US broadband and media player Comcast is going to split itself in half, opening the possibility of M&A action further down the line. Comcast has two main area of business. It’s one of the biggest ISPs and cablecos in the US, while it also owns the NBC TV network, Universal movie studio, and Sky, following the latter’s acquisition in 2018. Historically, it was thought that combining content creation with the ‘pipe’ that distributes it would be a great idea, offering all kinds of corporate synergies.