List of assets owned by Comcast
Here is a list of assets owned by American global telecommunications and media conglomerate Universal Media World.
Universal Pictures[edit]
- Universal Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
- Universal Pictures International (international distribution and production)
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
- United International Pictures (50%, joint venture with ViacomCBS's Paramount Pictures)
- DreamWorks Animation
- DreamWorks Animation Television
- Classic Media
- Big Idea Entertainment
- Bullwinkle Studios (50%, joint venture with Jay Ward Productions)
- Harvey Entertainment (name-only unit)
- DreamWorks Live Theatrical Productions
- DreamWorks New Media
- DreamWorks Press
- DreamWorks Animation Paris
- Focus Features
- Working Title Films
- WT2 Productions
- Working Title Television
- Universal Animation Studios
- Back Lot Music
- OTL Releasing
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- Universal Home Entertainment Productions
- Universal 1440 Entertainment
- DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia (joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
- Universal Playback
- Rede Telecine (10%, joint venture with Globosat, Disney, Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Peacock and Direct-to-Consumer Brands[edit]
- Peacock
- Now TV (Europe)
- Fandango (70%, joint venture with WarnerMedia)
- Stakes:
- Hayu
- Bluprint
- Hulu (33%, stake can be sold to The Walt Disney Company from January 2024)
- Hulu Documentary Films
- Integrated Media Group
- PictureBox Films
NBC Television Group[edit]
Sky Group[edit]
Sky USA[edit]
- Consumer Group
- Sky Business
- Sky Interactive Media
- StreamSage
- Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC (formerly AT&T Broadband Corporation)
- Comcast MO Group, LLC (formerly Media One or Bell West)
- Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC
- CN900 (Michigan)
- CN81 (Indiana)
- Sky Wholesale
- Sky Mobile
- Effectv
- Streampix
- Xumo
- Networks Group
Sky UK[edit]
- Entertainment Channels
- Factual Channels
- Sky Sports
- Sky Sports Main Event
- Sky Sports Premier League
- Sky Sports Football
- Sky Sports Cricket
- Sky Sports Golf
- Sky Sports F1
- Sky Sports Action
- Sky Sports Arena
- Sky Sports Mix
- Sky Sports News
- Sky Cinema
- Sky Broadband
- The Cloud
- DTV Services Ltd (Minority stake with Arqiva, BBC, ITV plc and Channel Four Television Corporation)
- Sky Go
- Freesat from Sky
- Sky Subscriber Services
- Sky In-Home Services
- Sky Home Communications
- Sports Internet Group
- British Interactive Broadcasting Holdings
- Aura Sports
- Aura Play
Sky Deustchland[edit]
Sky Italia[edit]
- Sky Uno
- Sky Arte
- Sky Atlantic
- Sky Cinema
- Sky Meteo 24
- Sky Primafila
- Sky Sport
- Sky Sport F1
- Sky Sport MotoGP
- Sky Sport 24
- Sky Calcio
- Sky TG24
- Cielo
- TV8
Sky France[edit]
Sky Oceania[edit]
Sky Studios[edit]
- Carnival Films (UK)
- Chocolate Media (UK)
- Jupiter Entertainment (United States; 60%)
- Lark Productions (Canada)
- Lucky Giant (UK)
- Love Productions (UK)
- Matchbox Pictures (Australia)
- Monkey Kingdom (UK)
- Skybound Stories (Joint venture with Skybound Entertainment)
Universal News Group[edit]
Spectacor Global[edit]
Universal Parks and Resorts[edit]
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal Orlando Resort
- Universal CityWalk
- Universal Parks International
- Universal Creative
- Universal Operations Group
Other holdings[edit]
- Comcast Ventures (formerly Comcast Interactive Capital)
- Headend in the Sky (HITS)
- FreeWheel
- Watchwith
- International Media Distribution
- iMedia Brands Inc. (12.5%)
- Hitz
- Leisure Arts
- Midco (49%)
- Universal Brand Management
- Music Choice LLC (Minority stake with Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Microsoft, Arris International and Sony Corporation of America)
Former assets[edit]
Divested[edit]
- A&E Networks (15.8%, with The Walt Disney Company and Hearst)
- A&E
- Crime & Investigation Network
- FYI (formerly The Biography Channel)
- The History Network
- Lifetime
- American Movie Classics
- AwesomenessTV: sold to ViacomCBS
- CIC Video: Paramount Home Entertainment acquired Universal's stake in the company and absorbed it in 1999
- Comcast SportsNet Houston
- Court TV
- Das Vierte
- Euronews (25%) - NBCUniversal sold its stake to other stakeholders
- ITC Entertainment: acquired as part of Seagram's purchase of PolyGram in 1998, then sold to Carlton Communications in 1999
- Qubo (with Ion Media Networks, Scholastic Entertainment, Classic Media and Corus Entertainment): A children's programming block that launched in 2006, which later launched as a linear channel in 2007. In 2012, NBC and Telemundo discontinued their Qubo blocks after Comcast acquired NBCUniversal.
