NBC Universal, Inc.
NBC Universal, Inc. was the name of a Delaware corporation that no longer exists in that form. On 28 January 2011 it converted, under Section 266 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, into a Delaware limited liability company named NBCUniversal Media, LLC. The conversion continued the same legal person: the Delaware file number (2090232), the formation date (6 May 1986), the IRS employer number (14-1682529) and the SEC registrant number (CIK 0000902739) all carried across. Before 2004 the company was named National Broadcasting Company, Inc. GLEIF also lists G.E. Subsidiary, Inc. 1 and NBC Subsidiary, Inc. as previous legal names, without dates. Its LEI is VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46, and GLEIF records the entity as active.
The New York record behind this profile is a registration to do business in New York, not the company’s charter. New York Department of State DOS ID 1176306 is an application for authority that National Broadcasting Company, Inc. filed on 4 June 1987 as a foreign (Delaware) business corporation. A name amendment followed on 9 November 2004 and a certificate of termination on 15 July 2011. The record no longer appears in New York’s active-corporations dataset. The LLC filed its own New York application for authority on 15 April 2011 (DOS ID 4082082), giving the same Delaware formation date of 6 May 1986.
The company works in media and entertainment. NBC Universal, Inc. was created as a combined business in May 2004, when the National Broadcasting Company was combined with Vivendi Universal Entertainment. Its 2011 registration statement describes four segments. Cable Networks included USA Network, Syfy, E!, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC and Golf Channel. Broadcast Television covered the NBC and Telemundo networks and their owned local stations. Filmed Entertainment was Universal Pictures, and Theme Parks included Universal Studios Hollywood.
For 2010, its last full year as a corporation, NBC Universal, Inc. reported consolidated revenue of $16,590 million and net income attributable to its stockholders of $1,467 million. The most recent full-year stand-alone statements filed for NBCUniversal Media, LLC cover 2019. They show consolidated revenue of $34,021 million and operating income of $6,626 million. At 31 December 2025, its own debt securities covered by cross-guarantees totalled $1.6 billion.
On 2 January 2026, a set of cable networks was separated into Versant Media Group, Inc., which is now listed on Nasdaq. These included CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY and Oxygen, which the company’s earlier filings had reported in its Cable Networks segment. NBCUniversal Media, LLC remains an SEC registrant as a guarantor of registered debt. A registration statement filed on 30 July 2026 gives its principal executive offices as 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112.
Sources
- New York Department of State, Corporations and Other Entities: All Filings (data.ny.gov 63wc-4exh), DOS ID 1176306 — https://data.ny.gov/resource/63wc-4exh.json?corpid_num=1176306 — filings dated 1987-06-04 to 2011-07-15; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Same dataset, DOS ID 4082082 (NBCUniversal Media, LLC) — https://data.ny.gov/resource/63wc-4exh.json?corpid_num=4082082 — application of authority 2011-04-15; retrieved 2026-09-30
- New York Department of State, Active Corporations: Beginning 1800 (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6) — https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json?dos_id=1176306 — no row for 1176306; the same query for Pfizer Inc. (DOS ID 69033) returns its row; retrieved 2026-09-30
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Form S-4 registration statement — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312511139191/ds4.htm — filed 2011-05-13; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Exhibit 3.2, Limited Liability Company Agreement of NBC Universal Media, LLC (conversion recitals) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312511139191/dex32.htm — dated 2011-01-28, filed 2011-05-13; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Media, LLC, combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2019 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000116669120000008/cmcsa-12312019x10k.htm — filed 2020-01-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2025 (Cross-Guarantees; Note 16) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/cmcsa-20251231.htm — filed 2026-02-03; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Form S-4 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312526326101/d44098ds4.htm — filed 2026-07-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- GLEIF LEI record VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46 — https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46 — last updated 2025-12-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- SEC EDGAR submissions index, CIK 0000902739 — https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000902739.json — retrieved 2026-09-30
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Shareholders
Shareholders of NBC Universal, Inc.
NBC Universal, Inc. converted into NBCUniversal Media, LLC on 28 January 2011. Its ownership is therefore held as limited liability company interests, not shares, and has had a single holder since the conversion. The company’s filings disclose the ownership history.
