Topic summary

Versant

Versant

Versant Media Group, Inc., doing business asVersant (), is an American multinationalmass media and technology company. Versant is headquartered at 229 West 43rd Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, while technical operations and master control for its networks are housed at CNBC's world headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

The company owns cable networks including USA Network, MS NOW, CNBC, Golf Channel, E!, Syfy, and Oxygen, their related digital properties such as GolfNow, Fandango Media, and Rotten Tomatoes, as well as digital multicast television network operator Free TV Networks.

Comcast completed the corporate spin-off of the company in January 2026. Brian L. Roberts and his family hold a 33% voting share in Versant.