‘Tis the season to be jolly at Scripps Nets, where Nov rev jumped 17% to $96mln, powered by a 16% rise in ad rev to $78.2mln and 11% growth in affil fee rev to $15.7mln. — UBS raised its price target for Comcast from $47 to $50, citing the "broad-based" confidence in triple-play bundles that emerged last week at its media conference, and the MSO’s expansive room for VoIP growth in ’07. Comcast’s digital telephony currently penetrates 4% of HHs (vs 24% for Cablevision), leaving the cable giant "positioned for strong organic growth." UBS expects Comcast to add more than 1mln VoIP subs in ’07.

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MSNBC-NBC News Split Dates Set

In a Wednesday editorial call reported on by the trades, MSNBC SVP, Newsgathering Scott Matthews outlined when the cable network will break away from NBC News as part of the Versant spinoff from NBCUniversal

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