- 31 December 2010 (as NBC Universal, Inc.): the common stock was owned 87.7% by General Electric Company, through a wholly owned subsidiary, and 12.3% by a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi (2011 Form S-4).
- 28 January 2011 (conversion): the LLC agreement names Navy Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the corporation’s sole stockholder. On conversion, Navy Holdings became the LLC’s sole member, holding all 1,000 units.
- From the joint-venture closing in January 2011: the company was a wholly owned subsidiary of NBCUniversal, LLC (“NBCUniversal Holdings”). At that point Comcast Corporation controlled and owned 51% of NBCUniversal Holdings and GE owned 49%.
- 19 March 2013: Comcast acquired GE’s 49% common equity interest in NBCUniversal Holdings, and the company’s 8-K states that NBCUniversal Holdings owns 100% of its equity.
- Current: registration statements filed on 28 February 2025 and 30 July 2026 describe NBCUniversal, LLC as the sole member of NBCUniversal Media, LLC. The combined 2019 Form 10-K states that Comcast owns all of the common equity interests in the company and that there is no market for its equity securities.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
The filings trace ownership of NBCUniversal Media, LLC to Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania company whose Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (CMCSA). Comcast’s 2025 Form 10-K states that its Class B common stock carries a non-dilutable 33⅓% of the combined voting power of its common stock, and that Brian L. Roberts beneficially owns all of the outstanding Class B shares. That figure is a voting interest in Comcast Corporation. It is not an economic ownership percentage in this company, and no calculated effective percentage is given here. No filing reviewed names a natural person as a beneficial owner of NBCUniversal Media, LLC itself.
Data availability
Ownership information is partial but well documented: it comes from SEC filings, not from a state register. Delaware does not publish LLC members, and the New York records carry no ownership data. GLEIF’s record for LEI VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46 reports no accounting-consolidation parent (“no known person”), which contradicts the SEC filings above. The filings are the better evidence. The immediate holder’s intermediate chain up to Comcast is dated to the 2013 8-K and the 2019 Form 10-K and has not been re-confirmed layer by layer for 2026.
Sources
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Form S-4 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312511139191/ds4.htm — filed 2011-05-13; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Exhibit 3.2, Limited Liability Company Agreement of NBC Universal Media, LLC — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312511139191/dex32.htm — dated 2011-01-28; retrieved 2026-09-30
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Form 8-K (Items 1.02, 2.01, 2.03, 8.01) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000095010313001854/dp37006_8k-nbcu.htm — filed 2013-03-19; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Media, LLC, combined Form 10-K for 2019 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000116669120000008/cmcsa-12312019x10k.htm — filed 2020-01-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Form S-3ASR (Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC and others) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312525042517/d921757ds3asr.htm — filed 2025-02-28; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Form S-4 (Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312526326101/d44098ds4.htm — filed 2026-07-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, Form 10-K for 2025 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/cmcsa-20251231.htm — filed 2026-02-03; retrieved 2026-09-30
- GLEIF LEI record and reporting exceptions, VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46 — https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46/direct-parent-reporting-exception — record last updated 2025-12-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
Officers
Directors and officers of NBC Universal, Inc.
NBC Universal, Inc. has been NBCUniversal Media, LLC since 28 January 2011. As a Delaware limited liability company it has no board of directors of its own in its SEC filings. The officers who currently sign for it are listed in the Form S-4 filed on 30 July 2026:
- Brian L. Roberts — Co-Principal Executive Officer
- Michael J. Cavanagh — Co-Principal Executive Officer
- Jason S. Armstrong — Principal Financial Officer
- Daniel C. Murdock — Principal Accounting Officer
- Thomas J. Reid — Chief Legal Officer (signed on the company’s behalf)
That is five current officer appointments. The same filing is also signed by three directors of NBCUniversal, LLC, acting in that company’s capacity as the LLC’s member: Jason S. Armstrong, Thomas J. Reid and Adam L. Miller. These are directorships of NBCUniversal, LLC, not of this company. Appointment dates are not stated in the filings. “Current” here means named in the July 2026 filing, and does not show when each person took office.
Recent officer changes
- In the Form S-3ASR filed on 28 February 2025, Brian L. Roberts signed as the company’s sole Principal Executive Officer. In the Form S-4 filed on 30 July 2026, Michael J. Cavanagh also signs as Co-Principal Executive Officer. The filings do not give the effective date of that change.
