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Universal Kids Goes Dark in March, Making It the Latest Cable Network To Be Shut Down By NBCU
Universal Kids will go dark on March 6, making it the latest cable network to be shut down by NBCU.
The news means Universal Kids won’t be part of the stable of cablers that transition to the new SpinCo entity set to be run by Mark Lazarus and include MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel. The fate of Universal Kids had been unclear since NBCU announced the decision to spin off most of its cable networks (with the exception of Bravo) into the new entity, as its press release failed to include it among the list of channels that will populate the new company (presently being referred to as “SpinCo”). NBCU has perhaps been the most aggressive of legacy cable network owners willing to shut down its underperforming channels; in recent years that has included Style, G4, Esquire, Cloo, Chiller and NBCSN.
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