Comcast to provide sports coverage for San Francisco NBC station

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A Comcast regional sports network will assume sports coverage for an NBC TV station in northern California, the first case of the cable company's sports content replacing a traditional sports report at an NBC broadcast affiliate.

NBCUniversal will examine whether similar synergies exist in other markets where it owns a local TV station and a regional sports network, including Philadelphia, where the company owns NBC10. Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, acquired 51 percent control of NBCUniversal in January. The move at KNTV, which covers San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland, is part of a sweeping review inside NBCUniversal of its operations since former Comcast executive Steve Burke assumed the top position at the New York-based news and entertainment company.


Comcast to provide sports coverage for San Francisco NBC station