Data availability
Officer information is partial. It comes from the signature pages of SEC registration statements, which name signing officers and their roles but give no appointment dates, nationality or residence. Nationality is not disclosed for any of these people. Delaware’s register is not freely searchable, and the New York Department of State open datasets for DOS IDs 1176306 and 4082082 carry no officer names. Officers of the former corporation NBC Universal, Inc. before 2011 were not verified and are not listed here.
Sources
- Form S-4 (Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC), signature page for NBCUniversal Media, LLC — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312526326101/d44098ds4.htm — filed 2026-07-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Form S-3ASR, signature page for NBCUniversal Media, LLC — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312525042517/d921757ds3asr.htm — filed 2025-02-28; retrieved 2026-09-30
- New York Department of State, Corporations and Other Entities: All Filings (data.ny.gov 63wc-4exh) — https://data.ny.gov/resource/63wc-4exh.json?corpid_num=1176306 — retrieved 2026-09-30
Group Structure
Group structure of NBC Universal, Inc.
NBC Universal, Inc. continues today as NBCUniversal Media, LLC, part of the Comcast Corporation group. Its immediate parent is NBCUniversal, LLC (also called “NBCUniversal Holdings”), which filings on 28 February 2025 and 30 July 2026 name as its sole member. Its ultimate parent is Comcast Corporation, of Pennsylvania. Comcast’s 2025 Form 10-K describes NBCUniversal Media, LLC as a consolidated subsidiary that is subject to SEC reporting, and as one of three guarantors (with Comcast and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC) that fully and unconditionally guarantee each other’s debt securities.
At 31 December 2010 the corporation was majority-owned by General Electric Company. The group reached its current shape in two steps: the joint-venture closing of 28 January 2011 and Comcast’s purchase of GE’s remaining 49% on 19 March 2013. Comcast’s Exhibit 21 for 2025 lists NBCUniversal Media, LLC and NBCUniversal, LLC (both Delaware) among several hundred subsidiaries, but it does not show which entity holds which. The company’s own subsidiaries therefore cannot be counted from it.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBCUniversal, LLC (“NBCUniversal Holdings”) | United States (Delaware) | Not established | Immediate parent (sole member) | 100% of equity (2013 8-K) | Current | 2026-07-30 |
| Comcast Corporation | United States (Pennsylvania) | SEC CIK 0001166691; IRS EIN 27-0000798 | Ultimate parent | All common equity interests, held indirectly (2019 Form 10-K) | Current | 2026-02-03 |
| NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc. | United States | Not established | Affiliate, holding 4% of the common units and all of the preferred units of NBCUniversal Holdings | No direct interest in this company disclosed | Historical; not re-confirmed after 2019 | 2013-03-19 |
| Navy Holdings, Inc. | United States (Delaware) | Not established | Sole member at conversion (historical) | 1,000 units (100%) | Historical | 2011-01-28 |
| General Electric Company | United States | Not established | Former controlling shareholder (historical) | 87.7% of common stock through a wholly owned subsidiary; later 49% of NBCUniversal Holdings | Ended 2013-03-19 | 2010-12-31 |
| Vivendi (wholly owned subsidiary) | Not stated | Not established | Former minority shareholder (historical) | 12.3% of common stock | Ended by 2011-01-28 | 2010-12-31 |
| NBC Television Investments B.V. | Netherlands | LEI 549300MWMQX84W8KSI44 | Direct accounting-consolidation child, as reported to GLEIF | Ownership percentage not disclosed | As reported to GLEIF | 2025-12-30 |
Recent structural changes
- 2 January 2026: Comcast completed the separation of Versant Media Group, Inc. by distributing all of its shares to Comcast shareholders. Versant took certain former cable networks and digital platforms, and Comcast kept no ownership interest in it (Comcast 8-K of 5 January 2026).
- 19 March 2013: Comcast acquired GE’s 49% common equity interest in NBCUniversal Holdings for about $16.7 billion. From that date NBCUniversal Holdings owned 100% of the company’s equity.
