Universal Stations Group

Universal Stations Group is an American-owned Filipino division of NBCUniversal that oversees television stations operated in the Philippines and the production company that produces English-language Filipino syndicated newscast Universal News. While billing itself as an owned-and-operated company of NBCUniversal, it is owned by a Filipino trust fund linked to the company. NBCUniversal does not directly own any broadcast outlet in the Philippines because of the restrictions imposed by the 1987 Constitution to media ownership, prohibiting any, including minority, ownership of broadcast and print media.

Branding history
The name "Universal" pertains to movie studio Universal Pictures. USG and NBCOTS president Valari Staab said the naming scheme was to prevent confusion and litigation from the locally-based Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), owned by the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.