"Our partnership with MediaFLO USA™ allows us to present some of our rich entertainment and news programming in a way that has never before been available on mobile."
George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal
Consumers will be able to view, in the palm of their hands, both the unparalleled news and information coverage of NBC News and some of NBC Universal's best known entertainment programming. The news channel will feature live, full-length programs, including "Today," "Nightly News with Brian Williams" and "Meet the Press," as well as select programming from both MSNBC and CNBC. On the entertainment front, the channel will offer a select number of acclaimed NBC Universal primetime, daytime and cable shows, as well as access to the best late-night entertainment laughs around, including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80 percent-owned by General Electric, with 20 percent controlled by Vivendi Universal.
NBC Universal Digital Distribution, a division of NBC Universal, drives the company's development of digital content and distribution in the areas of digital sales, digital platforms and wireless products. NBCU Digital Distribution manages product strategy and development for NBCU's content efforts by deploying it across multiple digital platforms including mobile, Internet portals, wireless carriers, emerging digital companies and nontraditional customers. In addition, NBCU Digital Distribution spearheads the company's development of industry leading technologies such as interactive television, on demand, electronic sell-through and IPTV. NBCU Digital Distribution also directs and manages the company’s cable investments including A&E;, The History Channel, History Channel International, The Biography Channel and the Sundance Channel.