NBCUniversal reportedly making bid for ESPN’s MLB package, including ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
NBC would not be seeking international and radio rights or the rights to highlight clips.
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NBC to sell spinoff Versant’s ads for two years
It's unclear if the partnership will extend beyond then.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony audience down 43% from 2018
That's a bit concerning for NBCUniversal as the 2018 Winter Games were the least-watched Olympics ever.
NBC will test a Nielsen competitor for the Super Bowl and the Olympics
NBCUniversal reportedly hopes to use the data for spring upfront sales.
NBC and Telemundo reach six-year extension with Premier League, reportedly worth $2.7 billion
In the end, the Premier League stuck with NBC. But NBC will be paying a lot more this time.
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."
NBCUniversal threatens to pull channels from Roku in dispute over adding Peacock to platform
Those channels would include NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes, which carry Premier League and Sunday Night Football.