- 28 January 2011: NBC Universal, Inc. converted from a Delaware corporation into NBCUniversal Media, LLC. This happened as part of the joint venture that formed NBCUniversal Holdings, which was then 51% owned by Comcast and 49% by GE.
Data availability
The corporate structure is partial. The parent chain comes from SEC filings. The intermediate layers between NBCUniversal Holdings and Comcast are dated 2013 and have not been re-confirmed for 2026. No filing reviewed maps the company’s own subsidiaries. GLEIF’s reporting exception for this LEI reports no known parent, which conflicts with the SEC filings, and its single listed child is a consolidation link, not proof of a direct shareholding.
Sources
- Form S-4 (Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312526326101/d44098ds4.htm — filed 2026-07-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, Form 10-K for 2025 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/cmcsa-20251231.htm — filed 2026-02-03; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, Exhibit 21 to the 2025 Form 10-K — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/ex21-12312025.htm — filed 2026-02-03; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation, Form 8-K (Item 8.01, Versant separation) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000095010326000079/dp239108_8k.htm — filed 2026-01-05; retrieved 2026-09-30
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Form 8-K — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000095010313001854/dp37006_8k-nbcu.htm — filed 2013-03-19; retrieved 2026-09-30
- Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Media, LLC, combined Form 10-K for 2019 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000116669120000008/cmcsa-12312019x10k.htm — filed 2020-01-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
- NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Form S-4 and Exhibit 3.2 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902739/000119312511139191/ds4.htm — filed 2011-05-13; retrieved 2026-09-30
- GLEIF LEI record VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46 and its direct children — https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/VTBDOQJ6KOGQ6K786R46/direct-children — last updated 2025-12-30; retrieved 2026-09-30
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does NBC Universal, Inc. do?
NBC Universal, Inc. was a Delaware corporation (file 2090232, formed 6 May 1986, formerly National Broadcasting Company, Inc.) that converted on 28 January 2011 into NBCUniversal Media, LLC, which continues the same legal person. It is a media and entertainment business whose filings describe cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, Universal Pictures and theme parks.
Who owns NBC Universal, Inc.?
Since 19 March 2013 NBCUniversal, LLC has held 100% of the equity of NBCUniversal Media, LLC (the former NBC Universal, Inc.), and filings in 2025 and 2026 name it as sole member. At 31 December 2010 the corporation was owned 87.7% by General Electric through a subsidiary and 12.3% by a Vivendi subsidiary.
Who is NBC Universal, Inc.'s UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No filing names a natural person as beneficial owner of NBCUniversal Media, LLC; its ultimate parent is Comcast Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed company (CMCSA). Comcast states that Brian L. Roberts beneficially owns all Class B shares, carrying 33⅓% of Comcast voting power, which is not an ownership percentage in this company.
Is NBC Universal, Inc. still an active company?
NBC Universal, Inc.'s status on New York Department of State — Division of Corporations is listed as active.
What is NBC Universal, Inc.'s registered address?
The registered address on file for NBC Universal, Inc. is United States.
What is NBC Universal, Inc.'s revenue?
NBC Universal, Inc. reported 2010 consolidated revenue of $16,590 million. The last stand-alone full-year statements for NBCUniversal Media, LLC, for 2019, show consolidated revenue of $34,021 million and operating income of $6,626 million.
Is NBC Universal, Inc. listed on a stock exchange?
The company has no listed equity; its 2019 Form 10-K states there is no market for its equity securities. It remains an SEC registrant (CIK 0000902739) as a guarantor of registered debt securities.
Who are the officers/directors of NBC Universal, Inc.?
A Form S-4 filed on 30 July 2026 names Brian L. Roberts and Michael J. Cavanagh as Co-Principal Executive Officers of NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Jason S. Armstrong as Principal Financial Officer, Daniel C. Murdock as Principal Accounting Officer and Thomas J. Reid as Chief Legal Officer. Appointment dates are not disclosed.
Does NBC Universal, Inc. have a parent company or subsidiaries?
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is part of the Comcast Corporation group; its immediate parent and sole member is NBCUniversal, LLC and its ultimate parent is Comcast Corporation. New York authority DOS ID 1176306 held under the NBC Universal, Inc. name was terminated on 15 July 2011.
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
This record is sourced directly from New York Department of State — Division of Corporations and was last synced on 29 September 2026.