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Multiple Sports
Media

US telco Comcast has announced plans to spin off most its cable networks, which include USA Network, which frequently shows live sports as part of NBC’s media rights deals, and the Golf Channel.
Basketball
Media

Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, bringing an end to the legal saga spurred by the league’s new domestic broadcast deals.
Gymnastics
Sponsorship & Marketing

USA Gymnastics has announced media and technology company Comcast as a sponsor of the governing body, with the Xfinity brand becoming the US Gymnastics Championships title sponsor through 2024
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Comcast president Michael Cavanagh has said that it is "very improbable" that the company would look to secure a minority stake in ESPN, which is 80-per-cent owned by Disney
Football
Technology

The Premier League has joined the partner consortium for the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator as strategic advisors to start-ups selected for the annual programme
Multiple Sports
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Zach Leonsis, Monumental Sports' president of media and new enterprises, speaks to SportBusiness about the decision to acquire NBC Sports Washington and the organization's belief in the embattled RSN model.
Multiple Sports
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Comcast NBCUniversal has suffered a blow with paid subscribers to flagship streaming service Peacock remaining stagnant at 13 million during the second quarter of the year
Olympic Games
Media

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony attracted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of nearly 16 million viewers across multiple NBCUniversal platforms in the United States, representing a record-low …
Multi-sport
Media

NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock will significantly expand its reach after securing distribution with Amazon’s Fire TV set-tops and Fire tablet devices from June 24.
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Comcast has expanded its Olympic commitment by extending its sponsorship deal with Team USA through 2028 and has secured a founding partnership with the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Media

NBCUniversal is poised to charge pay-TV providers higher subscription fees for USA Network due to an influx of premium live sports content to the general entertainment cable channel in the coming years
Media

NBCUniversal has announced it will broadcast a record 1,200 hours from the Tokyo Paralympics this summer, including inaugural primetime coverage on the main NBC network.
Media

NBCUniversal has announced it will shut down its sports cable network NBCSN by the end of the year, with much of its content migrating to sister Comcast-owned general-entertainment channel USA Network …
Media

NBCUniversal and streaming platform Roku have reached a carriage agreement over NBCU's new direct-to-consumer service Peacock two months after its nationwide launch
Football
Media

NBCUniversal is actively looking to utilize NBC Sports' premium properties to attract subscribers to its new streaming service and help differentiate the platform from its rivals in the crowded and competitive direct-to-consumer marketplace.
Football
Media

Spanish-language sports broadcaster Telemundo Deportes has secured exclusive rights in the United States to the home games of Liga MX giants CD Guadalajara (Chivas).
Finance & Law

NBC Sports has followed in the footsteps of ESPN and Fox Sports by asking its top on-air talent to take temporary pay cuts as a result of the sports competition shutdown amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
Media

Comcast and NBCUniversal's new Peacock subscription streaming video service will contain a significant amount of live sports coverage, including extensive coverage of this summer's Tokyo Olympics