Tag: Comcast
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Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH, & Spectrum Have All Raised The Price of Cable TV This Year
It’s been a busy year for price hikes with TV. So far the four largest cable TV operators have all raised their rates in 2023, including Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH, and Spectrum. The higher cost of video isn’t isolated to just cable, as the price of, well, everything has gone up. On the streaming side, every…
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Comcast May Drop Bally Sports This Week & DIRECTV May Drop The Network Next Month As Their Contracts Are Up For Renewal
Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, is in a tough fight for survival. The company, stuck in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, needs to strike some major deals and create a go-forward plan by court-ordered deadlines. Now the network needs to reach a deal with Comcast and DIRECTV or it may be dropped by…
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Comcast Will Start Talks to Sell 100% of Hulu to Disney Next Week – Here is Everything We Know
Next week, on September 30, 2023, Comcast and Disney will start talks for Disney to buy the remaining shares of Hulu that Comcast owns. This would give Disney 100% ownership and is a part of a deal that started years ago. This comes as in 2019, Disney bought out Fox and agreed to buy out…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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Comcast and Spectrum’s Xumo Adds 14 Free Streaming Channels, Including NBC Sports, SNL and Bravo Shows
Xumo Play, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications’ Spectrum, is adding more content from the Universal library. The free ad-supported streaming service has quickly grown to offer a wide variety of content and is starting to take advantage of growing consumer interest in free ad-supported platforms. Here’s a list of what was added…
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T-Mobile, a Wireless Provider, May Be Placing a Bigger Bet on Fiber
T-Mobile may be taking a page out of its telecom rivals Verizon and AT&T and moving in fiber optics in a bigger way. The wireless carrier, which distinguishes itself from its competitors by focusing almost entirely on wireless — home and mobile — is in discussions with the fiber business of Tillman Global Holdings to…
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Comcast Will Launch Its Own Wireless Network To Compete With T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
Comcast has seen tremendous growth reselling wireless service through a wholesale partnership with Verizon. But now, it’s ready to launch its own network to augment that coverage. The company said on Tuesday that it will be utilizing a swath of radio airwaves called Citizens Broadband Radio Service to power the service, which launches in Philadelphia…
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C-SPAN Is Launching a Streaming Service But Just for Cable TV Customers
C-SPAN is launching a new connected TV app called C-SPAN Select. The service will let users who don’t have a linear cable subscription to search for and watch the programs and live broadcasts public affairs broadcaster, according to The Hill. C-SPAN Select first will roll out for 12 million Comcast Xfinity X1 users with plans…
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Comcast’s Xumo Now Powers Over 850 Free Live Channels As Comcast Tries to Dominate Free Streaming
Comcast has become a major player in the world of free ad-supported and now has over 850 free live channels that it powers across multiple streaming services through its joint Xumo venture. This includes its own Xumo Play service along with other streaming services that it licenses its channels out to. Not all of these…
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AT&T and Comcast Want to Supercharge the Effort to Find a 5G Killer App
AT&T and Comcast joined a group dedicated to investing in new businesses and applications that take advantage of 5G wireless technology. The 5G Open Innovation Lab said on Wednesday that the two broadband giants have taken roles as “founding partners” and will help foster the development of 118 startups funded by the organization. Fifth generation,…