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NBC Universal Television Networks Distribution

NBC Universal TV Networks Distribution drives the distribution, marketing, and local ad sales for the company’s top-rated content portfolio to all multichannel video programming distributors. Its portfolio includes USA Network, CNBC, Syfy, MSNBC, Bravo, Oxygen, mun2, CNBC World, Chiller, Sleuth, Universal HD, and HD simulcasts. A key revenue generator, the division oversees distribution of the Olympics on cable; retransmission consent for NBC and Telemundo owned stations; and NBC Universal’s content delivery on broadband, linear, and set-top box platforms with services that include video-on-demand, pay-per-view, and set-top box interactive features.

NBC Universal Digital Distribution

NBC Universal Digital Distribution drives the company’s North American distribution of content across the Internet, wireless, and other emerging platforms, and leads content strategy and development for offerings that include video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, interactive television, and wireless products and services.

Bravo

With more breakout stars and critically acclaimed unscripted original series than any other network on cable, Bravo’s original programming—from hot cuisine to haute couture—delivers the best in food, fashion, beauty, design, and pop culture to the most engaged, upscale, and educated audience in cable.

Currently available in more than 90 million homes, Bravo’s arts and culture slate includes critically acclaimed creative competition and docu-series such as the Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning Top Chef, Emmy Award-winning Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, and the 14-time Emmy-nominated Inside the Actors Studio. The network’s slate also includes water-cooler sensations such as The Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Bravo reaches its unique audience through every consumer touch point and across all platforms on-air, online, and on the go, giving Bravo’s fans a menu of options to experience the network.

Bravo has been an NBC cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information visit www.bravotv.com.

Chiller

Chiller is the only network devoted to delivering viewers round-the-clock scares. Chiller’s eclectic slate of adrenaline-fueled, soul-stirring entertainment includes classic drama and anthology series (Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, Nightmare Cafe), international programming (Spine Chillers, Strange) and a broad offering of films, including feature-length premieres on the first Friday of each month. Chiller is currently available in over 33 million homes. To learn more, visit www.chillertv.com.

CNBC

With CNBC in the United States and Canada, CNBC in Asia, CNBC in Europe, CNBC World, and CNBC HD+, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to millions of households around the world. The network’s 17 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays, 4 a.m. to 9 p.m.) is produced at CNBC’s global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and also includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC.com and CNBC Mobile Web (http://mobile.cnbc.com) offer real-time stock quotes and charts, CNBC’s breaking news and analysis, and market and pre-market data. Additionally, CNBC.com provides videos, live streaming of events and market opens in Asia and Europe, and industry and topic-specific blogs from our award-winning reporters and guests. CNBC reaches more than 97 million U.S. households.

CNBC World

CNBC World is a 24-hour digital network offering live global financial market information and programming. CNBC World leverages the resources of CNBC business news from Asia and Europe to create a round-the-clock global business news network with live, in-depth market coverage from around the world. CNBC World is available in 36 million homes across the U.S. via cable and satellite.

ION Media Networks

NBC Universal has an interest in ION Media Networks, Inc. The largest broadcast television station group in the nation, ION owns and operates 59 broadcast television stations. Through its broadcast station group and cable and satellite distribution, ION’s flagship network, ION Television, reaches approximately 96 million homes, or 83% of television households in the U.S.

MSNBC

Built on the worldwide resources of NBC News, MSNBC, the Place for Politics, defines news for the next generation with world-class reporting and a full schedule of live news coverage, political analysis, and award-winning documentary programming, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MSNBC’s home on the Internet is msnbc.com, which boasts the state-of-the-art technology of Microsoft and the first-rate reporting of NBC News. Employing the newsgathering resources of NBC News and its more than 200 affiliate stations, MSNBC offers viewers the highest-quality news coverage.

mun2

mun2 [moon–dos] is the lifestyle cable network for today’s culture connectors: bicultural Latinos 18-34. As the uniquely American, bilingual network that amplifies the Latino experience, mun2 reflects the best of both worlds. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates original content across a multi-screen platform. Part of the Telemundo Group, mun2 is distributed to more than 31 million households.

About Oxygen Media

Oxygen Media is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and entertaining content to young women, wherever they are. Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's media, with a vast array of unconventional and original content including "Bad Girls Club," "Dance Your Ass Off" and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood." Popular features online include makeOvermatic, tweetOverse and hormoneOscope. Available in 75 million homes, online at www.oxygen.com, or on mobile devices at wap.oxygen.com, Oxygen Media is a service of NBC Universal..

Sleuth

Sleuth is the premier entertainment cable channel dedicated to the popular crime/mystery/suspense genre. Programming includes a wide range of feature films from James Bond movies to Miami Vice and an extensive lineup of current (Monk, NCIS) and classic (MacGyver, JAG) television series.

Syfy

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year-round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.syfy.com) and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Currently in more than 95 million homes in the U.S., Syfy was launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel. Syfy. Imagine greater.

Universal HD

Available in 100% 1080i HD, Universal HD offers the best movies and sports programming in high-definition. Programming includes films like Cold Mountain, Dukes of Hazzard, King Arthur, and Little Miss Sunshine; series such as Nash Bridges, Six Feet Under, and Becker; and sports programming including WWE, PGA Golf, Notre Dame football, and the Olympic Games.

USA Network

USA Network is the No. 1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in more than 98 million U.S. homes. USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series, and entertainment events. Its success has been driven by signature series such as Burn Notice, Monk, In Plain Sight, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Psych, and, the most recent addition, Royal Pains. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.

The Weather Channel Properties

NBC Universal, along with private equity firms Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group, owns The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC). TWCC is operated as a separate entity based in Atlanta, with management services provided by NBC Universal. TWCC includes The Weather Channel Networks, The Weather Channel Interactive, and Weather Services International.

The Weather Channel Networks include television networks and products for radio, digital cable services, and interactive television. The primary network, The Weather Channel, is received by more than 99 million U.S. households, making it the second-most-distributed cable network. The Weather Channel is also available in high definition and includes programming shot in native HD. Weatherscan, an all-local, all-the-time service, is distributed primarily on digital cable.

The Weather Channel Interactive is the No. 1 weather provider on all digital platforms, including weather.com, The Weather Channel Mobile and The Weather Channel Desktop. Weather.com is ranked in the top 15 most popular websites, with more than 30 million unique visitors per month. In addition, the company operates the most popular content site on the mobile Web, with more than 12 million unique visitors per month.

Weather Services International primarily provides business-to-business weather services, particularly for the media, aviation, marine, and energy sectors. A global leader in weather forecasting, it serves more than 5,500 clients in 45 countries.

International Channels

CNBC operates two regional networks in Europe and Asia-Pacific that provide the latest market information, unrivalled coverage of breaking news, in-depth analysis, and interviews with business leaders. CNBC in Europe reaches approximately 110 million households, in addition to leading banks, financial institutions, and hotels across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. CNBC in Asia-Pacific reaches more than 60 million households in 21 countries.

Universal Networks International, the global channels division of NBC Universal, is one of the world's premier entertainment networks, delivering quality content and compelling brands to over 150 million viewers in 130 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The portfolio is spearheaded by five core channels - Syfy Universal, Diva Universal, Studio Universal, Universal Channel, and 13th Street Universal - which deliver a full range of entertainment experiences to local audiences across the globe. Universal Networks International also operates Movies 24, the (non-U.S.) Hallmark Channel, and an interest in the KidsCo joint venture.

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