Without skipping a beat, Zalaznick, whose official title is President of NBCUniversal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, uses the opportunity to wax on about the future of basic cable.
Until this year, Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports and Olympics, has favored withholding coverage of most events until prime-time in the U.S. rather than providing live coverage on NBC Universal's broadcast and cable networks or on the Internet.