Template:Evolution of Comcast NBCUniversal
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| 1912 | Universal Pictures is founded |
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| 1926 | NBC is founded |
| 1943 | Universal Television is founded |
| 1953 | NBC begins first compatible color broadcasts, preceding other networks by nine years |
| 1956 | NBC's peacock logo debuts |
| 1963 | American Cable Systems is founded |
| 1967 | NBC broadcasts the first-ever Super Bowl |
| 1968 | American Cable Systems rebrands to Comcast |
| 1975 | Universal releases Jaws |
| 1972 | Comcast began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) |
| 1982 | Universal releases E.T. The Extra Terrestrial |
| 1985 | Universal's Back to the Future premieres |
| 1986 | General Electric buys NBC for $6.4 billion and NBC's modern peacock logo was introduced |
| 1989 | NBC launches CNBC |
| 1990 | Universal Studios Florida opens and Law & Order premieres |
| 1993 | Universal's Jurassic Park premieres |
| 1996 | NBC and Microsoft launch MSNBC |
| 1998 | Universal Television becomes Studios USA Television |
| 1999 | Universal Studios Florida expands to become Universal Orlando Resort and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premieres |
| 2001 | Grand opening of Universal Studios Japan and The Fast and the Furious premieres |
| 2002 | NBC acquires Telemundo and Bravo Focus Features is formed Comcast acquires AT&T Broadband for $44.5 billion |
| 2003 | Universal becomes the first studio with five summer releases breaking the $100 million mark |
| 2004 | GE and Vivendi merge NBC and Universal into NBCUniversal |
| 2005 | Comcast, PBS, Sesame Workshop, & HIT Entertainment forms PBS Kids Sprout, then Comcast & Time Warner Cable acquire Adelphia Cable assets for $17.6 billion |
| 2006 | USA Network begins 13-year streak as #1 cable network in total viewers |
| 2007 | Illumination is founded |
| 2010 | Illumination's Despicable Me premieres |
| 2011 | Vivendi divested in NBCU; Comcast buys 51% of NBCU from GE, turning it into a limited liability company, and the name "PBS Kids" is dropped out from Sprout (Leaving the name "Sprout") |
| 2013 | Comcast buys GE's remaining 49% of NBCU and PBS sells Sprout to Comcast/NBCU |
| 2014 | Comcast attempts to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion NBCUniversal reaches a new long-term deal with WWE |
| 2016 | NBCU acquires DreamWorks Animation |
| 2017 | Sprout relaunches as Universal Kids |
| 2018 | Comcast acquires Sky and FBI premieres |
| 2020 | NBCU launches Peacock |
| 2021 | Grand opening of Universal Beijing Resort and Law & Order: Organized Crime premieres |
| 2023 | Universal releases The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Oppenheimer |