- Rogue Pictures: sold to Relativity Media in 2009
- ShopNBC
- Sundance Channel
- TV One (50% joint venture with Radio One)
- Universal Music Group: retained by Vivendi following the merger of NBC and Universal in 2004
- Vivendi Universal Games: retained by Vivendi following the merger of NBC and Universal, then merged with Activision in 2008 to form Activision Blizzard
- The Weather Company – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: Originally a parent company of The Weather Channel. In January 2016, it was acquired by IBM.
- The Weather Channel – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: sold to Entertainment Studios.
Dormant or shuttered[edit]
- American Sports Classics
- Anime Selects
- AZN Television: TV channel focused on Asian and Asian-American culture; formerly known as International Channel from its foundation in 1996 to 2005; shut down in 2008
- Chiller
- Cloo
- The Comcast Network
- Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (with Charter Communications)
- Comcast Sports Southwest
- Esquire Network
- Fearnet (with Lions Gate Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Illumination (folded into DreamWorks Animation in 2021)
- MountainWest Sports Network (controlling stake)
- NBC Weather Plus
- NewSport
- Peacock Productions
- TOMORROW
- Sky Vision
- SportsChannel
- Station Venture Holdings (79.62% with LIN Media)
- Television Without Pity: ceased its operations on May 31, 2014; relaunched under Tribune Media in 2016 later closed in 2017
- Trio
- Universal Sports Network (8% with InterMedia Partners)
- USA Cable Entertainment: folded into NBC Universal Television Studio in 2004
- G4 Media (88%, with Dish Network)
- MCA TV
- MTE
- Multimedia Entertainment: acquired by Universal Television in 1996
- Multimedia Motion Pictures
- NBC Enterprises
- NBC International Ltd.
- PolyGram Television
- DailyCandy
- iVillage
- Seeso
- Shift
- Chapman Entertainment: acquired by DreamWorks Animation in 2013
- Entertainment Rights
- Carrington Productions International
- Link Entertainment
- Tell-Tale Productions
- FilmDistrict: folded into Focus Features in 2014
- High Top Releasing
- Golden Books Family Entertainment: acquired by Classic Media in 2001
- CST Entertainment
- Shari Lewis Enterprises
- Total Television
- Good Machine: sold to Universal Pictures and merged into Focus Features
- Gramercy Pictures
- October Films: merged into USA Films, which was later merged into Focus Features
- Optical Programming Associates: joint venture between Magnavox, MCA Videodisc, and Pioneer Video
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Associated Film Distribution
- PolyGram Pictures
- Propaganda Films
- Savoy Pictures: library acquired by Focus Features in 2006
- Universal Eight
- UPA: acquired by Classic Media in 2000
- USA Home Entertainment
- Walter Lantz Productions: sold to MCA Inc. in 1984
- Diva TV
- KidsCo (51% with Corus Entertainment)
- Hallmark Channel International
- Premium Movie Partnership (with Sony Pictures Entertainment, ViacomCBS, News Corporation and Liberty Global)
- Steel
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (with Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios International)
- Wet 'n Wild Orlando: closed on December 31, 2016 and replaced by Volcano Bay.