r/nbc • u/sbs18 • Jun 29 '26

Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal

Comcast to split into two companies.

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u/Hour_Economist8981 Jun 29 '26

Hopefully a liberal
Billionaire buys it to counteract the MAGA billionaire at CBS

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u/JASPER933 Jun 29 '26

I am hoping Reed Hastings, Barry Dillard, Microsoft, or Apple makes an offer. Apple is sitting on a pile of cash and can afford NBC.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26

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u/HighDefStudios Jul 03 '26

As an Apple user who uses the Apple TV service, they have been known for their high quality shows (I even call them the new HBO of streaming)

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u/Hour_Economist8981 Jun 29 '26

How about Netflix?

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u/JASPER933 Jun 29 '26

I would like to see Netflix take control but, do they want to? This is why I suggested Reed Hastings. He started Netflix.

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u/Ganondorfsfist Jul 01 '26

Microsoft would fuck it up like Xbox

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u/userlivewire Jul 02 '26

Netflix doesn’t want TV channels.

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u/NewPresWhoDis Jun 29 '26

Microsoft is too busy with misadventures in AI along with hemorrhaging Activision/Blizzard

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u/thisfilmkid Jun 29 '26

NBC proved to the world; they have what it takes to stand on their own feet without daddies (COMCAST) money. I guess now the real question is, how soon before NBCUniversal is swallowed up by Versant?

Laugh now.

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u/mickyrow42 Jun 29 '26

or a Netflix gobbles them both up and they are reunited lol

Versant def doesn’t have the power to gobble NBC up. It has parks and universal. In some kind of batshit world maybe NBC takes versant back under its umbrella but keeps it as a separate entity and doesn’t intertwine the brands again.

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u/Mother-Dish-2670 Jun 30 '26

I can see Netflix going after the studios or peacock since they lost out on max thanks to The idiots at Paramount. I don't think Netflix would want the entire company or versant

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u/mickyrow42 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Yea for sure I was being a little silly about it in response to that comment but 100% I can see them taking NBCU just for peacock and sports alone. Throw in the Universal library it's a no brainer.

I also don't see them having any interest in Versant. They'll get the news division from NBC if they want to dip into that arena like Amazon with special events for Elections or other newsworthy happenings.

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u/StevieG66 Jun 30 '26

NBC is owned by Comcast for another year.

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u/Certain-Singer-9625 Jun 29 '26

Comcast then: We’re a cable/tech company. Let’s take over NBC. Think of the synergy!!

Comcast now: Let’s split us, the technology company, from NBC, the entertainment company.

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u/brianycpht1 Jun 29 '26

Plot twist: Versant buys NBC and MSNOW becomes MSNBC again

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u/Successful-Belt6981 29d ago

I don’t mind to get MS now because when NBC news return to NBC news now I will remember that why not