NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal Media, LLC
NBCUniversal
FormerlyNBC Universal, Inc. (2004–2011)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Predecessors
FoundedMay 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)
SuccessorVersant (select business segments)
HeadquartersComcast Building, ,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Brands
Services
Revenue US$39.2 billion (2022)
Number of employees
35,000 (2020)
Parent
Divisions
Websitenbcuniversal.com
Footnotes / references

NBCUniversal Media, LLC (doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013), abbreviated as NBCU, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is mostly involved in the media and entertainment industry, named for its two most significant divisions: the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)—one of the United States' Big Three television networks—and Universal Pictures, one of the major Hollywood film studios.

It also holds a portfolio of domestic and international properties, including Bravo, Telemundo, and Universo, the streaming service Peacock and an ownership stake in digital media company Vox Media. Via its Universal Destinations & Experiences division, NBCUniversal is also the third-largest operator of amusement parks in the world.

NBCUniversal was created on May 11, 2004, as NBC Universal, Inc. on November 8, 2004, when Vivendi Universal sold 80% of Vivendi Universal Entertainment (Universal Pictures) to the now-defunct General Electric, NBC's then-owner. The sale gave Vivendi a 20% stake in NBC Universal, while GE held the remaining 80%. Comcast attained 51% and thereby control of the newly reformed NBCUniversal in 2011, by acquiring shares from GE, with GE buying out Vivendi's stake. Since 2013, the company has been wholly owned by Comcast, which bought the remaining 49% of the company from GE.