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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Plans to Spin Off NBCUniversal and Sky Into a Separate Company

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesComcast

  

  Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better98 days agoComcast's Business Wire release is dated 29 June 2026 (6:00am EDT on Nasdaq's^[1] copy) and CNBC^[2] published the story the same morning ("Published Mon, Jun 29 2026").

  On 29 June 2026 Comcast announced a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky into an independent public company, expected in about a year, with Mike Cavanagh to run NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis to become Comcast CEO.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Completes the Sale of Sky Deutschland to RTL Group

  Unterföhring, Bavaria, GermanyComcast

  

  Starts 05/31/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better127 days agoComcast's Q2 2026 release says the Sky Deutschland sale "was completed on May 31, 2026"; PPC^[1] Land reports RTL Group confirmed the closing on 1 June 2026.

  Comcast closed the sale of Sky's German-speaking business to RTL Group on 31 May 2026; RTL paid EUR 68 million upfront against the EUR 150 million originally stated, with a variable share-price-linked payment on top.

  €68M

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Wins the Auction for Sky With a 17.28 Pound Per Share Bid

  Isleworth, London, United KingdomComcast

  

  Starts 09/22/2018CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better8.0 years agoThe UK Takeover Panel called the auction for 22 September 2018 (Advanced Television^[1], 24 Sep 2018); the Associated Press story "Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction" is stamped Sat, September 22, 2018.

  On 22 September 2018 Comcast won the UK takeover auction for Sky, its 17.28 pound per share offer beating 21st Century Fox's 15.67 pounds and valuing Sky at about 30.6 billion pounds.

  $39B

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