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\n Picture: Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n Media consolidation is so over; de-consolidation is my new finest pal. Comcast is spinning off its leisure and know-how divisions into separate corporations. In leisure, the brand new, unbiased NBCUniversal will embrace the Common Photos film studio, NBC, Telemundo, NBC Information, Peacock, Bravo, the theme-parks division, and Sky, which is a British TV broadcaster Comcast acquired in 2018. Comcast, in the meantime, will concentrate on its broadcast and wi-fi providers. Brian Roberts, present co-CEO and chairperson of Comcast, might be concerned within the management of each corporations, whereas Mike Cavanagh, the opposite CEO, will tackle management of NBCU. The separation is predicted to take a yr, after which era Comcast will nonetheless have a 19.9 % share of NBCU inventory for one more yr.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m personally thrilled to proceed main NBCUniversal into the long run,\u201d Cavanagh stated in an announcement. \u201cWith our iconic manufacturers and theme parks, main franchises and unbelievable inventive expertise, we’re well-positioned for long-term worth creation.\u201d<\/p>\n It’s the second time the Comcast umbrella has spun a portion of its holdings into a brand new firm. In 2024, NBCU revealed it was turning the vast majority of its cable networks (besides Bravo) into a brand new firm, now referred to as Versant. After all, the actual query for almost all of Individuals might be, What does this modification in Peacock management imply for Love Island?<\/p>\n