Tag: Comcast
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Why Cable TV and Telecom Companies Are Waging War Over Telephone Poles
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to meet on Wednesday to vote on a seemingly benign and technical issue: streamlining the process to attach network equipment to poles. The issue, however, has kicked off a war of words between various trade groups representing the cable and telecom industries. The FCC proposal, which comes after three…
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Comcast’s Local-Only TV Plans Are Now $60 a Month For Local ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and More
Comcast Xfinity customers can now get the Choice TV plan, which includes local channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, for $60.40 a month, according to Philip Swann, The TV Answer Man. The Choice TV plan also includes The CW as well as antenna channels like PBS, Univision, Telemundo, TBN, QVC, and C-SPAN. Comcast’s Choice…
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The Recap: Comcast Price Hikes, DIRECTV-Tegna Fight Gets Uglier, and More
It’s been about a week or so since the last price hike from a cable or streaming service, so we’re overdue. The latest to warn customers that its prices were going up is cable giant Comcast, which said the increases would take effect later this week. It follows price hikes from DIRECTV, DISH, and pretty…
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Comcast is Raising The Price of TV, Internet & Home Protect Starting Next Week
Are you ready to pay more for cable TV? Recently, Comcast started to inform customers in some markets of an upcoming price hike. With this price hike, customers will see their bills go up on their base package plus fees like Broadcast TV fees and Regional Sports fees will also be going up. With this…
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Comcast’s Peacock Will Lose $2.8 Billion This Year as it Hits 30 Million Subscribers
Comcast’s streaming service, Peacock, will lose $2.8 billion this year, with the only consolation being that it reached 30 million paying subscribers. The cable giant in October said it expected to lose that amount, and Comcast President Mike Cavanagh on Monday confirmed that total during a UBS investor conference. He also reiterated the company’s belief…
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Cable TV’s Free Fall Continues as Cord Cutters Are Expected to Push Subscriptions to a New Low
The percentage of households subscribing to traditional pay TV providers like Comcast, Charter, or DIRECTV is expected to hit a new low of just under a third of U.S. households by 2028, as the number of cord cutters and “cord nevers” surges, according to research firm GlobalData. That’s a significant decline from this year, with…
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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…