Daily News: NY1 is poised to become a feather in NBC’s peacock plumage — and that will mean changes for the New York local news channel. The news outlet”s parent company, Time Warner Cable, is on the verge of being swallowed whole by NBCUniversal’s parent company Comcast in a $45 billion mega-merger. If it happens as expected, NY1 will become part of NBC’s station group, which is separate from the company’s news division and cable channels like MSNBC and CNBC.