List of assets owned by NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media conglomerate that is a division of Comcast and is headquartered at the Comcast Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.[1] It has film, television, cable networks, and publishing operations.
This is a listing of all of its brands, as shown at the company's website.
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming
NBC Entertainment
Entertainment Networks
- E! Studios
- Wilshire Studios, reality studio
- Syfy
- USA Network
- Bravo
- E!
- Oxygen
- Universal Kids
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
- Telemundo
- Universo
- Telemundo of Puerto Rico Studios
- Telemundo Studios
- Telemundo Global Studios
- Telemundo Streaming Studios
- Underground Producciones
- Telemundo Internacional
- Telemundo Films[2]
NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
- Affiliate Relations
- NBC Owned Television Stations
- Telemundo Station Group
- KBLR – Las Vegas
- KCSO – Sacramento
- KDEN-TV – Longmont, Colorado
- KHRR – Tucson
- KNSO – Fresno
- KSTS – San Jose/San Francisco
- KTAZ – Phoenix
- KTDO – El Paso
- KTMD – Houston
- KTMW – Salt Lake City
- KUAN – San Diego
- KVDA – San Antonio
- KVEA – Los Angeles
- KXTX – Dallas/Fort Worth
- TeleXitos
- WKAQ – Puerto Rico
- WNEU – Boston/Merrimack
- WNJU – New York
- WRDM – Hartford
- WRIW – Providence
- WRMD – Tampa
- WSCV – Miami
- WSNS – Chicago
- WTMO – Orlando
- WZDC – Washington
- Skycastle Entertainment
- Golf Channel
- MLB Network (5.44%) joint venture with Major League Baseball and other providers
- NBC Olympics, LLC
- NBC Sports
- NHL Network (15.6%) joint venture with National Hockey League
- SportsEngine
- Telemundo Deportes
- NBC Sports Regional Networks
- NBC Sports Bay Area (45%)
- NBC Sports California
- NBC Sports Chicago (20%)
- NBC Sports Washington
- NBC Sports Washington+
- NBC Sports Boston
- NBC Sports Philadelphia (75%)
- NBC Sports Philadelphia+
- SNY (8%) joint venture with Sterling Equities and Charter Communications
- NBC Sports Films
- NBC Sports Digital
- Playmaker Media
- Allstar Stats LLC.
- Revolution Golf[3]
- GolfPass[4][5]
- NBC Sports Gold
- GolfNow
- NBC Sports Digital Network
- NBC Sports Ventures LLC.
- World Long Drivers Association[6]
- American Century Championship[7]
- Father/Son Challenge (With IMG)
- National Dog Show
- Beverly Hills Dog Show[7]
- All-American Bowl[7][8]
Direct-to-Consumer
- Fandango Media (70%, joint venture with Warner Bros.)
- Stakes:
- Hayu
- Integrated Media Group
- Peacock
- Peacock Kids
- PictureBox Films
NBCUniversal International Networks
Main page: NBCUniversal International Networks
- Universal TV
- Latin America (operated and distributed by Ole Distribution)
- Brazil (joint venture with Canais Globo (50%), distributed by Canais Globo)
- Turkey
- Syfy
- Latin America (operated and distributed by Ole Distribution)
- Brazil (joint venture with Canais Globo (50%), distributed by Canais Globo)
- Russia
- Sci Fi (Poland)
- Sci Fi (Serbia)
- Sci Fi (Slovenia)
- 13th Street
- Movies 24
- Eastern Europe
- Russia and Moldova
- Movies 24+
- E! (Europe)
- E! (Australia)
- Studio Universal
- Latin America (operated and distributed by Ole Distribution)
- Brazil (joint venture with Canais Globo (50%), distributed by Canais Globo)
- DreamWorks Channel
- Telemundo Africa
NBCUniversal News Group
- CNBC
- CNBC World
- CNBC Africa
- CNBC Asia
- CNBC Europe
- CNBC Arabiya
- CNBC TV18 (joint venture with Network 18)
- CNBC Awaaz (joint venture with Network 18)
- Nikkei CNBC (joint venture with The Nikkei and TV Tokyo)
- SBS CNBC (joint venture with SBS Media Holdings)
- Class CNBC (joint venture with Class Editori and Mediaset)
- NBC News
- MSNBC
- NBCNews.com
- NBCUniversal Archives
- NBC News Studios[15]
- NBC News Channel.[17]
- NBC News Digital Group
- NBC News International
- NBC News Now [18][19]
Universal Studio Group
- Universal Television
- Universal Television Alternative Studio
- SNL Studios (With Lorne Michaels)
- Paramount Pictures (1929-1949 library)
- Universal Content Productions
- UCP Audio (2020)[20]
- NBCUniversal International Studios
- Heyday Television (joint venture with Heyday Films) (UK)
- Chocolate Media (UK)
- Lark Productions (Canada)
- Lucky Giant (UK)[21]
- Monkey Kingdom (UK)[22]
- Matchbox Pictures (Australia)[23]
- NBCUniversal Formats
- NBCUniversal Global Distribution
Universal Parks and Resorts
Main page: Universal Parks & Resorts
NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment
- Universal Pictures
- Illumination
- DreamWorks Animation
- DreamWorks Animation Television
- DreamWorks Classics
- Harvey Entertainment (in name-only unit)
- DreamWorks Theatricals
- DreamWorks New Media
- DreamWorks Press
- Focus Features
- Amblin Partners (minority stake; joint venture with The Amblin Group, Reliance Entertainment, Entertainment One, and Alibaba Pictures)[28]
- Blumhouse Productions (minority stake with Jason Blum)[29][30][31][32][33]
- Working Title Films
- WT2 Productions
- Working Title Television
- Carnival Films
- Universal Animation Studios
- Universal Pictures International
