<Tr> <Th> Sling TV </Th> <Td> Internet Protocol television </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> PlayStation Vue </Th> <Td> Internet Protocol television </Td> </Tr> <P> MSNBC is an American news cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events . MSNBC is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal (all of which are ultimately owned by Comcast). MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996 under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming . Although they had the same name, msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations . msnbc.com was headquartered on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington while MSNBC operated out of NBC's headquarters in New York City . Microsoft divested its stakes in the MSNBC channel in 2005 and in msnbc.com in July 2012 . The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com, and a new msnbc.com was created as the online home of the cable channel . </P> <P> In the late summer of 2015, MSNBC revamped its programming; the moves were in sharp contrast to previous programming decisions at the network . MSNBC sought to sharpen its news image by entering into a dual editorial relationship with its organizational parent NBC News . MSNBC Live, the network's flagship daytime news platform, was expanded to cover over eight hours of the day . </P>

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