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77-553: In 2020, NBC began to wind down the NBC Sports Gold services, with contracts for its content either expiring, or being migrated to NBCUniversal 's subscription streaming service Peacock . On June 9, 2016, it was announced that the "NBC Sports Tour de France Live" app would be relaunched as NBC Sports Gold ahead of the 2016 edition of the race. The rebranded service would also provide live, commercial free streaming coverage of several other cycling events for which NBC Sports

154-464: A bid. Comcast won the auction with a bid of £17.28 per-share, beating Fox's bid of £15.67. Sky plc had until October 11, 2018, to formally accept this offer. Following its auction victory, Comcast began to acquire Sky shares from the open market. On September 26, 2018, Fox subsequently announced its intent to sell all of its shares in Sky plc to Comcast for £12 billion. On October 4, 2018, Fox completed

231-529: A definitive offer." On December 14, 2017, Disney officially confirmed its acquisition of the most 21st Century Fox assets , which was granted approval from the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division on June 27, 2018, and approved by stockholders from both companies one month later. On April 25, 2018, Comcast launched its takeover offer for Sky plc at £12.50 per-share, or approximately £22.1 billion. 21st Century Fox owned

308-481: A financial news service that delivered live video to personal computers. The following year, NBC announced an agreement with Microsoft to create an all-news cable television channel, MSNBC (using its subscriber base from America's Talking network). A separate joint venture with Microsoft included establishing a news website, MSNBC.com (now NBCNews.com ). In 1998, NBC partnered with Dow Jones & Co. The two companies combined their financial news channels outside

385-524: A major rebranding campaign incorporating a new logo and on-air look that launched on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe said, "We have very ambitious plans to grow this network as a brand." On December 3, 2009, after months of rumors, a deal was formally announced in which Comcast would buy a stake in NBC Universal from GE for $ 6.5 billion after the spin-off of certain businesses, pending regulatory approval. Under

462-655: A new company, Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan. On March 16, 2009, NBC Universal-owned cable channel Sci Fi announced that it would be changing its name to Syfy , replacing a generic term with a proprietary brand name that was able to be trademarked. The re-branding and name change took place on July 7, 2009. On August 27, 2009, A&E Television Networks (A&E) merged with Lifetime Entertainment Services (Lifetime), giving NBC Universal an equal share of both Lifetime and A&E with The Walt Disney Company and Hearst . On October 20, 2010, NBC Universal-owned horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller announced

539-535: A new division, NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content. The move also created the corporate-level position of executive vice president in charge of digital ventures. In July, the company placed NBC TV Stations and Telemundo 's O&Os stations into a new division, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, with New England Cable News being transferred into NBC TV Stations. On April 28, 2016, NBCUniversal officially announced its intent to acquire DreamWorks Animation for $ 3.8 billion. Universal Pictures took over

616-547: A portfolio of domestic and international properties, including USA , Syfy , Bravo , E! , Telemundo (Spanish), Universal Kids , the streaming service Peacock and ownership stakes in Snap and Vox Media . Via its Universal Destinations & Experiences division, NBCUniversal is also the third-largest operator of amusement parks in the world. Since 2018, its sister company under Comcast's control, Sky Group Limited , holds its media and telecommunication assets. NBCUniversal

693-415: A series of expansions undertaken by NBC. In the late 1980s, NBC began pursuing a strategy of diversification, including the formation of two NBC-owned cable-television networks: CNBC and America's Talking . NBC also had partial ownership of several regional sports channels and other cable channels such as American Movie Classics and Court TV (until 2007). In 1995, NBC began operating NBC Desktop Video,

770-561: A significant stake in Sky and was trying to take full control of it itself, ahead of its own acquisition by The Walt Disney Company. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke stated that purchasing Sky would roughly double its presence in English-speaking markets, and allow for synergies between the respective networks and studios of NBCUniversal and Sky. On June 5, 2018, Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared both 21st Century Fox and Comcast's respective offers to acquire Sky plc. Fox's offer

