BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - NBC Universal, a subsidiary of General Electric Co., Tuesday said it will provide TV shows from NBC, USA Network, SCI-FI Channel, Bravo, and vintage library shows from NBC Universal for SanDisk Corp.'s web-based service, Fanfare.
Under the terms of the deal, NBC Universal and SanDisk will collaborate on new consumer content acquisition models, including flexible pricing and packaging. The companies also will collaborate to implement a series of measures to protect NBC Universal content.
NBC Universal said the content will be available on Fanfare, which is currently in beta testing, in January. SanDisk's Fanfare consumers can download TV shows from their personal computers for playback on their TV via SanDisk's new Sansa TakeTV video player.
Shares of SanDisk, a Milpitas, Calif.-based developer of portable audio and video players, fell 1% to $38.66.
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