NBCUniversal Media Group
American television group owned by Comcast through NBCUniversal
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| 2025 | Universal Kids network's operational period ends |
| 2023 | You Didn't See Nothin, a co-production with the Invisible Institute, wins a Peabody Award. |
| November 18 2022 | G4 network was permanently closed down |
| 2021 | UCP Audio is renamed to USG Audio. |
| 2021 | G4 network relaunched for a second operational period |
| August 2021 | NBC Sports' technology and digital operations realigned under a new division called NBC Sports Next. |
| January 2021 | Announcement made that NBCSN would cease operations by the end of the year, with programming to be moved to USA Network and Peacock. |
| July 2020 | Bluprint was sold to TN Marketing |
| May 2020 | The Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises division was reorganized and placed under NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. |
| May 4 2020 | Andrew Lack announces his departure from NBCUniversal, to leave by the end of May 2020. |
| April 2020 | Further restructuring placed two cable networks under NBCU Television and Streaming. |
| April 2020 | Mark Lazarus was named chairman of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, adding responsibility for NBC Entertainment, Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises, and Telemundo Enterprises. Andrew Lack was succeeded by Cesar Conde as chairman of NBCUniversal News Group. |
| April 20 2020 | NBCUniversal sells its stake in Euronews to Media Globe Networks. |
| April 2 2020 | Planned NBC Sky World News launch is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 2020 | It was reported that Golf Channel would relocate operations from Orlando to Stamford over the next 12 to 18 months. |
| January 2020 | Universal Content Studios signs a nine-figure overall deal with Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door production company. |
| January 2020 | Opened the NBCUniversal Boston Media Center, which included a podcast production studio. |
| 2019 | Universal Content Productions launches UCP Audio, a podcast studio. |
| 2019 | Universal Cable Productions changed its name to Universal Content Productions to reflect the move into digital productions. |
| 2019 | Songland, a songwriting competition format, was launched on NBC. |
| 2019 | NBC premiered The Titan Games, a competition series produced by and featuring Dwayne Johnson. |
| October 2019 | Universal Studio Group (formerly NBCUniversal Content Studios) is formed with Bonnie Hammer as chairwoman and George Cheeks as vice chairman, combining Universal Television, Universal Content Productions, and Universal International Studios. |
| October 2019 | Universal Content Productions was transferred from NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group to NBCUniversal Content Studios. |
| October 2019 | NBCUniversal Content Studios was formed, housing Universal Television and NBC's late night programming, with George Cheeks joining from NBC Entertainment. |
| October 1 2019 | Sky Vision officially merged with NBCUniversal Global Distribution. |
| September 23 2019 | Launched LX digital news brand for original content, with plans to expand to live-streaming and multicast over-the-air network in May 2020. |
| September 17 2019 | NBCUniversal officially announced Peacock, its new streaming service, which was planned to launch in April 2020. |
| April 2019 | Announcement made that Sky Vision would be folded into NBCUniversal Global Distribution following Comcast's takeover of Sky. |
| February 2019 | NBC Sports Group purchased the All-American Bowl high school all-star game. |
| January 2019 | NBCUniversal reorganized Digital Enterprises, placing it under Bonnie Hammer as chairman of NBCU Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises. The reorganization announcement indicated plans for a new streaming service. |
| January 2019 | Bluprint was moved to NBCUniversal Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises |
| January 2019 | Jeff Shell added NBC Entertainment, Telemundo Enterprises, and international channels to his portfolio as chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment. |
| January 2019 | NBCUniversal was reorganized to prepare for their streaming service, with Mark Lazarus adding NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group and NBCUniversal News Group to his portfolio. |
| October 24 2018 | NBC News Signal streaming service is launched. |
| September 24 2018 | Bob Greenblatt left NBC Entertainment's chairman position, replaced by George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy. |
| 2017 | Cloo network was closed down, with most of its programming moved to Oxygen |
| September 12 2017 | NBCUniversal acquired KUAN-LD from NRJ TV, LLC for $650,000, with the sale completed on December 21, 2017. |
| September 9 2017 | Sprout network relaunched as Universal Kids, targeting a wider family audience, while retaining the Sprout brand for preschool programming until January 26, 2018. |
| July 1 2017 | Launched Telemundo 20 in San Diego on KNSD's digital 39.20 subchannel, replacing Tijuana, Mexico-licensed station XHAS-TDT. |
| May 2017 | Bluprint digital platform launched by NBCUniversal |
| May 2017 | NBCUniversal purchased a majority stake in Craftsy digital network, later renaming it Bluprint and restructuring its services. |
| February 2017 | NBCUniversal News Group purchases a 25% stake in Euronews for $30 million to increase international reach. |
| January 2017 | Megyn Kelly joins NBC News in a 'triple role', agreeing to anchor, host a daytime program, and a Sunday night news show. |
| September 2016 | Ted Harbert departed as head of NBC Broadcasting, with Mark Lazarus adding NBC Broadcasting to his responsibilities as chairman of NBC Sports Group. |
| July 2016 | NBC Sports Group acquired Sport Ngin, a digital services provider for youth and amateur sports, renaming it SportsEngine. |
| June 2016 | Paul Telegdy was named president of alternative and reality TV group and NBC Entertainment, while Meredith Ahr formed Universal Television Alternative Studios. |
| June 2016 | Launch of NBC Sports Gold, an over-the-top streaming service with sport-specific subscription packages. |
| May 2016 | NBC Sports Group created Playmaker Media, a streaming technology unit to serve NBCUniversal and third-party clients. |
| March 2016 | NBCU announced the NBCUniversal Boston Media Center in Needham Crossing office park, bringing together local media outlets and NBC Sports Boston. |
| January 7 2016 | Announcement of a new owned and operated NBC Boston station, to be clustered with New England Cable News and WNEU (Telemundo Boston) under president Mike St. Peter. |
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