Putting Donna Langley firmly in the corporate driver’s seat, Comcast boss Brian Roberts has also decided it’s time for NBCUniversal to shed some cable channel weight.
Tomorrow, Comcast is set to reveal its long term plan to carve off cable channels MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, Oxygen and USA into a new and separate company.
The as-yet-unnamed venture will be run by current NBCU Media Group boss Mark Lazarus as CEO. NBCU CFO Anand Kini is on board as a supersized CFO and COO for the new company.
Separating the wheat from the chaff, broadcast network NBC, burgeoning streamer Peacock and reality TV behemoth Bravo will stay with NBCU. NBC and Bravo fare consistently ranks among the most watched programs on the streamer, explaining why Bravo was separated from the rest of NBCU’s cable networks.
The process of the cable channels spinoff
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