NBC Sports Network was not gone for lengthy.
NBC introduced Thursday that it was bringing again the channel as half of its announcement of a brand new deal between NBC Universal and YouTube TV to proceed carrying NBC on the supplier.
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NBC and Google’s carriage settlement had expired on the finish of September and the 2 events had reached a short-term settlement in the interim. In its announcement, NBC mentioned that NBCS “will complement the prominent sports properties presented year-round on the NBC broadcast network.”
NBC Sports Network first launched in 2012 when the Versus cable community was rebranded. NBC used it for programming like NASCAR and the English Premier League together with varied school sports activities occasions till it was shut down on the finish of 2021 with the community’s sports activities programming shifting to USA and the Peacock streaming service.
However, NBCSN now returns as USA will now not be underneath the NBC Universal umbrella. Comcast spun off its cable channels from NBC Universal into a brand new firm known as Versant. That firm will personal networks like USA, Golf Channel, E!, CNBC and MSNBC and the channels will now not use the NBC brand when Versant formally begins working independently from Comcast on Oct. 6 with the separation formally full by the tip of the 12 months.
Earlier this week, Versant introduced that it had obtained the rights to WNBA games on USA as half of an 11-year deal. Versant will air at the very least 50 video games a 12 months and the deal contains the rights to some playoff video games.