Tag: Comcast
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Netflix’s Price Hikes, T-Mobile’s New Streaming Service, and More
It’s Halloween weekend, but before we get to the tricks and treats, we have some streaming news to get to first. This week, we’re going to talk about Netflix bumping up pricing on a few of its plans, and T-Mobile launching a new entry into the live TV streaming field. Elsewhere, third quarter earnings continue…
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Peacock Added 7 Million Users After Roku Deal, Reaching 22 Million Subscribers
While Q3 was tough on Comcast’s cable business, it was a strong quarter for the company’s streaming business. Comcast announced today that its NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock reached 22 million subscribers by the end of the quarter on September 30. One reason for the jump in subscriber numbers was the distribution deal Peacock made with…
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Comcast Lost 273,000 Cable Customers in Q3 2020
Comcast reported its Q3 financials this morning, which included a loss of 273,000 video subscribers in total. That number was made up of 253,000 residential customers and 20,000 business video customers. At the end of Q3, Comcast reported 19.22 million residential TV subscribers and 874,000 business subscribers, for a total of 20.09 million cable customers.…
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Comcast Could Lose Local NBC Channels & More in Carriage Disputes with Itself and Others
Comcast is notifying customers that they could be losing a list of channels from their lineups over the next few months. While that news isn’t surprising, as we’ve seen both cable and streaming lose channels lately due to programmers increasing carriage fees, this list includes many Comcast owned channels. “We expect that we will be…
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Comcast Will Remove NBC TV Everywhere Channels from Roku in Peacock Distribution Dispute
Negotiations for a deal to bring Peacock to Roku are heating up and Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal’s Peacock, is making a move to put pressure on the streaming platform that will create more inconvenience for customers in the meantime. Roku has shared with Cord Cutters News that Comcast will be pulling NBCUniversal TV Everywhere…
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Peacock has Added 5 Million Subscribers Since July
Today, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts revealed Peacock’s subscriber count spiked 50% over the last six weeks. The streamer closed out July with 10 million subscribers but has now surged to 15 million since then, Deadline reports. At a virtual media conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, Roberts also assured that Peacock will have a full lineup…
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Comcast Could Be Flexing Its Way Into Smart TVs
Comcast has already dabbled in the streaming device market with its X1 and Flex hardware, but a new report suggests the cable giant might be looking to enter the smart TV market as well. Protocol, citing industry sources, reported this week that Comcast has been in talks with TV manufacturers and is exploring smart TVs…
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Comcast, Verizon, AT&T & Other Cable Providers Lost 1.55 Million Customers in Q2 2020
As streaming continues to grow, cable TV has once again seen a major drop in customers. The latest numbers from analyst firm MoffettNathanson shows that for the second quarter of 2020, pay TV providers lost a total of 1.55 million customers. “As more and more people leave the traditional ecosystem for direct-to-consumer [DTC] substitutes, programmers…
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Xfinity Offers Interactive Election News for X1 and Flex
Xfinity wants to help customers find the latest information about the election and how to vote. The company has launched an interactive, personalized, bilingual election experience for X1 and Flex customers. X1 and Flex customers can say “How to vote” or “Cómo votar” into the Xfinity Voice Remote to find general voting information such as…
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Comcast Expands Internet Essentials Program for Low Income Families for Back to School
Photo: Business Wire/Comcast Comcast announced this week that it will expand its Internet Essentials Partnership Program to help low income students stay online for the next school year. The program launched during the pandemic, in an effort to help students in kindergarten through 12th grade stay connected at home to do schoolwork. Comcast has made…