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Notes on the debundling of NBCUniversal.
Back in December 2009, in a development foretold by the seers at 30 Rock, Philadelphia-based telecom giant Comcast announced the deal that would eventually lead to it taking full control of the storied Peacock network and its array of cable channels. But most are doing so for convenience (access to a physical DVR, a clear signal), the ability to get sports and news content, or the few really great cable brands still out there (think Hallmark Channel or TCM or one of the NBCU holdings that isn’t leaving the Peacock’s nest, Bravo). But a lot of what has happened is the end result of companies like NBCUniversal deciding to hasten cable’s decline by starving their networks of resources over the past five years, funneling the money that used to go to making original programming and clever marketing over to their respective streamers.
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