847-588: A subscription to NBC Sports Northwest . The first game aired as part of the package was the Trail Blazers December 11, 2017 game against the Golden State Warriors . In April 2018, NBC announced NBC Sports Gold would begin offering " IndyCar Pass" in 2019, as part of a broader agreement to extend its existing cable rights to the series from NBCSN to include NBC. NBC Sports Gold aired practice and qualifying sessions, Carb Day at

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924-506: A viable multi-platform competitor to other major children's networks (such as Nickelodeon , Cartoon Network , and Disney Channel ). On May 10, 2017, NBCUniversal announced that it had acquired Denver-based online platform Craftsy for its Cable Entertainment Group division. On November 16, 2017, NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast made a bid to acquire 21st Century Fox 's filmed entertainment, cable entertainment, and international assets, ten days after The Walt Disney Company (at

1001-585: Is available to competing cable operators. The company unveiled a new logo designed by Wolff Olins , which replaced a logo featuring the NBC peacock and an invocation of the Universal Pictures globe, with a wordmark . The company also began to stylize its name in CamelCase as "NBCUniversal" rather than "NBC Universal", to reflect the unity of its two main divisions. On January 26, 2011, Vivendi sold

1078-403: Is built using NASCAR-approved pieces that may be purchased from an approved supplier. The engines may be purchased as a kit or pre-assembled. All of the spec pieces are individually encrypted with a barcode for verification and tracking purposes and can be checked during the inspection process with an encryption reader. NASCAR has a specification supplier for the series-specification engine. When

1155-721: Is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. NBCUniversal is primarily involved in the media and entertainment industry. The company is named for its two most significant divisions, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) – one of the United States' Big Three television networks – and the major Hollywood film studio Universal Studios . It also has a significant presence in broadcasting through

1232-533: The Law & Order franchise and The District —in fact, Universal Network Television had co-produced American Dreams with NBC before the merger. Universal Television Distribution shows also brought into company include Jerry Springer and Maury . Entertainment shows produced by the new group include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Last Call with Carson Daly , and Saturday Night Live . The formation of NBC Universal saw

1309-757: The Fox Broadcasting Company , the Fox News Channel , Fox Television Stations , Fox Business Network , Fox Sports 1 and 2 , Fox Deportes , and the Big Ten Network , all of which were spun off into the "New Fox" company (later known as the Fox Corporation ) run by the Murdoch family . However, on December 11, 2017, Comcast officially dropped the bid, saying that "We never got the level of engagement needed to make

1386-940: The Indianapolis 500 , and Indy Lights races. In November 2019, the service introduced "TrackPass", which primarily included coverage of NASCAR's regional ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West series and selected practice and qualifying sessions for events, plus coverage of the IMSA and American Flat Track . The service succeeded FansChoice.tv, and was also divided into sub-packages (AFT, IMSA, and "NASCAR Roots") for individual components. The service shut down in late 2021; NASCAR's regional package moved to FloRacing and American Flat Track moved to Fox Sports , while IMSA coverage moved to Peacock. In May 2018, new passes for figure skating and speed skating were announced, in partnership with U.S. Figure Skating as part of an extension to its media rights. On July 31, 2018,

1463-845: The NASCAR Cup Series . Many of the ARCA Menards Series East drivers on the series are gaining experience with the hopes of moving up to one of the major NASCAR series, however some of the drivers are right at home in the series and have no plans of moving on. The series is not only developmental for drivers (including Joey Logano , Martin Truex Jr. , Ricky Craven , Mike McLaughlin , Austin Dillon , Trevor Bayne , Brian Ickler , Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Truex ), but for crew members (such as Greg Zipadelli and Marc Puchalski) and officials, as well. In 1994, it became

