NBCUniversal
Media and entertainment company owned by Comcast, with the NBC and Telemundo networks, Peacock, Universal Pictures and the Universal theme parks. Formed in 2004 by the merger of NBC and Universal.
Industry: Media and entertainment | Location: New York, United States | Founded: 2004
About NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is a media and entertainment company that is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Its website describes four divisions: Media, Studios, NBC News Group, and Destinations and Experiences. Its brands include NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, the Peacock streaming service, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and the Universal theme parks. Reference sources place its headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
According to the company's history page, NBC and Universal merged in 2004 to form NBCUniversal, and Comcast completed its acquisition of the company in January 2011. NBCUniversal's leadership page lists Michael Cavanagh, who is also co-chief executive of Comcast, alongside Christopher Halpin as chief financial officer and Adam Miller as chief operating officer. Matt Strauss is chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group and Mark Woodbury is chairman and chief executive of Universal Destinations and Experiences. Brian Roberts is chairman and co-chief executive of Comcast.
Comcast's annual report for 2025 describes the businesses. The Media segment covers cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks with their owned local stations, Peacock, and international networks including Sky Sports. The Studios segment includes Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features and Working Title. The Theme Parks segment runs Universal parks in Orlando, Hollywood, Osaka and Beijing, and Epic Universe in Orlando opened in May 2025.
On January 2, 2026, Comcast completed the separation of Versant Media Group and distributed all of its stock to Comcast shareholders.
The sources read do not give NBCUniversal's revenue alone. Comcast reported consolidated 2025 revenue of $123.7 billion and net income attributable to Comcast of $20.0 billion. It reported 44 million paid Peacock subscribers at the end of 2025.
On June 29, 2026, Comcast announced a plan for a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky as a separate public company, expected to complete in about a year and subject to approvals. Cavanagh is to become chief executive of NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis, a former Comcast chief financial officer, is to become chief executive of Comcast. Comcast expects to keep up to 19.9 percent of NBCUniversal for a year afterwards.
Leadership
- Michael J. Cavanagh, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Comcast; chief executive of NBCUniversal after the planned spin-off
- Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Comcast
- Christopher Halpin, Chief Financial Officer
- Adam Miller, Chief Operating Officer
- Matt Strauss, Chairman, NBCUniversal Media Group
- Donna Langley, Chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment and Studios
- Cesar Conde, Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group
- Mark Woodbury, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Destinations & Experiences