Val Boreland, an executive who has specialized in acquiring content for the various cable networks owned by NBCUniversal, will lead the entertainment operations of those outlets whey they are spun off from the company later this year.

The executive ranks of the cable network entity spinning off from Comcast/NBCUniversal later this year have been filled in with a handful of appointments.

Val Boreland will become president of entertainment at the new venture, comprised of most of the company's cable channels.

Comcast's SpinCo has set its future leadership team as the company prepares to spin-off its cable television network portfolio later this year. Upon completion, the publicly-traded entity will house USA Network,