Tag: Comcast
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Comcast Wins Its Fight with a Local TV Station As The FCC Fines Them $150,000
The Federal Communications Commission has slapped Mission Broadcasting with a $150,000 fine following complaint from Comcast. The complaint, originally filed in December 2022, accused Mission Broadcasting and Nexstar for failing to “negotiate retransmission consent in good faith.” This comes as local TV stations and cable companies have increasingly been at odds. Local networks have been…
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Comcast Is Launching Next-Gen Internet Service With 2 Gbps Internet In More Areas
Last November, Comcast announced plans to launch its next-generation internet service- which brings a huge boost to both upload and download speeds- in select neighborhoods in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Atlanta. Now DOCSIS 4.0 is starting to roll out to a growing number of markets in 2024. DOCSIS 4.0, the latest standard in cable internet…
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Peacock Says AFC Wild Card Game is Biggest Live-Streamed Event in U.S. History, Reaching 23 Million Viewers
Peacock said its exclusive stream of the NFL’s AFC Wild Card Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins was the most live-streamed event in U.S. history. The game, which saw the Chiefs defeat the Dolphin 26-7. in the fourth-coldest game in NFL history, reached 27.6 million total viewers, Peacock said, citing Nielsen. It…
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Comcast Moves Another RSN to a More Expensive TV Package
Comcast and regional sports network SportsNet Pittsburgh struck a deal to keep local games on the provider’s system with one pricey change. SportsNet Pittsburgh, home of the Penguins and Pirates games, will move from Comcast Xfinity’s Popular TV package to the Ultimate TV package. The Popular TV package costs about $70, while the Ultimate TV…
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Comcast and Paramount Reach New Deal, Avoiding a Super Bowl Blackout
Comcast and Paramount Global agreed to a renewal carriage deal that keeps CBS and cable channels like MTV and Comedy Central on the cable giant’s lineup, and averting a blackout that hit other pay-TV providers last year. The new carriage deal renews a multi-year agreement Comcast and Paramount Global signed in January 2022 when Paramount…
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How to Watch FeTV Without Cable TV After Comcast Drops the Network
Earlier this week, Comcast dropped FeTV from its lineup in certain markets after adding it back in 2019. The Family Entertainment Television network is known for its 24-hour schedule of classic programming which features shows like Leave it to Beaver, Bewitched, and Perry Mason. Earlier this week, FETV President and CEO Drew Sumrall told Cord Cutters…
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Comcast Drops FETV in Chicago Metropolitan Area
FETV has gone dark for Comcast customers in the Chicagoland area, the network told Cord Cutters News on Tuesday. The network’s CEO, Drew Sumrall, slammed the decision in an emailed statement. “This is industry dysfunction playing out in real time,” Sumrall told Cord Cutters News. “A few large companies have created an ecosystem full of…
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Comcast Says It Doesn’t Feel Threatened by 5G Home Internet As Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows
Comcast said it doesn’t see 5G home internet as a threat in the intensifying race to provide reliable high-speed internet to consumers. The telecommunications company believes radio spectrum limitations will cause issues for the new technology in the future. Instead, Comcast views fiber broadband as its biggest long-term competitor because internet connection option is available…
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Comcast, & Paramount Lost More Than $5 Billion on Streaming in 2023
Cord cutting has been dominating cable TV, and legacy media companies have yet to figure out how to turn the millions of Americans who are streaming into revenue. According to a report from the Financial Times, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast, and Paramount together have lost more than $5 billion on streaming in 2023. Comcast…
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Comcast Faces Class Action Lawsuit in the Wake of Massive Data Breach
Comcast is facing a class action lawsuit following a massive data breach that exposed personally identifying information of about 36 million Xfinity customers. On December 19, Plaintiff Kenneth Hasson filed the suit in Pennsylvania for Comcast’s “failure to properly secure and safeguard highly valuable, protected, personally identifiable information.” According to the suit, Hasson and others…