's $420,000 more than it spent in the third ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DirecTV Group and Comcast Corp said on Monday they have reached a deal to return Comcast's Versus sports network to the satellite operator's programing line-up. Financial terms were not disclosed. Versus was pulled off DirecTV's programing packages in August 2009 after both sides were unable to agree on fee terms. DirecTV claimed Comcast, the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld on Friday a Federal Communications Commission ban that prevents cable companies like Comcast Corp from cutting exclusive deals for affiliated television programing. The prohibition was poised to end in October 2007 unless the FCC acted, but the FCC decided to extend the ban for five more years, expressing concerns that competition and ...