'Turnaround' at NBC Uni fuels GE's Q4

January 20, 2007 For the current first quarter, GE projected that NBC Uni will see its profit stay flat or grow up to 5% over the same period last year despite a revenue decline of about 20% because of tough comparisons with last year's Winter Olympics on NBC. Excluding the Olympics, revenue should be pretty much unchanged year-over-year, GE chief financial officer Keith Sherin said. Discussing the NBC network, the GE finance chief said "we're making real progress" in primetime, where ratings are up 16%.

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