- Universal International Distribution
- Universal Home Entertainment
- Universal Home Entertainment Productions
- Universal 1440 Entertainment
- DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia (joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
- Universal Playback
- Studio Distribution Services (joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
- United International Pictures (50%, joint venture with Paramount Global's Paramount Pictures)
- Rede Telecine (10%, joint venture with Canais Globo, Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Universal Pictures International Entertainment
- Back Lot Music
- OTL Releasing
- Universal Brand Development
Other assets
- NBCUniversal International Television Production - This division was created in 2008 with the acquisition of UK production company Carnival Film and TV Limited, the company’s first major strategic move into production outside the US. Since then, NBCUniversal International acquired a second UK production company, Monkey Kingdom. The division is chartered with transforming NBCUniversal International into a leading destination for content creators and to drive profitable organic and acquisitive growth through world class international content with high production values.
- NBCUniversal International Television Distribution - It is responsible for the distribution of NBCUniversal product to all forms of television and new media outside of the U.S. and Canada. This includes a rich library of more than 4,000 feature films and 55,000 television episodes, including current and classic titles, non-scripted programming, sports, news, long-form and short-form programming, and locally produced content from around the world.
- NBCUniversal Digital Distribution - It drives the company’s North American distribution of content across the Internet, wireless, and other emerging platforms, and leads content strategy and development for offerings that include video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, interactive television, and wireless products and services.
- NBCUniversal Television Networks Distribution - It drives the distribution, marketing, and local ad sales for the company’s top-rated content portfolio to all multichannel video programming distributors. Its portfolio includes USA Network, CNBC, Syfy, MSNBC, Bravo, Oxygen, mun2, CNBC World, Chiller, Sleuth, Universal HD, and HD simulcasts. A key revenue generator, the division oversees distribution of the Olympics on cable; retransmission consent for NBC and Telemundo owned stations; and NBCUniversal’s content delivery on broadband, linear, and set-top box platforms with services that include video-on-demand, pay-per-view, and set-top box interactive features.
- NBCUniversal Cable and New Media Distribution - It is responsible for sales of all NBCUniversal content to both pay and basic cable, as well as new media platforms domestically. This includes all current television and film content from Universal Television, Universal Content Productions, Universal Pictures, Focus Features; various acquired and original content; and NBCUniversal’s vast library of film and television. The division is also responsible for the sale of NBCUniversal content to non-theatrical markets including airlines worldwide.
- NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution - It is responsible for the sales and distribution of NBCUniversal product to all forms of television within the U.S. and Canada. The division develops and produces first-run programming and distributes these shows, along with off-network content, to broadcast syndication.
Former assets
Divested
- A&E Networks (15.8%, with The Walt Disney Company and Hearst)
- A&E
- Crime & Investigation Network
- FYI (formerly The Biography Channel)
- The History Network
- Lifetime
- AwesomenessTV: sold in 2018 to Paramount Global
- Big Idea: sold in 2029 by Paramount's 20th Century Fox in Tokyo, Japan as a Japanese anime studio for VeggieTales.
- CIC Video: Paramount Home Entertainment acquired Universal's stake in the company and absorbed it in 1999
- Comcast SportsNet Houston
- Court TV
- Craftsy (formerly Bluprint): now owned by TN Marketing
- Das Vierte
- Euronews (25%) - NBCUniversal sold its stake to other stakeholders
- Pearl Studio (formerly known as Oriental DreamWorks) (45%, with China Media Capital, Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Alliance Investment): NBCUniversal sold its stake in the studio in 2018 to CMC for restructuring and possibly problems with Chinese antitrust investigation.[34]
- Rogue Pictures: sold to Relativity Media in 2009
- ShopNBC
- Sundance Channel
- TV One (50% joint venture with Radio One)
- Universal Music Group: retained by Vivendi following the merger of NBC and Universal in 2004, then spun-off in an IPO in 2021
- Vivendi Universal Games: retained by Vivendi following the merger of NBC and Universal, then merged with Activision in 2008 to form Activision Blizzard
- The Weather Company – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: Originally a parent company of The Weather Channel. In January 2016, it was acquired by IBM.