1540-868: The NBC News and NBC Sports divisions). ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly known by other names) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Races are held at oval tracks ranging from 1 ⁄ 3  to 1 mile (0.54–1.61 km) in length and on two road courses, 1.53 and 2.45 miles (2.46 and 3.94 km) in length. Most races are stand-alone events (i.e. not in conjunction with other NASCAR touring series), but there are three race weekends that are in combination with

1617-588: The PGA Tour announced that its PGA Tour Live service would move to "Golf Pass" on NBC Sports Gold under a three-year deal beginning in the 2019 season; this included featured groups coverage of early rounds prior to Golf Channel television coverage, featured holes coverage during Golf Channel's window, as well as other supplemental content. In October 2018, the "Snow Pass" was introduced, focusing on skiing and snowboard events (including International Ski Federation events). The creation of "Premier League Pass"

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1694-488: The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers ordered that a blind auction be held "in order to provide an orderly framework for the resolution of this competitive situation". In this process, Fox, followed by Comcast, made new cash-only bids for Sky. After these first two rounds of bidding, there would be a third round where both companies could make new offers. However, the third round of bidding would only be binding if both companies make

1771-729: The SEMA Show in Las Vegas , NASCAR president Mike Helton unveiled a new body style for the K&;N Pro Series based on the NASCAR Cup Series Gen 6 models . The new body, developed with Five Star Race Car Bodies, is constructed of a composite laminate blend and designed with easily replaceable body panels, expected to shrink the costs of fabrication dramatically. The body style is eligible for use in both Menards Series competition and ARCA Racing Series competition, replacing

1848-523: The bilingual Mun2 Television for $ 1.98 billion. That same year NBC acquired the cable channel Bravo . In 2004, amid a major financial crisis caused by over-expansion, Universal Studios' parent company, Vivendi Universal Entertainment (a division of the French company Vivendi Universal, now Vivendi ), decided to sell an 80% stake of itself to NBC 's parent company, General Electric (GE). The sale and resulting merger formed NBC Universal. The new company

1925-546: The 13th: The Series , War of the Worlds and Tales from the Crypt . NBC Universal also stated that, aside from the content in their own vaults, Chiller will feature content from other studios as well. In 2009, Chiller unveiled a new slogan, "scary good". This replaced the channel's previous slogan "Dare To Watch". On June 14, 2007, NBC Universal Television Studio was renamed Universal Media Studios . The company explained that

2002-603: The 2013 Chevrolet SS , Ford Fusion , or Toyota Camry . Since the 2007 debut of the new chassis at the Cup and 2010 debut at the second-tier level, many ARCA East and West cars are former Cup or Xfinity cars. Teams have an option of building their own engines or they may run a specification engine, similar to what is used at many short tracks. Both engines are V8, pushrod, 12:1 compression motors. "Built" motors are built to team specifications using any configuration of pieces as long as it still meets NASCAR specifications. The spec engine

2079-413: The 2019 update to the offering, due to the removal of match replays for authenticated cable and satellite subscribers. The website also criticized the decision not to make the new Gold replays available until hours after match completion. NBC Sports Gold suffered serious outages on September 23, 2017, during a set of matches which included Manchester United against Southampton . The matches were moved to

2156-460: The 2019–20 season, Premier League Pass was split into two tiers, with the cheaper "MatchDay Pass" offering streaming of Premier League matches not shown on TV, and the more expensive "Premier League Pass" adding same-day streaming of televised matches, as well as select Premier League studio programs from Sky Sports (such as Soccer Saturday and Goals on Sunday ). In August 2017, NBC Sports Gold introduced " Notre Dame Football Season Pass." This

2233-569: The East and West series rules were combined, the compression ratio changed to 12:1. Menards Series cars use Sunoco racing fuel, NASCAR's specification fuel. For races run with national series, the cars run an E15 blend since the national series uses such fuels. The cars use radial tires. Along with the rest of ARCA and NASCAR's international series, the Menards Series have General Tire as their exclusive tire supplier. On November 4, 2014 at

