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American Broadcasting Company Summary
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), major American television network that is a division of the Disney Company. Its headquarters are in New York City. The company’s history traces to 1926, when the Radio Corporation of America (now RCA Corporation) and two other firms founded the National
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National Broadcasting Co., Inc. Summary
National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC), major American commercial broadcasting company, since 2004 the television component of NBCUniversal, which is owned by the Comcast Corporation. The oldest broadcasting network in the United States, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) came into being on
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation Summary
NEC Corporation, major Japanese multinational corporation, producer of telecommunications equipment and related software and services. Headquarters are in Tokyo. Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (NEC; officially NEC Corporation in 1983), was founded in 1899 with funding from the Western Electric
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CBS Broadcasting Inc. Summary
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major American mass-media company that operates the CBS national television network. It is the flagship television division of Paramount Skydance Corporation, formed in 2025 after Skydance Media acquired CBS’s former parent, Paramount Global. CBS was incorporated in 1927