"Peacock Network" redirects here. For the streaming service, see Peacock (streaming service).
Television channel
National Broadcasting Company
Type
Radio network and television network
Country
United States
Affiliates
State
Market
Headquarters
Comcast Building, Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Programming
Language(s)
English
Picture format
1080i HDTV
720p or 1080p via ATSC 3.0 in some markets
Ownership
Owner
NBCUniversal
Parent
NBC Entertainment
History
Founded
June 19, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-06-19)
Launched
Radio: November 15, 1926; 97 years ago (1926-11-15)
Television: April 30, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-04-30)
Founder
David Sarnoff
Replaced
NBC Radio Network
Links
Website
nbc.com
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The headquarters of NBC is in New York City at the Comcast Building. NBC also has offices in Chicago at the NBC Tower.
Founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network" in reference to its stylized peacock logo, which was introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting.[1]
NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and nearly 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada and Mexico via pay-television providers or in border areas over the air. NBC also maintains brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany.[2]
Evolution of Comcast NBCUniversal
1912
Universal Pictures is founded
1926
NBC is founded
1928
Walter Lantz Productions is established
1943
MCA Inc. establishes Revue Studios (later Universal Television)
1953
NBC begins first compatible color broadcasts, preceding other networks by nine years
1956
NBC's first peacock logo debuts
1963
American Cable Systems is founded
1964
Universal Studios Hollywood opens
1967
NBC broadcasts the first Super Bowl
1968
American Cable Systems rebrands to Comcast
1972
Comcast began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
1975
Universal releases Jaws
1980
PolyGram renames Casablanca Record & Filmworks to PolyGram Pictures MCA Videocassette‚ Inc. (Later Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is established
1982
Universal releases E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
1984
Walter Lantz Productions' assets are sold to Universal Telemundo is founded
1985
Universal releases Back to the Future
1986
General Electric buys RCA for $6.4 billion, including NBC and a stake in A&E
1989
NBC relaunches Tempo Television as CNBC
1990
Universal Studios Florida opens Law & Order premieres on NBC Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting merge to form British Sky Broadcasting Universal Cartoon Studios (later Universal Animation Studios) is established
1993
Universal releases Jurassic Park
1994
DreamWorks Animation is founded
1996
NBC and Microsoft replace America's Talking with MSNBC
1997
Barry Diller purchases Universal's domestic television assets
1998
Seagram acquires PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Universal Television is renamed Studios USA Television
1999
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment is folded into Universal Pictures Universal Studios Florida expands to become Universal Orlando Resort Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premieres on NBC
2001
Grand opening of Universal Studios Japan Universal releases The Fast and the Furious Vivendi purchases Studios USA
2002
NBC acquires Telemundo and Bravo Studios USA assets are folded into Universal Focus Features is formed Comcast acquires AT&T Broadband for $44.5 billion
2003
Universal becomes the first studio with five summer releases breaking the $100 million mark
2004
GE and Vivendi merge NBC and Universal into NBCUniversal
2005
The Office premieres on NBC Comcast sets up a joint-venture with PBS, Sesame Workshop & HIT Entertainment to form PBS Kids Sprout Comcast & Time Warner Cable jointly acquire Adelphia Cable assets for $17.6 billion
2006
USA Network begins 13-year streak as #1 cable network in total viewers
2007
Illumination is founded
2010
Universal releases Illumination's first film Despicable Me
2011
Vivendi divested in NBCU; Comcast buys 51% of NBCU from GE, turning it into a limited liability company NBCUniversal Archives is founded
2012
Universal celebrates its 100th anniversary NBCUniversal divests its A&E Networks minority stake
2013
Comcast buys GE's remaining 49% of NBCU Comcast/NBCU assumes full ownership of Sprout
2014
Comcast attempts to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion NBCUniversal reaches a new long-term deal with WWE
2016
NBCU acquires DreamWorks Animation
2017
Sprout relaunches as Universal Kids
2018
Comcast acquires Sky after a heated bidding war with 21st Century Fox
2019
NBCU acquires Cineo Lighting
2020
NBCU launches Peacock
2021
Grand opening of Universal Beijing Resort
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes Illumination's highest-grossing film
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