2310-772: The Grand National Division. For 2015, the names of both the East and West series were both sponsored by K&N Engineering and the East Series was named the K&;N Pro Series East . In 2011, NASCAR lowered the age maximum across each of its regional touring series to 30. In 2020, the series became part of the ARCA Menards Series banner and was renamed to the ARCA Menards Series East . As part of NASCAR's unification of

2387-471: The NBC Sports App amid complaints on social media. NBC apologized for the outage, and offered refunds or credit to those affected. NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and doing business as simply NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and

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2464-480: The NBC Universal TV networks on Apple's iTunes Store . In January 2006, NBC Universal launched a new cable channel, Sleuth . The channel's programming dedicated to mystery/crime genre. Sleuth Network's initial slogan was "Mystery. Crime. All The Time." In early 2008, the channel unveiled a new slogan, "Get Clued In." On August 15, 2011, Sleuth rebranded as Cloo , in order to be able to trademark and own

2541-713: The NBCUniversal programming library and the company's various television networks as well as use it to upsell its free/subscription hybrid service Peacock , akin to ViacomCBS 's utilization of Pluto TV to offer content from its cable networks following the former Viacom 's purchase of the rival streamer in the Spring of 2019. In February 2020, it was reported that Comcast (via NBCUniversal) had entered talks into acquiring Vudu from Walmart . On April 20, 2020, Fandango (owned by NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia ) announced that they would be acquiring Vudu. The acquisition

2618-645: The Panasonic/Viant joint venture for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of the service—which will continue to operate as an independent business, albeit within Comcast's cable television division—stems mainly from Xumo's partnerships with smart TV manufacturers (including LG, Panasonic, and Vizio ), which would allow Comcast to use Xumo's placement to market or showcase Xfinity and other Comcast services as well as use its technology to develop additional streaming platforms. The company plans to add content from

2695-617: The Sky takeover Comcast has begun the process of integrating some of NBCUniversal's international operations with parts of Sky. Among other moves, NBCUniversal's pay television channels in the United Kingdom will be folded with Sky's, and Sky Deutschland will become the parent company of NBCU's German networks. On January 14, 2019, NBCUniversal announced that it will launch an over-the-top streaming service to compete with Netflix , CBS All Access , Amazon Prime Video , Hulu , Apple TV+ , HBO Max , and Disney+ . A reorganization of

2772-921: The Truck Series in 2019. The other regional division at the Grand National level of ARCA is the Menards Series West . Formed as the NASCAR Busch Grand National North Series in 1987, the series originally raced primarily in the Northeastern United States, including Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , New York, New Jersey , Connecticut , and Pennsylvania . Drivers in the series could compete in "combination" races with then named Busch Grand National Series (now Xfinity Series ) that were held at various tracks over

2849-622: The United States, plus the English channels Diva TV , Movies 24 , Hallmark Channel and KidsCo . Later that fall, the company also acquired the Oxygen network in a separate $ 925 million deal. The sale was completed one month later. In the summer of 2008, NBC Universal, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital announced their intentions to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications . The deal closed on September 12, 2008. Shortly after

2926-594: The United States. The new networks included NBC Europe , CNBC Europe , NBC Asia, CNBC Asia , NBC Africa, and CNBC Africa . In 1999, NBC took a 32% stake in the Paxson group, operator of PAX TV . Five years later, NBC decided to sell its interest in PAX TV and end its relationship with PAX owner, Paxson Communications . In 2001, NBC acquired the US Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo , that includes

3003-672: The acquisition completed, NBC announced that their existing TV weather network, NBC Weather Plus, would be shut down by December 31, 2008. In July 2008, Universal Cable Productions split off from Universal Media Studios and moved into NBCUniversal's NBCU Cable Entertainment division. The summer of 2008 marked NBC Universal's first venture into the United Kingdom by acquiring English television production company Carnival Films . On November 12, 2008, NBC Universal acquired 80.1% of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu in Japan, merging it with Universal Pictures International Entertainment to form

