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Comcast to reportedly spinoff cable assets in seismic move

The move will include its news assets MSNBC and CNBC, entertainment assets USA, Oxygen, E!, and Syfy, and its lone remaining sports cable network Golf Channel.

Charter customers to start receiving Peacock for free

Spectrum TV Select subscribers will now have access to the plethora of exclusive live sports rights that Peacock owns.

Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports

Amazon

NBA rejects Warner Bros. Discovery’s matching bid, officially announces deals with Amazon, Disney/ESPN, NBCU

Peacock lost 500,000 subscribers in Q2, increasing focus on Olympics coverage and price hikes

Some of Peacock's Q1 subscriber gains were lost in Q2, and their Q3 performance will be closely watched around the Olympics.

Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Comcast

NBC reportedly planning to outbid WBD for NBA rights

MotoGP may go from NBCUniversal to WBD, the latest smaller league to leave NBC

A desire for more live linear TV exposure has been mentioned here, and that's been heard a lot around NBCU the past few years.

NBC continues making public overtures to the NBA

NBC may not end up getting NBA media rights in the end, but there sure is a lot of smoke right now.

Comcast president Mike Cavanagh. (Comcast.)

Comcast

Comcast’s Mike Cavanagh says idea of them taking an ESPN stake is ‘very improbable’

With NBA broadcast rights looming, Mark Lazarus named chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group

Lazarus had previously served as NBC's Chairman of Television and Streaming.

NBC Sports Group chairman Pete Bevacqua. (Comcast.)

College Football

Pete Bevacqua leaves NBC for Notre Dame, will replace Jack Swarbrick as AD in 2024

With the NFL playoffs behind a paywall, sports fandom has never been more expensive

"Let’s not understate the gravity of this moment, which should be acknowledged for what it is—a watershed event in sports media."

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell out amidst sexual harassment/sex discrimination investigation

Shell was reportedly fired for cause following an investigation into complaints of sexual harassment and sex discrimination.

Steph Curry set to star with Adam Pally in NBC memorabilia mockumentary

"Making the natural transition from behind the camera to center stage opposite Adam Pally, we can’t wait for the world to see what we have in store."

Nick Khan on potential WWE-UFC combined streaming deal: ‘Let’s see what [NBCU has] to say’

"[W]e're going to see what that looks like and hopefully, it's robust..."

Free Peacock Premium for Xfinity subscribers is about to end

Existing Xfinity subscribers will no longer receive free Peacock Premium beginning June 26.

NBC is shutting down the U.S. linear Olympic Channel in September

Five years after its launch, the NBC U.S. linear Olympic channel (a NBC/IOC/USOPC partnership) is shutting down.

LeBron James will be played by Oregon commit Mookie Cook in Peacock film adaptation of James’ “Shooting Stars” book with Buzz Bissinger

Cook is the fifth-ranked player nationally in the class of 2023 by the 247 Sports composite rankings.

NBCUniversal uses social accounts, including @NBCSports, to tell customers their networks could go dark on YouTube TV (updated)

"YouTube TV may drop all your favorite NBCUniversal programming."

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