Tag: Comcast
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Xumo Play Will Launch a Hyper-Local Free Streaming Channel Neighborhood TV
Neighborhood TV, a hyper-local free ad-supported streaming channel, will arrive on Comcast and Charter’s Xumo Play platform on December 1. The streaming channel is the brainchild of TV conglomerate Cox Media Group, and initially launched in August with coverage in Atlanta and Charlotte. Neighborhood TV is part of a bigger push by local broadcasters to…
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Why You May End Up Paying Verizon For All of Your Different Subscriptions
You already pay wireless carriers like Verizon or T-Mobile for services like data, voice, and text. But increasingly, you may also start to deal with them when it comes to subscriptions for steaming services, fitness apps, and cloud gaming. Verizon already offers this through its +Play marketplace of different subscriptions – from Xbox Game Pass…
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How to Cancel Comcast’s Xfinity TV & Switch to YouTube TV, Sling TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, & More
If you’re a Comcast customer and are tired of paying high fees then it may be time to cut the cord. Earlier this year, Comcast hiked their prices due to increasing rights fees, which eventually got passed down to the customer. Plus, on top of the monthly subscription, customers have to pay fees for things…
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T-Mobile Could Be the Fifth Largest Internet Provider By the End of 2023
It’s been a little more than two years since T-Mobile entered the broadband business with its 5G home internet service, and the wireless carrier has already made an impression. Given its momentum, it could end 2023 as the fifth-largest internet service provider in the U.S. T-Mobile ended the third quarter with 4.2 million subscribers, notching…
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Comcast, Spectrum, & Other Cable TV Companies Lost Over 1.7 Million Subscribers In Just 3 Months
Cable TV is continuing to struggle as companies like Comcast, Charter, DIRECTV, and Spectrum deal with the growth of cord cutting. Now, a new report from the Leichtman Research Group reports that the major cable and satellite companies lost 1,792,671 during the 3rd quarter of 2023. That works out to over 19,000 Americans canceling cable…
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Comcast Starts To Roll Out Faster Internet Speeds For Both Download & Upload
For years, we have had fast download speeds to watch movies, TV shows, and more. Now though increasingly, Americans are making their own video content they want to upload online. Now Comcast has started to roll out multi-gig symmetrical speeds that will give you the same upload speed as your download speeds. These new symmetrical…
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Comcast and Disney Start the Process to Complete the Hulu Sale
Disney and Comcast have spent the last few months going back and forth over Hulu. The two companies have finally kicked off the process to complete the sale of Comcast’s remaining stake in Hulu to Disney, giving the media giant full control of the streaming service. CNBC’s David Faber reported that the two trigger their…
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This Small Broadband Provider Will Launch 50 Gbps Fiber Internet Service Tomorrow
Once upon a time, 1 Gbps of internet speeds courtesy of a fiber-optic connection seemed like a mind-blowingly fast connection. On Wednesday, a small broadband provider in the northwest will begin offering a 50 Gbps service — upload and download — to its customers. Ziply Fiber, a Kirkland, Washington, broadband provider will launch the service…
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Peacock Removes Claim It Has the Most Live Sports of Any Streamer
Peacock quietly removed a line that says it offers the “most live sports of any streamer” on its site after DIRECTV complained about the legitimacy of the claim. DIRECTV slammed the claim, arguing that its own DIRECTV Stream, as well as its DIRECTV service delivered over the internet, offers more live sports than Peacock. Cord…
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Midnight Pulp Streaming Channel Lands on Prime Video, Roku, and Comcast’s Xfinity Ahead of Halloween
Midnight Pulp, a streaming service focused on cult and genre movies and shows, has landed on several different platforms just in time for Halloween. The streaming service, owned by Cineverse, is now available as an add-on to Prime Video, the Roku Channel, and Comcast’s Xfinity platforms. Midnight Pulp costs $5.99 a month after a seven-day…