According to Comcast, NBCUniversal theme park revenues rose 4 percent during the final three months of 2011, propelled by higher per-guest spending at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.

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Comcast also owns Universal Studios park in Florida, Universal Studios park in Hollywood and parks in Japan and Singapore.

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Cooke, executive vice president for corporate affairs, to a meeting hosted by another major Hollywood company, Universal Studios, a subsidiary of The Seagram Co.

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But Universal Studios' House of Horrors ride in Hollywood remains the scariest ride he has been on.

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In 2003 Davis hired the rights clearance staff from Universal Studios, the biggest such operation in Hollywood.

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Several of the larger Hollywood studios -- Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures -- sat out "the Con" this year, which opened up more room for the growing number of online series from the likes of YouTube, Hulu and Netflix as well as gaming.

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