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On December 3, 2009, after months of rumors, a deal was formally announced in which Comcast would buy a stake in NBC Universal from GE for $6.5 billion after the spin-off of certain businesses, pending regulatory approval. [35] Under the agreement, NBC Universal would be controlled with a 51% stake by Comcast and GE would retain the remaining 49%.
Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast The logo of Comcast from late 2006 to 2013 NBCUniversal logo since 2011 Alternate NBCUniversal logo, created after the company's takeover and featuring Comcast's updated NBC peacock logo to promote its ownership Initiator Comcast Target NBC Universal from GE Type Majority stake (until March 2013) Full acquisition (from March 2013) Cost US$ 13.75 billion ...
NBCUniversal News Group is the news division of NBCUniversal, composed of the NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC units, that was created on July 19, 2012, under chairwoman Pat Fili-Krushel. [68] In April 2015, Andrew Lack took over as CEO of the group, with CNBC being moved to a direct unit reporting to NBCUniversal CEO.
NBCUniversal is cracking open its TV and movie archives to launch around four dozen free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels — significantly expanding its footprint in the free streaming ...
Overview. From NBCUniversal, Hayu is the first all-reality subscription video-on-demand streaming service of its kind – offering every episode and every season of a broad selection of reality TV franchises, all in one place and available the same day as the USA. The majority of Hayu’s content premieres on NBCU’s US channels: Bravo, E! and ...
The sale and resulting merger formed NBC Universal. The new company was 80% owned by GE, and 20% owned by Vivendi. [34] 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 ...
Universal TV. E! Universal TV, formerly Universal Channel, is an international pay television network specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms.
GE and Vivendi merge NBC and Universal into NBCUniversal: 2005: The Office premieres on NBC Comcast sets up a joint-venture with PBS, Sesame Workshop & HIT Entertainment to form PBS Kids Sprout Comcast & Time Warner Cable jointly acquire Adelphia Cable assets for $17.6 billion: 2006: USA Network begins 13-year streak as #1 cable network in ...