Tag: Comcast
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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Altice’s Optimum Lost 267,000 Cable TV and 114,000 Internet Customers in 2023
Cable and internet provider Optimum continues to bleed customers at an alarming rate even as it lost money. The company reported fourth-quarter results that showed subscribers were dropping cable TV, broadband, and phone services. For the fourth-quarter, it lost 27,000 internet subscribers, 62,200 cable TV subscribers, and 57,400 phone subscribers. For the year, those totals…
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Comcast Debuts First Modem With Support For Next-Gen Internet Service and Wi-Fi 7
Comcast unveiled the first gateway, which acts as a modem and router, that supports both its next-generation internet service, called DOCSIS 4.0, and Wi-Fi 7. The gateway, called the XB10, was shown off at Comcast’s Converge event earlier this week, according to Light Reading. DOCSIS 4.0 is the newest standard in cable that utilizes technical…
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Comcast and Spectrum Want to Buy Smaller Cable TV Companies to Help Fight Cord Cutting
In recent years we have started to see a growing number of small cable TV networks shut down their video service since it is no longer profitable. One of the big questions is whether larger cable TV companies would buy the smaller ones even as they struggle with their own cord cutting issues. We have…
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How Fast Is the Average Speed of Comcast’s Xfinity Internet?
Thinking of getting Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service? Wondering what real speeds you can expect? Today we are going to breakdown what you should expect from Comcast Xfinity Internet. Ookla released its fourth quarter 2023 Speedtest Intelligence Report looking at Internet performance across multiple Internet providers. According to that report, Comcast’s Xfinity Internet had a median…
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Comcast & Spectrum Lost More Than 3 Million Cable TV Customers in 2023
We are finally getting a more accurate idea of just how hard cord cutting hit cable TV in 2023. Multiple cable TV companies announced that they would shutdown TV service. And, we are still waiting on many cable TV companies to report numbers, but the two largest cable TV companies lost over 3 million customers.…
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Comcast Is No Longer the Largest Cable TV Company in the United States
For years Comcast has been the largest cable TV company in the United States. Now Spectrum is king: the new largest cable TV company in the country. Spectrum’s jump to the number one spot was achieved by not losing as many customers as Comcast. Spectrum lost more than 1,018,000 million TV customers in 2023. That…
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Comcast is Laying Off 1,000 Employees at Sky As Cord Cutting Grows
Sky, Comcast’s cable TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, plans to cut 1,000 jobs as more viewers move from satellite TV to streaming services. Cord cutting has hit the cable industry hard and resulted in layoffs and closures for many companies. In 2023, at least five cable TV companies announced they would shut down or…
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Comcast To Stop ‘Misleading’ 10G Internet Claims After Cable TV Company Loses Appeal
Comcast will stop using “10G” to describe its network following the latest recommendation from the National Advertising Review Board. Comcast said it “strongly disagrees with NARB’s analysis and approach,” but will modify its advertising to comply with the decision, according to a release from the BBB National Programs. This comes after Comcast rebranded its internet network…
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Comcast Could Lose An RSN With Contracts Set To Expire
Comcast may soon drop regional sports networks (RSN) MASN, the exclusive home for the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles. MASN is listed on the cable TV provider’s programming changes page, which lists contracts “have recently expired or may expire soon.” “Once a channel contract expires, we no longer have the right to carry that…