According an audio announcement from brand marketers Lisa Fleming and Mike DeRienzo, thousands of names were considered, but ...

Versant, Comcast's planned cable spin-off entity, has struck a two-year ad sales agreement with corporate cousin NBCUniversal ...

Comcast's SpinCo, which will include USA, MSNBC, CNBC and E!, will be renamed Versant to emphasize corporate versatility and ...

The placeholder name SpinCo is no more. Comcast revealed that the new name for the spun-off entity that will house its cable ...

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief As Comcast rolls out Versant, its cable TV spinoff, CFO Jason Armstrong has touted the advantages in investing and building additional scale for SpinCo ...

The name of the parent company for the cable networks and other assorted media assets that will be spun off from NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year will be Versant Media. Mark Lazarus ...

It’s a brand new day for several sports and cable channels that used to be under the Comcast/NBC umbrella, moving forward under the name Versant. Versant is the spinoff from Comcast containing ...

On Tuesday, Comcast's cable networks ... network portfolio it plans to spin off (including CNBC and USA), it's ditching the temporary name of SpinCo in favor of Versant. SpinCo wasn't a household ...

The spinoff is expected to be completed by the end of the year and will be tax free to Comcast shareholders. In addition to Lazarus, Versant is led by chief financial and operating officer Anand Kini.

Comcast's spinoff of the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio will be named Versant, the company said Tuesday, ending a monthslong process to select a new corporate moniker.

will become chairman of Versant. Current CFO of NBCUniversal Anand Kini will become the CFO and COO of the new entity. In November, Comcast confirmed that it will pursue a tax-free spinoff of ...