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The major league baseball logo is seen on signage near the player's entrance to the field at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

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.

By Sean Keeley OnMay 21, 2025 0
Credit: Versant

Comcast

What is Versant? A detailed explainer for sports fans

Comcast announces spinoff to be named Versant

NBC to sell spinoff Versant’s ads for two years

It's unclear if the partnership will extend beyond then.

By Drew Lerner OnMay 7, 2025 0
The Comcast Logo

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.

By Drew Lerner OnNov 19, 2024 0
Peacock

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.

By Drew Lerner OnOct 4, 2024 0
Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports

Amazon

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

A Peacock Olympics graphic.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 24, 2024 0
Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Comcast

NBC reportedly planning to outbid WBD for NBA rights

The MotoGP logo.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 4, 2024 3
The NBA on NBC logo.

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.

By Sean Keeley OnSep 16, 2023 3
Comcast president Mike Cavanagh. (Comcast.)

Comcast

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

NBC executive Mark Lazarus.

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.

By Jesse Pantuosco OnJul 8, 2023 0
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."

By Jesse Pantuosco OnMay 17, 2023 12
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 24, 2023 2
Steph Curry during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnApr 5, 2023 0
Nick Khan

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..."

By Sean Keeley OnApr 4, 2023 3
Xfinity and Peacock.

Free Peacock Premium for Xfinity subscribers is about to end

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

By Andrew Bucholtz OnFeb 13, 2023 0
A NBC Olympic Channel graphic.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 1, 2022 7
Mookie Cook

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMay 17, 2022 0

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.

By Sean Keeley OnFeb 6, 2022 8

NBC will test a Nielsen competitor for the Super Bowl and the Olympics

NBCUniversal reportedly hopes to use the data for spring upfront sales.

By Jay Rigdon OnJan 13, 2022 5
NBC Sports Group and the Premier League.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnNov 18, 2021 18
The NBC Sports and YouTube TV logos.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 26, 2021 0

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.

By Ian Casselberry OnSep 18, 2020 2

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