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Comcast spinoff Versant will pursue its own live sports rights

New media company Versant will still look to be a major player in live sports even after spinning off from Comcast and NBC.

Details about future arrangements between the network and NBC also emerge.

"Snoop has done everything and beyond what we ever expected him to do here in the Paris Games."

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

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

Lazarus, currently the chairman of NBC Broadcasting & Sports, will add oversight of their news and cable divisions as well.

Per NBC, the network has now turned a profit at four consecutive Olympics.

The Hollywood Reporter has released its annual list of the 35 most powerful people in New York media. A list...

One of the biggest behind-the-scenes names at NBC is reportedly getting a promotion. Per Sports Business Journal’s John...

We’ve chronicled the move of Mike Tirico from ESPN to NBC plus the saga that Mike Tirico, expected...

When NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus (who doesn’t appear to be on Twitter, but is pictured here) made...

Networks sometimes push for changes in the sports they broadcast, but it’s highly unusual to see them pushing...