Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- NBC Universal, General Electric Co.'s media unit, would be interested in DreamWorks SKG if the live- action film studio became available, NBC Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Zucker said.

``If the opportunity were to arise, it's obviously something we would look at,'' Zucker said today at a UBS AG conference in New York. ``We know them well. We have a long history with them.''

David Geffen and Steven Spielberg, co-founders of the studio, are negotiating to move to NBC Universal from Viacom Inc.'s Paramount, the New York Times reported last month, citing unidentified people close to the talks. Spielberg's production agreement with Paramount ends at the end of 2008. Viacom Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman said today it is unclear whether the movie director will stay beyond next year.

``We'll see what form that relationship takes,'' Dauman said separately, at the same conference. ``Whatever makes him happy and makes us happy will be what works.''

Spielberg is finishing the fourth ``Indiana Jones'' installment that will be in theaters next year. Dauman said he hopes the director, whom he called `` one of the greatest filmmakers of our time and of all time,'' will continue making movies at Paramount.

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While Viacom talks with Spielberg, the company is also building up its relationship with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the maker of the ``Shrek'' movies, Dauman said. Viacom's Nickelodeon cable-television channel will air a TV series made by the animation studio, he said. DreamWorks Animation was spun off from DreamWorks in 2004.

Paramount gets 8 percent of box office sales for distributing animated movies by DreamWorks Animation, Dauman said.

General Electric, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, fell $1.36, or 3.6 percent, to $36.93 at 4:01 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. Viacom Class B shares rose 63 cents to $42.65 and DreamWorks Animation, based in Glendale, California, fell $1.30, or 4.9 percent, to $25.

Zucker also said today he hoped contract negotiations between striking film and television writers and Hollywood studios would be resolved in the next few days. The talks are scheduled to resume tomorrow.

To contact the reporter on this story: Gillian Wee in New York at gwee3@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: December 3, 2007 17:32 EST