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NBCSN (also known as NBC Sports Network) was an American sports television channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), which was dedicated to programming primarily involving fishing, hunting, outdoor adventure programs, and outdoor sports.
NBCUniversal was formed on May 11, 2004, beginning on November 8, 2004 as NBC Universal, Inc., with the merger of General Electric (GE)'s NBC with Vivendi Universal's film and television subsidiary Vivendi Universal Entertainment, after GE had acquired 80% of the subsidiary, giving Vivendi a 20% share of the new company.
The sale and resulting merger formed NBC Universal. The new company was 80% owned by GE, and 20% owned by Vivendi. The television divisions of NBC and Universal Television were combined to form NBC Universal Television. In 2006, NBC Universal sold four of its smaller-market owned-and-operated stations (WVTM, WNCN, WCMH, and WJAR) to Media General.
The Weather Channel was founded on July 18, 1980, by television meteorologist John Coleman (who had served as a chief meteorologist at ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in Chicago and as a forecaster for Good Morning America) and Frank Batten, then-president of the channel's original owner Landmark Communications (now Landmark Media Enterprises).
Universal Kids is an American children's television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of NBCUniversal, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast.. The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented channel jointly operated by PBS, Comcast, Sesame Workshop, and HIT Entertainment, as an offshoot of the PBS Kids brand.
Xfinity. Adelphia Communications Corporation: assets acquired by Time Warner Cable and Comcast in 2006. Comcast Entertainment Television (CET) Comcast Television 2 (Michigan) Commuter Cable. ExerciseTV (with Time Warner Cable, New Balance, and Jake Steinfeld) Group W Cable.
2017–2018: NBC: co-production with Kesch Studios Law & Order: True Crime: 2017: co-production with Wolf Films: Wisdom of the Crowd: 2017–2018: CBS: co-production with Algorithm Entertainment, Keshet International, and CBS Television Studios Distributed outside of the U.S. by Paramount Global Content Distribution: A.P. Bio: 2018–2021: NBC ...
Mariska Hargitay – star of the long-running drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Taylor Kinney – star of the drama series Chicago Fire. Melissa Rauch – star of the comedy series Night Court. George Lopez – star of the comedy series Lopez vs. Lopez. Lester Holt – anchor of NBC Nightly News. Jimmy Fallon – host of The ...