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The logo for
Comcast , in use since January 11, 2024.
Alternate logo of Comcast used to promote their ownership of
NBCUniversal .
Here is a list of assets owned by American global
telecommunications conglomerate
Comcast .
Comcast Holdings Corporation
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Former assets
Divested
A&E Networks (15.8%, with
The Walt Disney Company and
Hearst )
Bad Wolf Ltd (minority stake, with
Access Entertainment and
HBO ), sold to
Sony Pictures Television
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MGM Holdings (20%, with
Sony Corporation of America ,
Providence Equity Partners ,
TPG Capital ,
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and
Quadrangle Group ), split in 2010 due to the emergence from bankruptcy, now owned by
Amazon .
Comcast SportsNet Houston
QVC : Comcast sold its majority stake to
Liberty Media in 2003
Speed Channel : joint venture with
Cox Communications and
Fox Entertainment Group ; Fox acquired Comcast and Cox's stakes in 2001
Time Warner Entertainment (26%, with Time Warner Inc.): Comcast sold its 26% stake to Time Warner Inc. (now
Warner Bros. Discovery ) in 2003.
TV One : 50% joint venture with
Radio One , which acquired Comcast's stake in 2015
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 .
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.
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AwesomenessTV – sold to
Paramount Global .
Craftsy (formerly Bluprint): now owned by TN Marketing
Euronews (25%) - Comcast sold its stake to other stakeholders
NBC Sports Washington
SBS CNBC : sold to
SBS Media Holdings in 2021
ShopNBC
Sundance Channel
TV One (50% joint venture with
Radio One )
Hulu (33.3%)
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Dormant or shuttered
Xfinity
NBCUniversal
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
Chocolate Media
Cloo
Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (with
Charter Communications ), shut down due to the loss of SEC rights to
ESPN 's
SEC Network
The Comcast Network
Comcast Sports Southwest
Esquire Network
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment - folded into Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
DailyCandy
iVillage
Seeso
Shift
Chapman Entertainment : acquired by DreamWorks Animation in 2013
FilmDistrict : folded into Focus Features in 2014
Focus World
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
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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 )
MCA TV
Gramercy Pictures
Universal Eight
Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel)
Universal Channel (Asia)
USA Home Entertainment
13th Street Australia
Diva TV
Diva (Asia)
E! (Asia)
KidsCo (51% with
Corus Entertainment )
Hallmark Channel International
Qubo (with
Ion Media Networks ,
Scholastic Entertainment ,
Classic Media and
Corus Entertainment ): A children's programming block launched on September 9, 2006. NBC and Telemundo discontinued their Qubo blocks in 2012 after Comcast acquired NBCUniversal. Following the acquisition of Ion Media by the
E. W. Scripps Company on January 7, 2021, the Qubo Channel 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 .
Sky
See also
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"Resorts World Sentosa – Universal Studios Singapore" . Resorts World Sentosa. Archived from
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"Illumination Teams With Mike Moon To Launch New Label Moonlight" . Deadline . Retrieved 2022-09-23 .
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"Illumination Taps Former Netflix Adult Animation Chief Mike Moon to Start Moonlight Label" . Variety . Retrieved 2022-09-23 .
^ Perry, Spencer (February 15, 2017).
"Universal Studios Buys a Minority Stake in Amblin Partners" . Comingsoon.net .
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"Universal Content Productions Launches Podcast Network With Sam Esmail Original" . The Hollywood Reporter . 5 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-08 .
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"NBCUniversal International Studios rebrands to Align with USG" . Variety . 23 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-28 .
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"NBC Universal Acquires Monkey Kingdom" .
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"NBCUniversal Takes Full Control of Australia's Matchbox Pictures" . The Hollywood Reporter . 29 January 2014.
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"Time Warner Acquires 10% Stake in Hulu for $583 Million" .
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"Disney Assumes Full Control of Hulu in Deal With Comcast" . Variety .
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^ Steinberg, Brian (January 10, 2020).
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