Tag: Comcast
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Comcast is “Likely” to Sell Hulu to Disney
Earlier this month, Disney announced it intends to buy Comcast’s remaining shares of Hulu. Now, it appears Comcast is ready to sell its 33% stake.
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Comcast Is Starting to Encrypt Its Free Over The ATSC 3.0 TV Stations Meaning Many Cord Cutters Can’t Watch Free Local TV Anymore Without Upgrade
This morning many people are waking up to find that Comcast has added content protection to encrypt some of its NBC Universal-owned stations. These stations include owned by Hearst ABC WCVB in Boston and Comcast’s NBC 10 in Boston. This was spotted by Matthew Mello this morning on Twitter. One of the features of ATSC…
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Cable TV Companies Could Lose Over 9.3 Million TV Subscribe in 2023 As Cord Cutting Accelerating
The reports are showing cable television took a major hit in the first quarter of this fiscal year, hemorrhaging members at an alarming rate.
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Comcast Makes it Easier to Get Refunds When Your Internet Goes Out
Have you ever heard your internet go out for a long period of time? It happened to me just this week when I woke up and found my internet was offline. If you are working from home like I am, it’s no fun at all. Even if you don’t work from home, we count on…
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A Comcast Backed Law Banning Internet Competition Has Been Overturned
Colorado successfully pass a law terminating restrictions surrounding Comcast and AT&T’s protectionist laws enforced in approximately 20 states.
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Comcast Blocks The Channels DVR Service From Recording NBC, Bravo, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, & More
Recently Comcast moved to block the popular DVR service Channels from being able to record its streamed programs. Channels is a service that allows customers to record from their antenna and in the past, also record programs streamed through TV anywhere apps. Now Comcast has moved to block their ability to do that, preventing users…
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Comcast Brings Back The NFL Network & NFL RedZone to Its Xfinity TV
Yesterday Comcast announced its Xfinity TV service will no longer be carrying the NFL Network. The network joined Xfinity’s available service in July of 2009, but recent negotiations have been taking place that came to an unfortunate standstill. “Our programming agreement with the NFL Network has expired. This means that NFL Network, NFL RedZone, and…
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Comcast Lost Over 6,800 TV Customers Every Day in Q1 2023 as Cord Cutting is Speeding Up
In Comcast’s Q1 earnings report released this morning, the company reported it lost 614,000 video customers losses. That works out to be 6,800 subscribers Every Day. The company added just 32,324 broadband customers for the quarter. Comcast saw traditional pay TV customers leave at a far faster rate in in the 1st quarter of 2023…
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Comcast Reportedly Has $99.98 Billion in Debt As it Tries to Fight Cord Cutting
Cord Cutting has forced companies like Comcast to expand their business into new areas. To help offset the declining number of TV subscribers, Comcast has expanded into areas like wireless phone service and even home security. Now though, Comcast is facing a newer threat, this time to its home internet service. Recently new internet options…
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Comcast Xfinity Internet Customers Can Now Get Thousands of Free Live Movies & TV Shows
Today Comcast announced that it is adding 20 free live TV channels into its Xfinity Stream app. These channels will offer thousands of free live movies and TV shows for Comcast customers to enjoy. The best part is these free movies and TV shows are available to all Comcast customers, including internet-only customers. This content…