New York Post: Can Apple’s TV service entice viewers without NBC network or its sister cable channels, including CNBC and USA? The question could be moot, as Comcast’s NBCUniversal may be forced to hand over its programming regardless. As part of Comcast’s deal to acquire NBCUniversal in 2011, the cable giant agreed it would make its content available to online video distributors on a “comparable” basis to its rivals.