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Sky acquires NBCU’s All Her Fault

Sky has acquired upcoming US drama, All Her Fault. which features an all-star cast led by Succession star Sarah Snook. All Her Fault is adapted by Megan Gallagher from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andrea Mara, which opens on a plausibly terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a wealthy community. Marissa […]

February 21, 2025

Sky’s NOW migrating to NBCU streaming platform

Sky’s streaming service, NOW, is set to receive a significant update this February. NOW is also migrating to NBCUniversal’s platform – which already powers Peacock and SkyShowtime among others – as the service receives a complete interface overhaul. The changes will start rolling out from February 18th, with new features such Top 10 lists, dedicated […]

January 29, 2025Colin Mann @ OTT Question Time Live

DreamWorks, Illumination movies on LG Smart TVs

LG Electronics is set to deliver a lineup of content from DreamWorks Animation and Illumination to the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain via a partnership with NBCUniversal (NBCU) Global TV Distribution. This content will be available through its FAST channel, LG 1, as well as the Kids & Family tab on LG Channels, which […]

November 20, 2024

NBCU’s Olympics coverage on Fubo

FuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, in agreement with NBCUniversal, has announced a multi-platform content offering for NBCU’s coverage of the 2024 Olympic Games, scheduled for July 26th – August 11th in Paris, France. Fubo subscribers will have access to NBCU’s coverage of Olympic programming, including live competition sessions (which start with team competitions […]

July 2, 2024

BBC acquires trio of NBCU boxsets

The BBC has acquired all nine seasons of the hit US legal drama Suits; mockumentary St Denis Medical; and the series continuation of the hit Best Man films, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, for BBC iPlayer and TV channels. The three titles have been acquired from NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution. Sue Deeks, Head of […]

March 21, 2024

Pluto TV adds more NBCU FAST channels in US

NBCUniversal has announced new FAST content offerings featuring entertainment, news, sports and true crime programming from its television and streaming portfolio and the NBCU Global TV Distribution library launching on Pluto TV in the US Beginning immediately and rolling out through the month will be past seasons of popular reality series including The Real Housewives […]

February 6, 2024

Peacock at 30m subs; losses to peak

Peacock, the streaming service from NBCUniversal, now has 30 million paid subscribers, according to Comcast president Mike Cavanagh. The latest figure were revealed as revealed by Cavanagh during an investor conference hosted by UBS on December 4th. Cavanagh also confirmed that Peacock’s average revenue per user (ARPU) is about $10 per month and reiterated previous […]

December 5, 2023

Local Now adds 19 NBCU FAST channels

The Allen Media Group digital platform Local Now – the US free-streaming service for local news, weather, sports, traffic, and entertainment – has announced the expansion of its partnership with NBCUniversal. Through this broadened partnership, Local Now adds 11 NBC local news FAST channels, as well as six regional and national Telemundo FAST channels, and […]

September 22, 2023

WWE SmackDown signs USA Network deal

WWE, now part of TKO Group Holdings, and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights partnership in the US that will bring Friday Night SmackDown back to USA Network beginning October 2024. Additionally, beginning in the 2024/25 season, WWE will produce four primetime specials per year that will air on NBC, marking the […]

September 21, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Marhsall named permanent ad sales chief at NBCU

NBCUniversal has appointed Mark Marshall as chairman, global advertising and partnerships. Marshall has been at NBCUniversal since 2013 and was appointed interim chair of advertising sales in May when previous advertising chief Linda Yaccarino left to become CEO at X (formerly Twitter). Prior to that, Marshall was president of advertising sales and partnerships, with responsibility […]

August 31, 2023