{"id":4259,"date":"2017-02-28T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/comcast-nbcuniversal\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:54:16","slug":"comcast-nbcuniversal-to-take-full-ownership-of-universal-studios-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/comcast-nbcuniversal-to-take-full-ownership-of-universal-studios-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast NBCUniversal to Take Full Ownership of Universal Studios Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO: Comcast NBCUniversal has agreed to purchase the remaining 49-percent stake in Universal Studios Japan (USJ) that it does not already own.<\/p>\n<p>Comcast NBCUniversal is taking over the shares from its current partners, including Goldman Sachs, former USJ CEO Glenn Gumpel, Asian private-equity firm MBK Partners and U.S. hedge fund Owl Creek Asset Management. The purchase price for this transaction is \u00a5254.8 billion ($2.3 billion), valuing USJ at \u00a5840 billion ($7.4 billion), including the assumption of USJ net debt. Once the transaction closes, Comcast NBCUniversal will own 100 percent of the theme park destination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUniversal Studios Japan is an amazing and incredibly successful theme park,\u201d said Tom Williams, the chairman and CEO for Universal Parks &amp; Resorts. \u201cThis acquisition will bring an even stronger future for the theme park, its guests and its team members. We are thrilled USJ will fully be part of the Universal family and look forward to continuing to create a remarkable experience for our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO: Comcast NBCUniversal has agreed to purchase the remaining 49-percent stake in Universal Studios Japan (USJ) that it does not already own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[737,738],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-comcast-nbcuniversal","tag-universal-studios-japan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comcast NBCUniversal to Take Full Ownership of Universal Studios Japan - TVASIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/comcast-nbcuniversal-to-take-full-ownership-of-universal-studios-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Comcast NBCUniversal to Take Full Ownership of Universal Studios Japan - 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