Channels including USA, Oxygen, E! and Syfy will also be moved to the new media company.

:Comcast plans to divest the bulk of its once-coveted NBCUniversal cable TV assets, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the rising dominance of streaming platforms relegates legacy media businesses to the cutting room floor. Shares of the company rose about 2 per cent in premarket trading, after Comcast said on Wed