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Comcast plans to split into two public companies by spinning of NBCUniversal and Sky. Comcast is planning to split itself into two separate publicly traded companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP business writer June 29, 2026, 3:29 AM Comcast is planning to split itself into two separate publicly traded companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky. The company said Monday that its board and management team think each company will be better positioned to pursue its own strategic priorities, invest for growth and create long-term shareholder value as independent entities. Media and entertainment company NBCUniversal includes a theme parks division, Universal film and television studios, NBC and Telemundo networks, Peacock, and Bravo. Its portfolio will now European media business Sky. Comcast, based in Philadelphia, will continue providing internet services to residential and business customers. Comcast co-CEO Mike Cavanagh will become the CEO of NBCUniversal. Comcast's former Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis will become the CEO of Comcast, following completion of the separation. In the interim, he will serve as a strategic adviser. Comcast Chairman and co-CEO Brian Roberts will continue to be actively involved in the leadership of Comcast and NBCUniversal, working in partnership with the CEOs of both companies. "Comcast will continue to build on its leadership in connectivity, while NBCUniversal, together with Sky, will have the scale, brands, content and financial resources to compete as a premier global media and entertainment company," Cavanagh said in a statement. Once the transaction is complete, Comcast shareholders will own shares in both Comcast and NBCUniversal. The separation is expected to be completed in about a year. It still needs final approval from Comcast's board and is subject to regulatory approvals. Comcast expects to keep a stake of up to 19.9% ownership position in NBCUniversal for up to one year after the spinoff is complete. In premarket trading, Comcast shares surged 24%. Related topics.

Peacock launches shoppable Bravo series that is essentially a Target advert with chat. News Posted by By Paul M June 11, 2026 NBCUniversal launches Shop What Happens on Peacock this Sunday, a five-episode weekly series that sits somewhere between a talk show and a retail catalogue, built around Bravo personalities and title sponsor Target. The format strips the bones of Watch What Happens Live, removes most of the gossip, and inserts a purchasing mechanism: QR codes on screen direct viewers to Target products featured in each ten-minute episode. Daryn Carp, a long-time Bravo digital correspondent who previously hosted PEOPLE TV's Reality Check and earned a Telly Award for best online talk show, fronts the series alongside Bravo figures including Cynthia Bailey, Lindsay Hubbard and Nia Sanchez. Recording takes place in the same Manhattan building that houses Watch What Happens Live. Carp told Variety the ambition is frictionless consumption: "We want to make it as easy to digest as possible." The show distributes across Peacock, YouTube and TikTok, with vertical video formatting on mobile and a text-to-shop option for those who cannot be bothered with a QR code. TV & Video Discover more Movie & TV Streaming TV Comedies Comedy Films The series is the most direct expression yet of NBCUniversal's shoppable TV strategy, which has been developing since a 2023 pilot with Walmart on Below Deck Mediterranean and has since expanded across six Bravo titles. Michelle Mesenburg, Target's chief brand officer, told Media Play News that the company sees content, entertainment and shopping as a single continuous experience for modern consumers. NBCUniversal claims the combination of IP, talent and shoppable technology has driven a 378 per cent increase in engagement and 60 per cent year-on-year purchase growth. Discover more TV Guides & Reference Online Video TV Crime & Legal Shows What distinguishes Shop What Happens from earlier experiments is that the commerce is no longer embedded in an existing show: it is the show. NBCUniversal has built a piece of content whose entire purpose is to move product, dressed in the familiar language of Bravo fandom. The first episode streams on 14 June.

Apple and Google are joining forces. A new HDR standard for movies is being established. Table of contents: The HDR technology market has long been dominated by a few well-known standards, such as Dolby Vision and HDR10+. However, a new player developed by the largest technology companies in the world may soon join this group. Apple and Google unexpectedly joined forces with NBCUniversal to create their own solution for displaying high dynamic range images. The result of this collaboration is Eclipsa Video, a new standard aimed at improving the quality of video content on various devices. The project could significantly impact the future of the HDR market and trigger further changes in the multimedia industry. Eclipsa Video is designed to improve image quality on any screen. The new standard has been developed based on the SMPTE ST 2094-50 specification. Although the technical name may not mean much to the average user, its purpose is to significantly enhance the way HDR content is displayed. According to Google, the technology is designed to make films look as close as possible to the creators' vision, regardless of the device type or lighting conditions. Advanced metadata transmitted alongside the video material plays a key role here. The first mechanism establishes a common reference point for image brightness. This allows standard content and HDR materials to be displayed on the same screen without issues related to incorrect brightness levels. The second solution enables dynamic adjustments of the image to the capabilities of a specific display. If the screen cannot achieve very high brightness, the system intelligently modifies the presentation of individual image elements. This helps preserve details in both bright and dark sections of the scene. In theory, users will receive a more consistent experience, regardless of the equipment they are using. This is particularly important at a time when content is viewed on dozens of different types of devices. Therefore, Eclipsa Video is intended to function as a universal set of instructions to help screens correctly interpret HDR materials. Do Dolby Vision and HDR10+ have reasons to be concerned? The emergence of a new standard has immediately raised questions about its impact on the current market leaders. Many observers view ChooseTV as a potential alternative to Dolby Vision, just as previously ChooseAudio was supposed to be a response to Dolby Atmos. The situation is further complicated by the fact that an organization responsible for the administration of the new solution, HDR10+, although the standard itself was developed in collaboration with Apple and Google. At this moment, it is still unclear how the cooperation between the various HDR formats will look. The market has already gotten used to the functioning of several competing standards simultaneously, so a similar scenario is very likely this time as well. The direction of implementing the new technology is also interesting. The first devices supporting ChooseTV are expected to appear in the smartphone, tablet, and computer segments. Televisions will receive support only at a later stage of the project's development. Google also confirmed that the standard would be integrated with the Chrome browser. There are also speculations in the industry that ChooseTV may be linked to the development of a new generation of video codecs created by the Alliance for Open Media. If these assumptions are confirmed, the technology could play a significant role in the future of internet streaming. For now, the project remains in its early development phase, but the involvement of Apple and Google makes it worth closely following its further developments. Eclipsa Video is a new HDR standard developed jointly by Apple, Google, and NBCUniversal. The technology aims to improve the way HDR content is displayed by using intelligent metadata that adapts the image to the capabilities of a specific device. Initially, the solution will be available on smartphones, tablets, and computers, and only later on televisions. Although many questions remain unanswered, Eclipsa Video could become one of the most important HDR formats on the market in the future. Redakcja Choose TV ChooseTVteam-title