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Comcast Says 'Pure Speculation' It's Mulling Bids for ViacomCBS or Roku

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ViacomCBS and Roku are both in the spotlight on a report that Comcast is pondering a bid for one of the companies, even as Comcast calls it "pure speculation."

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ViacomCBS itself was created out of a merger of Viacom and CBS completed in late 2019.</p>\n<p>Comcast owns NBCUniversal, a sprawling entertainment operation that includes TV and movies, though its Peacock streaming service is playing catch-up with Netflix&nbsp;(<b>NFLX</b>) -Get Report&nbsp;and Walt Disney&nbsp;(<b>DIS</b>) -Get Report, in particular Disney's Disney+ service.</p>\n<p>At the same time, Roberts is contemplating whether to continue to build out its offerings internally, particularly on the streaming side, or whether to buy something like ViacomCBS,whose stock has plunged since topping out at $101.97 on March 15.</p>\n<p>ViacomCBS and Discovery both posted double-digit percentage losses in March after margin calls against family office Archegos Capital Managementsparked forced block sales of both companies' shares.</p>\n<p>Shares of Comcast were up 1.66% at $56.40 in premarket trading. 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The stock was up 1.02% at $425.99 in premarket trading on Thursday.\nThe speculation follows a flurry of recent merger activity in the media space, including Amazon’s (AMZN) -Get Report pending $8.45 billion acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and AT&T’s (T) -Get Report agreement to combine its WarnerMedia division with Discovery (DISCA) -Get Report. ViacomCBS itself was created out of a merger of Viacom and CBS completed in late 2019.\nComcast owns NBCUniversal, a sprawling entertainment operation that includes TV and movies, though its Peacock streaming service is playing catch-up with Netflix (NFLX) -Get Report and Walt Disney (DIS) -Get Report, in particular Disney's Disney+ service.\nAt the same time, Roberts is contemplating whether to continue to build out its offerings internally, particularly on the streaming side, or whether to buy something like ViacomCBS,whose stock has plunged since topping out at $101.97 on March 15.\nViacomCBS and Discovery both posted double-digit percentage losses in March after margin calls against family office Archegos Capital Managementsparked forced block sales of both companies' shares.\nShares of Comcast were up 1.66% at $56.40 in premarket trading. 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