Versant has locked in its programming slate ahead of the cable network portfolio’s spinoff from Comcast and NBCUniversal later this year, with 16 original series, as well as live events like WWE ...

Versant, the Comcast-owned company formerly known as SpinCo, has a new programming team. The company has named six executives, all formerly of NBCUniversal, across its entertainment portfolio, ...

Comcast’s Versant has tapped NBCUniversal execs Susie Kricena and Michael Sluchan as new programming executives for the new company housing Comcast’s cable network portfolio. Kricena, who most ...

When Comcast swallowed NBC and Universal Studios 14 years ago, the sibling cable channels USA Network, Bravo and CNBC were considered diamonds in the rough. USA Network had gained traction with its ...

A free-market cable regulator gets nominated as chair of the Federal Communications Commission, setting tongues wagging on Wall Street that much-needed dealmaking will take place. One of the largest ...

NBCU execs past and present feel a bit resigned to the fact that the halcyon days of cable TV are over, and that it’s all about managing a slowly dying business at this point. No one is really ...

Seeing Comcast's move to spin off cable as just a name change and a sign the company wants out of cable networks is wrong. A history of smart moves by Comcast vs. bad ones favors the odds for a very ...

When Comcast swallowed NBC and Universal Studios 14 years ago, the sibling cable channels USA Network, Bravo and CNBC were ...

What’s the mood of the rank and file at the NBCUniversal cable networks and businesses Comcast intends to spin off next year? SpinCo will include basic cable nets MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Oxygen, E!, ...