NBC shuts down its sports cable channel as the package shrinks

According to reports from Wall Street Journal and BloombergNBC Sports Group Chairman Pete Bevaqua told employees in a note that the NBC Sports Network’s cable channel was shut down later this year. Although it is not clear what will happen to some of the content currently being broadcast, things like NHL games and NASCAR competitions will instead be moved to the USA Network channel, and they plan to double some of them before the channel darkens. .

This may also direct some content to NBCUniversal̵

7;s Peecock streaming platform, but the focus immediately seems to be to strengthen the USA Network as an option against channels like Warner’s TNT / TBS. Peacock already carries some football and Sports business every day notes that he recently announced his plans for stream skating. NBCU also has a golf channel and an Olympic channel that will continue to broadcast.