Founded on August 2, 2004, NBCUniversal
(previously known as NBC Universal until 2011) is a media conglomerate controlled by Comcast and based in New York City. Its name is a portmanteau of its flagship assets: NBC and Universal Pictures.
NBCUniversal owns the following assets
NBCUniversal Media Group- NBC
- NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment
- Bravo — A female-targeting lifestyle network best known for the The Real Housewives and Top Chef franchises. Bravo was originally launched in 1980 as a network dedicated to fine arts-related programming.
- E!
- Oxygen — A female lifestyle and entertainment channel turned true crime hub, eventually succeeding the low-distributed Cloo network.
- Syfy
- Universal Kids (formerly Sprout)
- USA Network
- NBCUniversal Direct-to-Consumer and Digital Enterprises
- NBCU Telemundo Enterprises
- NBC Sports Group
- Golf Channel
- NBC Sports Regional Networks
NBCUniversal Studios Group
- Amblin Partners (a joint venture between Universal Pictures, Entertainment One, Reliance Entertainment, and Alibaba Pictures)
- DreamWorks Animation
- Focus Features
- Illumination
- Illumination Studios Paris
- Universal Pictures
- Universal Pictures International Entertainment
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
- Universal Animation Studios
- Universal Studios Group
- Universal Content Productions
- Universal Television
- Universal International Studios
- DreamWorks Animation Television
Universal Destinations & Experiences
- Universal Studios
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal Orlando Resort
- Universal Studios Florida
- Universal Islands of Adventure
- Volcano Bay
- Universal Epic Universe (upcoming)
- Universal Studios Japan
- Universal Studios Singapore (a joint venture with Resorts World Sentosa)
- Universal Beijing Resort
- Universal Studios Beijing
Defunct/former assets
- A&E (divested stake in 2012)
- Amblimation
- DreamWorks Television
- FilmDistrict
- G4TV
- Gramercy Pictures
- ITC Entertainment
- Pacific Data Images - Also known as PDI/DreamWorks, this served as DreamWorks Animation's northern California branch. The studio was shut down in 2015 as part of a restructuring.
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1996-99 film and television library is owned by NBCUniversal. The company was later resurrected in 2017 as the film and television division of Universal Music Group, a wholly separate company owned by French conglomerate Vivendi that nevertheless still uses Universal branding)
- PortAventura World (Held shares between 1997-2004. Continues to license characters to said park)
- Savoy Pictures (library acquired by USA Films in 2002)
- The Weather Channel (formerly owned by a joint venture between NBCUniversal and two private equity firms, its TV assets were sold to Entertainment Studios while its non-TV assets were sold to IBM).
- Wet 'n Wild Orlando (opened in 1977, acquired by Universal in 1998, ceased operations at the end of 2016 and spiritually succeeded by Volcano Bay; the Endless Summer Resort opened on its former site in 2019)