3080-536: The agreement, NBC Sports Gold will air all matches from the competition as part of its Rugby pass. The service was further expanded in April 2017 with a new "Track and Field Pass" which provided access to 25 track and field events including the Boston Marathon and Diamond League events. An additional "Pro Motocross Pass" was announced later that month providing access to every AMA Pro Motocross event. This

3157-456: The agreement, NBC Universal would be controlled with a 51% stake by Comcast and GE would retain the remaining 49%. The deal includes a provision under which Comcast must contribute $ 7.5 billion in programming including regional sports networks and cable channels such as Golf Channel , Versus , PBS Kids Sprout and E! Entertainment Television . GE used some of the funds, $ 5.8 billion, to buy out Vivendi's 20% minority stake in NBC Universal. Under

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3234-523: The best drivers from both series head-to-head. For 2013 NASCAR made several rule changes including giving team the option of using "special" engines and a composite body to reduce the cost of competing in the K&N Series. The "spec" engine has become fairly popular, but the old style steel bodies are still preferred over the composite bodies by most teams. Chase Elliott won the series at 2010, and 2011. On December 16, 2019, NASCAR announced that Camping World would take over as title sponsor of both series in

3311-568: The combination races with Busch Series because the drivers who won those races are computed as Busch Series winners. Also does not include the combination races with Menards Series West that were won by Menards Series West drivers because the drivers who won those races are computed as Menards Series West winners. Bold indicates a combined race with the ARCA Menards Series West Races in Bold were combination events with

3388-482: The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast, which bought the remainder of the company from GE. NBC and Universal Television had a partnership dating back to 1950, when Universal Television's earliest ancestor, Revue Studios , produced a number of shows for NBC, although Revue would have hits on other networks as well. This partnership continued throughout a number of name changes and changes of ownership. NBC Universal Television has its modern roots in

3465-604: The company's investments in The Weather Channel and TiVo . The cable division also used to operate NBC Weather Plus until 2008. It also owned a 50% stake in Canal+ and also owned a 15% stake in A+E Networks until 2012. In the early 1990s, NBC began its expansion throughout Europe by creating CNBC Europe and its long-time successful NBC Europe Superstation by broadcasting NBC Giga throughout Germany and

3542-560: The defunct Trio , Cloo (formerly Sleuth) as well as 50% stakes in Canal+ and StudioCanal . Universal Music Group was not included in the deal and is not part of NBC Universal. On August 2, 2004, the television divisions of NBC and Universal Television were combined to form NBC Universal Television . NBC Studios series brought into the company include the NBC dramas Las Vegas (with DreamWorks Television ), Crossing Jordan , and American Dreams . Universal Network Television brought

3619-623: The distribution for DreamWorks Animation films after their deal with 20th Century Fox expired. The sale was approved by board members, but was subject to regulatory approval. On June 21, 2016, the acquisition was approved by the United States Department of Justice . On August 22, 2016, the deal was completed, and DreamWorks Animation is now a wholly owned subsidiary of NBCUniversal and was integrated into Universal Pictures . This gave Universal Pictures distribution to both DreamWorks Animation and Illumination films beginning in 2019. On February 28, 2017, NBCUniversal announced that it would acquire

3696-492: The establishment of NBC Universal Cable , which oversees the distribution, marketing, and advertisement sales for thirteen channels (Bravo, Bravo HD+ (eventually renamed Universal HD ), Chiller , CNBC, CNBC World, MSNBC, NBC Universo, Syfy , ShopNBC (which became ShopHQ after NBCUniversal sold its stake in the network), Telemundo, Cloo , USA Network , and the Olympic Games on cable). NBC Universal Cable also manages

