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 ...

Note: This story, originally published Nov. 5, was updated on Nov. 20 to reflect Comcast’s formal plans to spin off its cable networks. Comcast is cutting the cord on its cable network portfolio – a ...

Comcast is cutting the cord on its declining cable network portfolio – including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel – and will spin off the assets into a standalone, publicly traded ...

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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 ...

Comcast announced a plan Wednesday to spin off most of its cable television networks into a separate publicly traded company. The new company will include the USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, ...

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Analysts think Comcast's sprawling empire could get more investor respect without its troubled cable networks, and the networks could benefit from being on their own as well Comcast Corp. is an ...