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Boardroom with a large timeline graphic on the wall featuring various corporate logos and text.

Boardroom with a large timeline graphic on the wall featuring various corporate logos and text.

Comcast acquired a 51% majority stake in NBCUniversal from General Electric on January 28, 2011, and would assume full ownership of the company in 2013. As a result, Comcast's interest in Sprout was turned over to the company.[9] Apax Partners sold HIT Entertainment to Mattel on October 24, 2011, the sale did not include HIT's stake in Sprout, which was retained by Apax.[10] On December 5, 2012, Sesame Workshop sold its 15% stake in Sprout to Comcast.[11] On March 19, 2013, Comcast acquired the remaining 49% of NBCUniversal it did not already own,[12] and concurrently acquired Apax's stake in Sprout.[13] Comcast then acquired PBS's share in Sprout on November 12, 2013, giving it full ownership. As a result, the network's operations were brought under the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group. The network's operations were later moved from Philadelphia to NBCUniversal's facilities in New York City.[14][15][16][17][13] Ver mais