Tag: Comcast
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Peacock Reaches 10 Million Sign Ups
In its quarterly earnings report this morning, Comcast shared a drop in revenue and the overall negative effects of COVID on the business but included a bright spot in for the quarter: the launch of Peacock. The new streaming service has reached 10 million sign ups, according to Comcast. Peacock launched nationwide on July 15,…
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Comcast Makes Last Minute Deal to Carry Marquee (And How to Watch Without Cable)
Chicago Cubs RSN Marquee Sports Network has made a last minute deal for Comcast to carry the channel, just in time for the start of the MLB’s shortened season. “We finished our negotiations with Comcast to carry Marquee and it will be available in all Xfinity homes,” Crane Kenney, Cubs president of business operations for…
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Comcast Brings Back Its Data Cap, AT&T Waives Overages Through September
In March, a long list of internet service providers signed the FCC Pledge to keep customers connected for at least 60 days during coronavirus. Now that the 60 days are up, and after many companies opted to extend their pledge, we’re starting to see internet providers reverting back to their pre-pandemic policies. Comcast recently brought…
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Discovery and Sky Add Non-Linear Brands to Their Partnership in Expanded Deal
Discovery has renewed its partnership with Comcast-owned Sky in a new long term, multifaceted deal that will keep Discovery’s channels across the Sky Network in the UK, Ireland, Austria, and Germany. In addition to linear channels, the new deal now encompasses non-linear brands in the UK and Ireland. Sky will now be a distributor of…
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Comcast Expects More Video Subscriber Losses in Q2
In its Q1 earnings call, Comcast disclosed that it had lost over 400,000 pay TV subscribers, including both residential and business customers, for the quarter. Comcast chief financial officer Michael Cavanagh has now commented that those losses are expected to continue in Q2. At the Credit Suisse Virtual Communications Conference Tuesday, Cavanagh said that Comcast…
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AMC Launches Two Streaming Services for Comcast Xfinity and Flex Customers
AMC Networks expanded its streaming video offerings Wednesday, adding two new services, AMC+ and WE tv+. Both are currently only available for Comcast Xfinity and Flex customers. AMC+ is a service for original series from AMC, along with content from sister networks including Sundance TV and IFC. The service includes an ad-free linear network as…
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Comcast Has Increased its X1 Cloud DVR Storage to 150 Hours
Recently and without an official announcement, Comcast has increased its cloud DVR storage on X1 from 60 hours to a whopping 150 hours. The company announced it was rolling out this update starting the end of April and hoped to have it complete by June 2020. Now it seems as though everything went according to…
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Despite Carrier Pledge, FCC Says It’s Received Hundreds of Consumer Complaints
While hundreds of broadband providers and telcos have signed on to the Federal Communications Commission’s Keep Americans Connected Pledge, the commission has reportedly received hundreds of complaints so far. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai told the House Energy and Commerce Committee that of the roughly 2,000 complaints the commission has received connected to the ongoing coronavirus…
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Are You Eligible for a Free Xfinity Flex?
Comcast is well-aware of the cord cutting phenomenon and while it appears to be partially offsetting its paid TV subscriber losses with increases in internet service signups, the company has explored other ways to keep customers within its fold. Case in point: the Xfinity Flex streaming device. It’s meant to compete with the Rokus and…
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Comcast Says Flex Shipments Have Passed 1 Million
Comcast says deployments of its Xfinity Flex media streamer have passed the 1 million mark since the device launched last year. The Flex is Comcast’s take on the type of streaming devices made popular by Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV line, and others, and the company has been offering them to its internet-only customers for free.…