3773-466: The first NASCAR-sanctioned series to have a winless season champion when Dale Shaw won the then-Busch Grand National North Series championship without winning a single race all year. The series had the distinction of being the only NASCAR series in which this had happened until 2013, when Austin Dillon won the Nationwide Series championship the same way. Matt Crafton would also do this in

3850-823: The following seven years, but ownership of NBCUniversal remained split at 51–49% for two years, until the February 12, 2013 announcement that Comcast intended to complete the $ 16.7 billion purchase early, all at once. The sale was completed on March 19, 2013. The corporation on July 19, 2012, formed the NBCUniversal News Group with the NBC News, CNBC, and MSNBC divisions. In February 2013, NBCUniversal merged its two cable divisions, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment & Cable Studios and NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media, into one unit while moving out Telemundo and Mun2 to

3927-639: The major direct reporting division was made. Bonnie Hammer was appointed chairman of NBCUniversal Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises via the streaming services and the Digital Enterprises unit. Her former unit, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, was given to Mark Lazarus as chairman, NBCUniversal Broadcast, Cable, Sports and News . Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Jeff Shell added NBC Entertainment, Telemundo and international channels as chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment. On September 17, 2019, NBCUniversal announced

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4004-741: The name, as NBCUniversal cannot so with the name Clue (as Hasbro owns the rights to it with their board game Clue ). NBCUniversal also explained that another reason for the name change was the word "Sleuth" is too common for search engines (a Google search brings up over 9,530,000 results). One year later after Sleuth's debut, NBC Universal announced that the company would launch a horror-themed cable channel, Chiller , on March 1, 2007. At launch Chiller would be available exclusively on DirecTV . The network would feature films like Psycho and The Shining and TV series that include Twin Peaks , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Freddy's Nightmares , Friday

4081-402: The network is a major provider of content to Peacock. The new company will be held by Comcast shareholders and have the same share structure (with Brian L. Roberts and his family holding a 33% voting share, as with Comcast). Questions have been raised over how the spin-off will impact the synergies between the networks and legacy divisions being retained by NBCUniversal (including in particular,

4158-902: The next 18 years, the series extended its reach and added races in Delaware and Virginia . The series name was changed to Busch East for the 2006 season after a race was added in Greenville-Pickens Speedway in South Carolina. Races were added in South Boston, Virginia, and Nashville, Tennessee for 2007 to continue the push South and West, as well as East-West combination races at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA and Elko Speedway in Elko, MN.. The 2008 schedule had

4235-609: The old Gen 4-style steel bodies after 2015, and the then-current one-piece composite body after 2016. In 517 races there have been 126 different winners, 73 of which have won multiple races. Does not include Combination races with Busch Series that were won by Busch Series drivers since these victories are already counted in the Busch Series. Updated after: Sprecher 150 (August 28, 2022) Bolding indicates driver has won at least 1 NASCAR Cup Series Championship All-time wins under Menards Series East banner. Does not include

4312-597: The platform. In March 2017, a separate "Rugby Pass" was announced. This pass provides live coverage of every Premiership Rugby match. On October 5, 2017, NBC announced an agreement to air the Six Nations Rugby Championship . As part of the agreement, all 15 matches will be available as part of the NBC Sports Gold "Rugby Pass." In March 2018, NBC announced a rights agreement to air the European Rugby Champions Cup . Under

4389-404: The reason for the name change was because "the new name fully describes the company's mission to be the premier content provider for television and digital platforms, spanning all television dayparts and creative genres." In August 2007, NBC Universal purchased Sparrowhawk Media Group and renamed it NBC Universal Global Networks. This acquisition gave NBC Universal all Hallmark channels outside

4466-449: The remaining 20% of NBC Universal to GE, giving GE complete control of the company ahead of the completion of the sale of 51% of the company to Comcast on January 28, 2011. Comcast and GE formed the joint venture holding company NBCUniversal, LLC. NBC Universal, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company and adopted the name, NBCUniversal Media, LLC , on January 29, 2011. Comcast had planned to buy out GE's 49% stake over

