NBC News adds 200 jobs in streaming, digital push

FILE PHOTO: A closed NBC news studio is pictured following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

(Reuters) - NBCU News Group, part of NBCUniversal, is expanding its streaming and digital operations, adding 200 new jobs and several new hours of live, original programming to its NBC News Now streaming channel, the company said Tuesday.

Comcast -owned NBC will begin distributing NBC News Now internationally later this year, the company said.