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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks followed their world counterparts higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq snapping five-day losing streaks and the blue-chip Dow

NBCUniversal is eyeing opportunities in digital gaming and new entertainment franchises as the company weighs options for future growth after its planned spinoff from Comcast, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter. Comcast’s cable and connectivity business, meanwhile, is ripe for technological investments that ‌could take advantage of the massive surge in data centers and AI, these people said. No tie-ups have been discussed, and any potential deal would not happen until a period ‌of time following the split, the people said.

Bonds backing Charter Communications popped this morning, buoyed by reports of a potential mobile phone partnership with SpaceX as well as the revelation that rival Comcast Corp. plans to split into two publicly traded companies. Charter stock surged after Bloomberg reported that the company is in discussions to route some phone traffic through SpaceX’s direct-to-cell service, which SpaceX already operates in partnership with T-Mobile. This would enable Charter to pivot from its massive and cost

Analyst says media spinoff was long overdue.

Comcast plans to separate NBCUniversal and Sky into a new publicly traded company within a year.

📣 “So where previously we believed that the scale and diversification benefits warranted operating these businesses as one company, we now have simply changed our mind about that.” --Comcast's Mike Cavanagh ...

Comcast’s action immediately prompted speculation that more deals could be coming in the consolidating media business.

U.S. telecom and media giants are moving in opposite directions in midday trading. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stock is up 7% to $24.76, while AT&T (NYSE:T) stock is down 5% to $21.52, and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) stock is down 7% to $43.29. The split reflects three distinct catalysts hitting the sector at once. Comcast is rallying on a ... Telecom Turmoil: Comcast Rises 7% on Media Spinoff, AT&T Falls 5% on CFO Exit and Starlink Threat, Verizon Sinks 7% on Dow Exit

Comcast's NBCUniversal said on Monday that its ‌streaming service Peacock's Premium Plus ‌tier is now available for subscription through ​YouTube Primetime Channels, expanding access to its content library. Here are some details: • The move allows subscribers to ‌view a ⁠wide range of Peacock offerings directly within the YouTube ⁠platform, including live sports, popular NBC and Bravo series, original programming ​and Universal ​films. It ​follows a broader ‌agreement between NBCUniversal and Google that was announced in late 2025.

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA, XETRA:CTP2) shares rose more than 6% on Monday after the company announced plans to separate its businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky. Under the proposed transaction, Comcast...

Comcast's decision to spin off its NBCUniversal and Sky businesses marks the latest ‌effort by a major U.S. entertainment company to ‌separate or reshape legacy television assets as cord-cutting accelerates and streaming ​upends the industry. The move follows years of sweeping strategic overhauls across the sector, with companies pursuing mergers, breakups, asset sales and lowered spending to sharpen focus and compete ‌more effectively in ⁠an increasingly digital media landscape.

Comcast’s planned breakup is sending Charter Communications’ stock soaring. The cable giant plans to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky operations, leaving Comcast to focus on broadband, wireless and cable. “The core regulatory questions [for a potential bid] become cleaner: broadband concentration, local market overlap, wireless bundling and the FCC public interest review,” research firm MKI Global Partners said in a note today.

The spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky will separate the company’s connectivity business from its film, theme park and streaming operations.

Comcast (CMCSA) said Monday it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, separating its NBC

The company will separate Comcast and NBCUniversal into two public companies.

Comcast stock surged after the company announced it would split into two public companies.

Shares in the conglomerate soared about 20% premarket after it said it plans to separate into two companies through a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky. If Comcast holds through those gains through today's session, it would notch its largest one-day percentage increase since 2008.

The spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky will separate the company’s connectivity business from its film, theme park and streaming operations.

Comcast is planning to split itself into two separate publicly traded companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky. The planned move comes after Comcast announced in November 2024 that it was spinning off cable networks such as USA, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, as well as CNBC and MSNBC into a new company. Like other cable companies, Comcast in recent years has shifted its business emphasis away from traditional cable toward streaming and other sources of revenue, such as its movie studio, theme parks and home wireless and internet services.

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Technology stocks were trading higher in premarket trading Monday as the looked set to finally snap its five-day losing streak. Semiconductor companies, other artificial-intelligence stocks, and the Magnificent Seven were among those rebounding to start the week. Microsoft jumped 2% ahead of the open, while Amazon Alphabet Nvidia Meta and Tesla were all up around 1%.

Comcast will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its ‌cash-generating broadband arm from a media and entertainment business ‌under pressure from streaming rivals and industry consolidation. The latest U.S. media industry shake-up follows years of cord-cutting as legacy players chase scale to better compete with Netflix while Paramount Skydance's $110 billion deal for Warner Bros Discovery is ‌set to boost competition. Comcast, ⁠which leans on cable for much of its cash flow, is also losing broadband customers to fixed wireless ⁠offerings from T-Mobile and Verizon and to fiber rivals building out networks.

June 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, led by strong gains in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100, as easing tensions in the Middle East lifted sentiment following days of hostilities

Comcast, which owns Xfinity, is now offering a convenient new service for internet customers as it struggles to prevent them from switching to its rivals. In 2025, Comcast lost more than 700,000 internet customers after it faced criticism for raising prices on its Xfinity services and removing its ...

Investing.com -- Digital infrastructure company ITG plans to raise up to $429.3 million through its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, the Hendersonville, Tennessee-based firm said Monday.

Comcast’s cash returns remain a key support, with July earnings set to test whether cable trends and Peacock losses are moving in the right direction.

Nation-state cyberattackers are increasingly using residential proxy networks to mask their traffic, turning everyday electronics into a massive global threat.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed down -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.99%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.15%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.17%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...