Comcast to split into two companies

[broadcastfan9751 150]

Big news this morning.

 

Comcast will split into two independent companies. One will include the media and entertainment business (including NBCUniversal) and the other will include the broadband and wireless business.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/comcast-spinoff-nbcuniversal-sky-split-two-companies-rcna352188

[MD TV 406]

So after all that trouble to have Comcast acquire NBCU it's effectively being reversed.

[tyrannical bastard 4684]

Good. This merger should have never happened in the first place.

In saner times, Disney should be next, at least with Hulu & Fubo being under their total control now.

[mre29 1974]

38 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

In saner times, Disney should be next, at least with Hulu & Fubo being under their total control now.

 

That could be trickier, since Disney is basically a media company with a theme parks division.

 

[ABC 7 Denver 1895]

You know what's going to happen in about 1 year before Trump leaves or is removed from office, right? The FCC is going to approve the acquisition of NBCUniversal by ParamountWarnerBrothersDiscoverySkydance. Functionally, Carr doesn't give a shit if CBS and NBC are owned by one company, especially because it will take Fallon and Meyers off the air and put Bari over NBCNews too. Why have any independent local media at all?

[TVLurker 390]

Like sands through the hourglass, so our the days of our lives.

[Megatron81 344]

Not surprised I saw it coming when they split the cable channels last year.

[mre29 1974]

4 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

You know what's going to happen in about 1 year before Trump leaves or is removed from office, right? The FCC is going to approve the acquisition of NBCUniversal by ParamountWarnerBrothersDiscoverySkydance. Functionally, Carr doesn't give a shit if CBS and NBC are owned by one company, especially because it will take Fallon and Meyers off the air and put Bari over NBCNews too. Why have any independent local media at all?

 

Please, I'm already worried the Ellisons might start eying Versant after they finish absorbing WBD and destroying CNN.

 

[NowBergen 930]

1 hour ago, mre29 said:

 

Please, I'm already worried the Ellisons might start eying Versant after they finish absorbing WBD and destroying CNN.

 

Despite having 50 mostly useless cable channels already?  WTF is MTV about these days?

[mre29 1974]

55 minutes ago, NowBergen said:

Despite having 50 mostly useless cable channels already?  WTF is MTV about these days?

 

This week, it appears to mostly be repeats of Ridiculousness, The Big Bang Theory, and The Office. So it's Comedy Central with a shorter name.

 

[nickp 395]

My longshot pick is NBCU getting together with Universal Music

[tyrannical bastard 4684]

14 hours ago, NowBergen said:

Despite having 50 mostly useless cable channels already?  WTF is MTV about these days?

MTV is a dead brand in its current form since music videos are all over the internet and so many FAST channels do it way better.

[ABC 7 Denver 1895]

This seems to be the first time in a long time that a broadcast network will be publicly owned independently of a subsidiary. I'll have to follow up with a friend of mine, high up in management at Versant if she thinks the cable networks and NBCUniversal will remain separate.