The unit run by Stephanie Sperber already handles licensing for Universal movies and now takes on NBC network shows and the children’s network Sprout. By Alex Ben Block In a move to centralize ...

Sprout – or Universal Kids – has some room to grow. Cable and satellite distributors pay around 14 cents per subscriber per month, according to data from Kagan, a market-research firm that is ...

Sprout is expected to continue, with 15 hours airing live each day between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., while Universal Kids will be featured after 6 p.m. Devoted Sprout viewers might have seen the move coming.

In an attempt to centralize consumer products and licensing across NBCUniversal, Universal Partnerships & Licensing president Stephanie Sperber’s role will be broadened to include consumer ...

Under president Stephanie Sperber, Universal Partnerships & Licensing will now include consumer products for the NBC network and Sprout globally, in addition to the worldwide consumer products ...

NBC Universal has launched Sprout Now into the Play Store, giving parents all over the country the option to let their kids stream a full episode of their favorite series and get a couple ...

NBCUniversal’s linear children’s channel Universal Kids will shut down on March 6, ... Sesame Workshop, and HIT Entertainment. In 2009, it was rebranded as Sprout, and in 2016 ...

It's a big change for Universal Partnerships & Licensing President Stephanie Sperber: A year after she extended her contract into 2016, the company said today that her turf will expand to include ...

But these morning luminaries will have to contend with someone else: a chatty orange puppy named Snug. When fans of Sprout, the kiddie-cable outlet that is part of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, tune in ...

NBCUniversal, which has already been evaluating its stake in the declining pay-TV business, plans to shut down cable network Universal Kids. The move, slated to take effect March 6, comes as NBCU ...