- The Weather Channel – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: sold to Entertainment Studios.
Dormant or shuttered
- American Sports Classics
- Anime Selects
- AZN Television: TV channel focused on Asian and Asian-American culture; formerly known as International Channel from its foundation in 1996 to 2005; shut down in 2008
- Bullwinkle Studios (50%, joint venture with Jay Ward Productions): Dissolved February 2022 following transfer of Jay Ward Productions library to WildBrain; NBCUniversal retains rights to all Bullwinkle Studios-era co-productions.
- Chiller
- Cloo
- The Comcast Network
- Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (with Charter Communications)
- Comcast Sports Southwest
- Esquire Network
- Fearnet (with Lions Gate Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- G4 (88% with Dish Network): first incarnation was closed down on December 31, 2014; meanwhile, second incarnation of the channel which operated by sister company Comcast Spectacor was closed down on November 18, 2022.
- MountainWest Sports Network (controlling stake)
- NBC Sports Northwest
- NBC Weather Plus
- NBCSN
- NewSport
- Olympic Channel
- Peacock Productions[35]
- TOMORROW[36]
- Sky Vision
- SportsChannel
- Station Venture Holdings (79.62% with LIN Media)
- Style Network (Australia)
- Television Without Pity: ceased its operations on May 31, 2014; relaunched under Tribune Media in 2016 later closed in 2017
- Trio
- Universal Sports Network (8% with InterMedia Partners)
- USA Cable Entertainment: folded into NBC Universal Television Studio in 2004
- MCA TV
- MTE
- Multimedia Entertainment: acquired by Universal Television in 1996
- Multimedia Motion Pictures
- NBC Enterprises
- NBC International Ltd.
- PolyGram Television
- ITC Entertainment: folded into PolyGram Television in 1997, library assets sold to Carlton Communications in 1999
- DailyCandy
- FandangoNow (formerly M-GO)
- iVillage
- Seeso
- Shift
- Chapman Entertainment: acquired by DreamWorks Animation in 2013
- Entertainment Rights
- Carrington Productions International
- Link Entertainment
- Tell-Tale Productions
- FilmDistrict: folded into Focus Features in 2014
- High Top Releasing
- Focus World
- Golden Books Family Entertainment: acquired by Classic Media in 2001
- CST Entertainment
- Shari Lewis Enterprises
- Total Television
- Good Machine: sold to Universal Pictures and merged into Focus Features
- Gramercy Pictures
- October Films: merged into USA Films, which was later merged into Focus Features
- Optical Programming Associates: joint venture between Magnavox, MCA Videodisc, and Pioneer Video
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Associated Film Distribution
- PolyGram Pictures
- Propaganda Films
- Savoy Pictures: library acquired by Focus Features in 2006
- Universal Eight
- Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel)
- Universal Channel (Asia)
- UPA: acquired by Classic Media in 2000
- USA Home Entertainment
- Walter Lantz Productions: sold to MCA Inc. in 1984
- 13th Street Australia
- Diva TV
- Diva (Asia)
- E! (Asia)
- KidsCo (51% with Corus Entertainment)
- Hallmark Channel International
- Qubo (with Ion Media, Scholastic Entertainment, Classic Media and Corus Entertainment): children's programming block that launched in 2006, which later launched as a linear channel in 2007. In 2012, NBC and Telemundo discontinued their Qubo blocks after Comcast acquired NBCUniversal. Following the acquisition of Ion Media by the E. W. Scripps Company on January 7, 2021, Qubo ceased operations on February 28, 2021.
- Premium Movie Partnership (with Sony Pictures Entertainment, CBS Corporation, News Corporation and Liberty Global)
- Steel
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (with Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios International)
- Wet 'n Wild Orlando: closed on December 31, 2016 and replaced by Volcano Bay.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "NBC Universal to sell Burbank, Calif, studio". MarketWatch. October 11, 2007. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
- ↑ "NBCU Telemundo Launches Film Division". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ↑ NBC/Golf Channel Acquires Digital Video Instruction Company Revolution Golf. August 7, 2017. https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2017/08/07/Media/Revolution-Golf.aspx.
- ↑ "NBC Sports and Rory McIlroy launch a streaming service for golf nuts". Engadget. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Rory McIlroy teams with NBC Sports for GOLFPASS, a hybrid digital content and lifestyle subscription service". Awful Announcing. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Golf Channel isn't shorting Long Drive". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "NBC Sports Group Acquires High School Football Showcase". Sports Business Journal. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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- ↑ Horror Maestros Unite: Behind James Wan and Jason Blum’s Deal Talks
- ↑ Patrick Frater (March 15, 2017). "Oriental DreamWorks Heads for Restructuring, Sale". Variety. https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/china-oriental-dreamworks-heads-for-closure-1202006264/. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
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