4543-531: The remaining 49% stake in the Universal Studios Japan theme park that it did not own. On May 1, 2017, NBCUniversal announced that Sprout would be relaunched as Universal Kids on September 9, 2017. Universal Pictures' acquisition of DreamWorks Animation in 2016 would also be leveraged by Universal Kids to bolster its programming. Industry observers felt that the integration of DreamWorks IP with Universal Kids would help NBCUniversal establish

4620-667: The rest of the European Union. NBC Europe helped to develop the Leipzig -based Games Convention , the largest European video game exposition with more than 100,000 visitors each year. In 2005, NBC Universal joined HANA, the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance to help establish standards in consumer electronics interoperability. Later that year, NBC Universal announced a partnership with Apple Computer to offer shows from all

4697-471: The sale of their shares, giving Comcast a 76.8% controlling stake at the time. On October 12, 2018, Comcast announced it will compulsorily acquire the rest of Sky after its bid gained acceptances from 95.3% of the broadcaster's shareholders with the company being delisted by early 2019. Sky was delisted on November 7, 2018, after Comcast acquired all remaining shares. While NBCUniversal and Sky still operate mainly as separate entities within Comcast, following

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4774-516: The series first started, the cars ran a V6 engine with a maximum 274 cu in (4,490 cm ) displacement and no compression limit. In the early/mid 1990s the V8 engine with a 9.5:1 compression and maximum 358 cu in (5,870 cm ) displacement was introduced to the series as an alternative to the V6 engines. Due to the decrease in popularity of the V6, it was phased out for the 1999 season. When

4851-533: The series running races in 8 states up and down the East coast. ( Connecticut , Delaware , Iowa , New Hampshire , New York, Ohio , South Carolina , Tennessee and Virginia ) In 2012, NASCAR unified the rules of the NASCAR K&;N Pro Series Invitational and North/East Series to a many rules package. A pre -season invitational race known as the Toyota All-Star Race was also added to pit

4928-790: The service would be called Peacock and is expected to launch in July 2020. NBCUniversal Content Studios was formed in October 2019 with Hammer as chairman and George Cheeks as vice chairman, who was co-chairman of NBC Entertainment. This new unit consists of Universal Television and Universal Content Productions. Hammer was replaced as chairman of the Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises unit by Comcast executive Matt Strauss, while Paul Telegdy would become sole chairman of NBC Entertainment and continue reporting to Shell. On February 25, 2020, Comcast announced it would purchase Xumo from

5005-504: The spin-off seeks to separate the networks from businesses such as the NBC broadcast network and its divisions, Peacock, Universal Pictures, and Universal Destinations & Experiences , while providing them with the ability to make their own further investments and acquisitions. "SpinCo" will include networks such as USA Network , CNBC , E! , Golf Channel , MSNBC , Oxygen , and Syfy , as well as digital properties Fandango Media and SportsEngine. NBCUniversal will retain Bravo , as

5082-494: The terms of the deal, Comcast reserves the right to buy out GE's share at certain times, and GE reserves the right to force the sale of their stake within the first seven years. Vivendi completed the initial transaction on September 27, 2010, selling a $ 2 billion stake to GE (approximately 7.66%). U.S. regulators approved the proposed sale on January 18, 2011, with conditions. Comcast would have to give up NBC control over online video site Hulu and ensure NBC Universal programming

5159-436: The time, owners of rival network ABC , cable sports channel ESPN and theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World ) was reported to be negotiating with Fox for the same assets. The deal contained key assets such as the 20th Century Fox film and television studios , 30% stake in Hulu , television assets FX Networks , National Geographic Channel , and international television operations such as Star India , while excluding

