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HBO, Cinemax To Stream Online In Comcast Trial

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Seventeen more cable TV networks said Tuesday they are joining an online video trial by Comcast Corp., a move that tacitly acknow...

Olympics Network: USOC Teams With Comcast For Olympics TV Station

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media


DENVER — The U.S. Olympic Committee's venture into the TV business is irritating some international Olympic leaders _ not exactly the reaction t...

Comcast To Offer Wireless Service

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. will become the first major cable TV operator to roll out wireless broadband outside of Wi-Fi hotspots as it launch...

Comcast, Time Warner Team To Test "TV Everywhere," On-Demand Web Subscription Service

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. on Wednesday took concrete steps to bring cable television shows to the Internet _ but only fo...

Comcast To Sell Ads For Verizons FiOS TV

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Commu...

Comcast Worker Impaled On Iron Fence After Fall

AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago


AURORA, Ill. (AP) -- Suburban Chicago fire officials say a Comcast Corp. worker has suffered at least three puncture wounds after falling 10 feet from...

NFL Network Coming To Comcast

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — The NFL Network will stay in Comcast Corp.'s TV lineup under a deal that also could open the door for the football channel to get...

Comcast Way Up In Cable Customer Service Survey

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. showed the biggest gain in customer satisfaction among cable and satellite TV operators, a survey showed Tuesday. ...

Jason Linkins

Conservative Health Care Group Caught Fabricating Ad Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


As the fight over health care reform heats up, the teevee airwaves have become one of the battlegrounds. And the rivalry between pro-reform Health Ca...

Worst Company In America: AIG VS Comcast

consumerist.com | Meg Marco | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business


This is it, folks. The Final Deathmatch is here. To reach the final round AIG defeated #32 Target, #17 Peanut Corporation of America, #9 Walmart, and ...

Disney Inks Deal with Hulu: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 1, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Disney has officially become an equity-owning partner in NBCU-Fox venture Hulu.

Comcast Profit UP On New Customers

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 05.31.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Shares of Comcast Corp. rose Thursday after the nation's largest cable TV provider reported a 6 percent increase in first-quarter...

The Day of Sharing

Wayne Kramer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


Wayne Kramer

That the recording industry is in the toilet is no surprise. How is it that artists don't see the solution?

10.41 Million Reasons to Hate Comcast

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business


Aaron Greenspan

Unless you want to be stuck with a Comcastic internet connection like mine, you should try DSL.

GREEN: Comcast Center: The Tallest Green Building In The U.S.

Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


The Comcast Center in Philadelphia is not only the city's tallest structure, at 975 feet, but also the tallest sustainable building in the country. A...

Cook County Sheriff Launching Local Most Wanted TV Show

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago


Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is launching a local version of "America's Most Wanted" on Comcast cable. "Police Blotter on Demand," which will be avai...

Google Says Ad-Words Recession Resistant: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 20, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Google is urging clients not to give up on digital ads during the recession. In a conference today in London, Google VP Nikesh Arora will note that ...

Dow Nears 5 Year Low: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 23, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Fo...

FCC: NFL Network Case Against Comcast Can Go On

New York TImes | Richard Sandomir | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


A Federal Communications Commission ruling Friday night gave the NFL Network hope that it might receive a major influx of Comcast subscribers. In its...

Comcast Officially Limits Subscriber Internet Use

AP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago


NEW YORK — Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of d...

Comcast Attitude Exposes Fraud of Internet 'Free Market'

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media


Art Brodsky

It didn't take long for Comcast to ruin once again the mythology of the "free market" in broadband.

Comcast To Slow Down Heaviest Users During Peak Periods Following FCC Decision

Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media


The Federal Communication Commission has officially released its order sanctioning cable giant Comcast for blocking Web traffic. Over the next 30 day...

Ryan Seacrest Scores New Contract With Comcast, On E! Through 2012

Broadcasting & Cable | Alex Weprin | Posted 09.21.2008 | Media


Fresh off naming longtime agent Adam Sher to head up Ryan Seacrest Productions, Ryan Seacrest inked an expansive new deal with Comcast Entertainment G...

FCC Commissioner's Scare Tactics Reach New Low

Josh Silver | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media


Josh Silver

FCC Commissioner McDowell suggests that any FCC decision that supports Net Neutrality -- the idea that the Internet must be free and open -- is somehow tantamount to government regulation of content.

Comcast Buys DailyCandy For $125 Million

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.13.2008 | Media


As previously reported, Comcast (CMCSA) was indeed interested in buying Daily Candy. But they ended up paying much more than the $75 million we head a...