Culture
NBCUniversal and Visa Tap Creators Allie and Isaac to Create Content Around Super Bowl and Winter Olympics
NBCUniversal and Visa are teaming for an ambitious marketing partnership that will connect the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with the…
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Ralph Lauren Names Cesar Conde, Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, to Board of Directors
Ralph Lauren Corp. has appointed Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, to its board of directors, effective immediately. This…
Celebrity
Disney, NBCUniversal Alum Susana Zepeda Joins Visualization Studio The Third Floor
The Third Floor has tapped veteran creative media executive Susana Zepeda as the visualization studio’s head of strategic partnerships. In…
Culture
Oscars TV Rights Auction Heats Up: Netflix Out and NBCUniversal Is Ahead as ABC Holds the Line (EXCLUSIVE)
There are eight weeks left on the holy Hollywood awards calendar until Oscar nominations are announced, and it’s not just artists and…
Culture
Major League Baseball Strikes New 3-Year Rights Deals With NBCU, Disney, Netflix
The media world will take a new swing at showing games from Major League Baseball. The league has struck new — and widely-expected —…
News
YouTube TV and NBCUniversal head toward blackout standoff
NBCUniversal may soon be pulling its programming from Google’s YouTube TV. The news comes as a dispute between the companies over carriage…
Business
NBCUniversal Could Be Headed for YouTube TV Blackout
YouTube TV has grappled with carriage-contract showdowns in recent weeks with Fox Corp. and TelevisaUnivison. Next up: NBCUniversal. NBCU…
Celebrity
NBCUniversal Formats Brings Interactive Game Show ‘Don’t Ask Me’ to Mongolia With Central TV Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
NBCUniversal Formats is taking its interactive game show “Don’t Ask Me” to Mongolia through a new partnership with local broadcaster…
Business
NBCUniversal Acquires Robert Ludlum’s ‘Bourne’ and ‘Treadstone’ Book Series in Massive Deal
NBCUniversal has acquired all rights, excluding publishing, to Robert Ludlum’s “Jason Bourne” and “Treadstone” book series, in perpetuity.…
Business
Hulu Sale Boosts Comcast Q2 Despite Cord Cutting, Ad Sales Downturn
Comcast said its second quarter profit was boosted by the sale of its remaining stake in the Hulu streaming service to Disney and…
Celebrity
Hollywood Content Holds Strong in Asia-Pacific Despite Local Push, Execs Say at APOS
Despite the surge in local content production across Asia-Pacific, Hollywood studios and streaming platforms are finding renewed strength…
Business
‘The Traitors’ Format Rights Acquired for Brazil, Mexico by NBCUniversal From All3Media International (EXCLUSIVE)
In a pioneering deal, “The Traitors” format rights for Brazil and Mexico have been acquired from All3Media Intl. by NBCUniversal…
Business
Disney, Universal File First Major Studio Lawsuit Against AI Company, Sue Midjourney for Copyright Infringement: ‘This Is Theft’
Disney and NBCUniversal are the first Hollywood players to take a shot across the bow of a generative AI company that they claim has…
News
Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm Midjourney for Copyright Infringement
Disney and Universal sued a prominent artificial intelligence start-up for copyright infringement on Wednesday, bringing Hollywood…
Business
Comcast Sees Q1 Profit Dip On Cable, Ad Revenue
Comcast said first-quarter net income fell 12.5% as revenue from its bedrock cable business dipped and ad revenue from its NBCUniversal…
Lifestyle
Universal Unveils Plans for U.K. Theme Park and Resort
Comcast NBCUniversal has unveiled plans to build its first-ever theme park and resort in the United Kingdom. The project, set to open in…
Celebrity
Yum Brands Co-Founder David Novak Named Chairman of Comcast’s SpinCo
David Novak, co-founder of the fast-food giant behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, was named chairman of the company that will be formed…
News
Sean Combs Files $100 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against NBCUniversal for ‘Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy’ Documentary
Sean Combs has filed a $100 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal for its Peacock documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.” The fallen…
News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Files $100 Million Defamation Suit Against NBCUniversal, Ample and Peacock Over ‘Making of a Bad Boy’ Doc
Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal, Peacock TV and Ample Entertainment for defamatory…