5236-402: The two Camping World Series in 2003, the cars can be either a 105-inch (2,700 mm, which had been used in the former Busch Grand National East) or 110-inch (2,800 mm, which had been used in the former Winston West) wheelbase . Cambered/off-set rear ends are not allowed. Currently, the series requires the use of a Five Star bodies composite body that started in the 2015 season, currently

5313-400: The years, including but not limited to Daytona International Speedway , Nazareth Speedway , Watkins Glen International and New Hampshire Motor Speedway . Combination races were on the schedule until 2001. In 2002, a big crash occurred at the Glen that saw many cars spinning through the esses on lap one, along with Troy Williams actually overturning over the guardrail. No one was hurt. Over

5390-462: Was 80% owned by GE, and 20% owned by Vivendi. The joint venture encompassed Vivendi's US film interests (such as Universal Pictures ), NBC Universal Television Studio , NBC Universal Television Distribution , production and distribution units, Universal Studios Home Video , Universal Studios Consumer Products Group, Back Lot Music (formerly NBC Records), as well as five theme parks, cable television channels including USA Network , Sci-Fi Channel ,

5467-451: Was completed on July 6, 2020. Following Jeff Shell's exit in 2023, NBCUniversal announced that corporate management will be led by a leadership team while Michael J. Cavanagh continues to oversee Comcast as a whole. On November 20, 2024, Comcast announced that it will spin off most of its cable networks and selected digital properties into a new publicly-traded company ("SpinCo"), with NBCUniversal Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus as CEO;

5544-693: Was contingent on the divestiture of Sky News. On June 15, 2018, the European Commission gave antitrust clearance to Comcast's offer to purchase Sky, citing that in terms of their current assets in Europe, there would be limited impact on competition. Comcast included a 10-year commitment to the operations and funding of Sky News. On July 11, 2018, Fox increased its bid for Sky to £14.00 per-share, valuing it at £24.5 billion. Comcast subsequently counterbid just hours later with an offer at £14.75 per-share, valued at £26 billion. On September 20, 2018,

5621-433: Was formed on May 11, 2004, beginning on November 8, 2004 as NBC Universal, Inc. , with the merger of General Electric (GE)'s NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment , after GE had acquired 80% of the subsidiary, giving Vivendi a 20% share of the new company. In 2011, Comcast attained 51% and thereby the control of the newly reformed NBCUniversal, by purchasing shares from GE , while GE bought out Vivendi . Since 2013,

5698-415: Was met with disappointment in the soccer community, with prominent soccer website World Soccer Talk describing it as "a giant step backward." The website further noted that the move was particularly harmful to fans of league's smaller clubs. The package was also criticized for not going far enough with 250 Premier League matches remaining exclusive to cable. World Soccer Talk expressed renewed concern following

5775-531: Was the first pass made available exclusively to customers outside the United States. Among the eligible countries were the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Spain, and Japan. The purchase price was announced as $ 49.99 for a full season or $ 9.99 per individual game. December 2017 saw a regional expansion to the platform with the addition of "Blazers Pass." Blazers Pass allows viewers in NBA -designated Portland Trail Blazers territory to access 15 Trail Blazers games without

5852-639: Was the first pass made available to users outside the United States. In 2021, all Motocross coverage, including exclusive qualifying, will be streamed live on Peacock Premium. In June 2017, NBC Sports announced " Premier League Pass." Priced at $ 50, the pass includes 130 exclusive live Premier League matches, a minimum of three per club, as well as match replays and original programming from NBC Sports and Premier League Productions. The matches had previously been available at no additional charge to subscribers of participating cable and satellite providers as part of NBC's now defunct "Premier League Extra Time" package. For

5929-542: Was the rights holder including the Vuelta a España and Paris–Roubaix . The service was initially priced at $ 29.99 for a year-long pass. A second season of the cycling pass was announced on June 6, 2017, with the addition of new events including the UCI Road World Championships , Colorado Classic, and Volta a Catalunya . The pass also included 30 hours of 2017 Tour de France coverage exclusive to

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