Twitter and NBCUniversal have renewed their media collaboration deal from 2013. The social media platform and entertainment conglomerate have had positive effects from the partnership and are expanding it in a new multi-year deal. "We're proud that our partnership with Twitter has grown to this global scale," said Maggie McLean Suniewick, President, Business Development and Partnerships, ...
NBC News announced that its NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios would launch a fellowship program to award six filmmakers $270,000 in grants each year to create feature length documentaries. The prog...
NBCUniversal is consolidating its casting department. Grace Wu has been promoted to the newly created role of exec vp casting for the company's Entertainment Content division. Wu will oversee scripted and unscripted casting for streamer Peacock and all of NBCU's linear networks: NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, USA, Universal Kids.
NBC executive Grace Wu will now oversee casting for all of NBCUniversal's streaming and TV shows, it was announced Monday. In her new role as executive vice president of casting for entertainment content, Wu will be responsible for overseeing both scripted and unscripted casting and talent across the entertainment platforms. She'll report directly to entertainment content chairman Susan Rovner.
NBCUniversal says that actors with disabilities will be included in auditions for each new production. Actors with disabilities will be included in auditions for each new film and television production at NBCUniversal, which becomes the second major media company to make such a commitment.
Comcast and AT&T should merge their NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia media divisions and create one of the largest producers of television and movies, according to a report from media research firm LightShed Management Partners. Comcast took control of NBCUniversal from General Electric in a $16.7 billion acquisition in 2013.
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SANTA FE, N.M. - NBCUniversal News Group launched a new journalism training program called NBCU Academy. The goal is to offer resources to universities and colleges that are historically black, Hispanic-serving institutions and have a significant population of Latino, Asian, Black, Indigenous or tribal communities. New Mexico's Institute of America...
In many ways, the Black Lives Matter protests in the aftermath of George Floyd's death have fueled the desire for change in corporate America, much like the #MeToo movement did following media mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse allegations. And amid this national reckoning and fight against systemic racism, Dalila Wilson-Scott is optimistic that real progress is on the horizon.
NBCUnivertsal's announcement of its intention on Friday to adopt the Ruderman Family Foundation's guidelines on auditioning actors with disabilities for its new productions is a wonderful step in the right direction for increasing on-screen disability representation. The Ruderman Family Foundation is an internationally renowned philanthropic organization advocating for greater social inclusion for people with disabilities.
LOS ANGELES - Actors with disabilities will be included in auditions for each new film and television production at NBCUniversal, which becomes the second major media company to make such a commitment. NBCUniversal said Friday that the pledge covers projects by the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, NBC network and Peacock streaming service.
Today, Comcast NBCUniversal and PGA REACH, the 501(c)(3) charitable foundation of the PGA of America, announced a multiyear collaboration to promote diversity and foster inclusion within golf through PGA WORKS. With financial and programmatic support from Comcast NBCUniversal, PGA WORKS will enhance key initiatives - including the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship and PGA WORKS Career Expo - to expand access and create opportunities for diverse student-athletes across the country.
French followers of the Kardashian family will soon have a new outlet in which to follow their antics. NBCUniversal is planning to launch its Hayu SVOD platform onto the French market. As Capital.fr reports the reality platform will have all the available seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians - the show is currently scattered...
NBC Sports Chicago might be the home of the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox, but it sadly isn't the home to a growing number of former employees. The departures began in August with host Leila Rahimi and part-time host Laurence Holmes.
NBCUniversal's CEO says WWE programming is perfect for Peacock. On Tuesday, January 26, United States WWE Network subscribers found out that their time with the WWE Network app is coming to an end as WWE will be migrating to Peacock which now owns the exclusive streaming rights of WWE in the United States.
The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship will be played at the TPC Sawgrass May 1-5, along with a career expo hosted by the PGA Tour on May 2. Comcast NBCUniversal and PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America, announced a multi-year collaboration this week to promote diversity and foster inclusion through golf with PGA WORKS.
NBCUniversal has consolidated the operations and administrative functions of its regional sports networks into its owned-and-operated television stations, a move executives say will "help position all of our local businesses for continued success." In Philadelphia, that directly impacts NBC10, Telemundo 62 and NBC Sports Philadelphia, which will continue to broadcast Flyers, Phillies and 76ers games as well as pre- and post-game coverage of the Eagles.
WWE's new deal with television network Peacock has taken off and reached amazing heights. This new deal undercuts the WWE Network's prices, making it a very sweet deal for those who do not subscribe. The Peacock network is a division of NBC, and will also stream shows from the NBC network, and viewers can now watch John Cena and Michael Scott on the same OTT platform.
NBCU's streaming service Peacock has hit 33 million signups across the U.S. to date, parent Comcast said Thursday. That's up from 28 million on Dec. 8 when execs last updated the figure at an investor conference. Peacock launched nationally in July with two tiers.
Comcast and NBCUniversal leaders are hopeful that the summer Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo later this year despite the uncertainty about the feasibility of large gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic. "I believe there will be an Olympics. I hope there will be an Olympics.