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NBC, RCA & GE: NBC holdings

NBC holdings

This listing is indicative only


Structure

  • NBC Network
  • Paxson Communications - 65 television stations (32%)
  • NBC Universal - joint venture with Vivendi (Universal studios, cable tv channels, five US theme parks) (80%)

Stations

NBC owned and operated television stations -

  • WVTM - Birmingham
  • KXAS - Dallas
  • WMAQ - Chicago
  • WCMH - Columbus
  • WVIT - Hartford
  • KNBC - Los Angeles
  • WTVJ - Miami
  • WNBC - New York

NBC holdings

This listing is indicative only

Structure

  • NBC Network
  • Paxson Communications - 65 television stations (32%)
  • NBC Universal - joint venture with Vivendi (Universal studios, cable tv channels, five US theme parks) (80%)

Stations

NBC owned and operated television stations -

  • WVTM - Birmingham
  • KXAS - Dallas
  • WMAQ - Chicago
  • WCMH - Columbus
  • WVIT - Hartford
  • KNBC - Los Angeles
  • WTVJ - Miami
  • WNBC - New York
  • WCAU - Philadelphia
  • WJAR - Providence
  • WNCN - Raleigh
  • KNSD - San Diego
  • WRC - Washington

Cable

  • CNBC (50% with Dow Jones 50%)
  • MSNBC (joint venture with Microsoft)
  • Arts & Entertainment (25% with Disney and Hearst)
  • The History Channel
  • Prime Network

Rainbow Media Holdings (with Cablevision)

  • American Movie Classics
  • Bravo
  • Independent Film Channel
  • Much Music
  • News 12 (regional news service)
  • Romance Classics
  • extrahelp
  • Rainbow Advertising Sales (cable sales)
  • Sports Channel - regional sports networks (managed by Rainbow, affiliated with Fox Sports Net)

Value Vision - home shopping network (39.9%)

National Geographic's cable channel (25% with Fox and National Geographic)

International

  • NBC Super Channel (Europe)
  • NBC Asia
  • CNBC Europe
  • CNBC Asia
  • Canal de Noticias NBC - 24 hour Latin American News
  • TV Azteca (Mexico - joint venture with Azteca)

Multimedia

Enhanced Broadcasting

  • Intercast with Intel
  • Wink
  • Web TV for Windows

Talk City - interactive content (12% with New York Life Insurance, Hearst, Cox, Starbucks)

Interactive

  • NBC Internet (NBCi)
  • CNET (Internet content company, partial stake)
  • Talk City (equity stake)
  • iVillage (equity stake)
  • Hoover's (equity stake)
  • 24/7 Media (equity stake)
  • CNBC-Dow Jones Business Video Service
  • NBC Desktop Video - live video for desktop computer
  • NBC Data Network - data sent over airwaves
  • NBC Digital Publishing - CD-ROM producer
  • NBC Interactive Neighborhood - local internet services with NBC stations
  • NBC SuperNet - information available on Microsoft Network
  • NBC.com
  • Telescan - financially-related Internet technology (10%)
  • VideoSeeker.com - video-on-demand service
  • Net2Phone - VoIP service (partial)
  • Asiacontent.com Ltd (35%)
  • Ralph Lauren Media (joint venture with Polo Ralph Lauren)

Outside NBC

Other parts of the GE empire include -

GE Capital Services - equipment management, consumer services, industry finance and Insurance (including Australian Retail Financial Network)

Industrial Services - aircraft engines, consumer appliances, power distribution and generation systems, lighting, plastics, locomotives, medical systems, industrial control systems

Satellite and communications services - satellite and network development and management services