Tag: Comcast
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Cable Companies Command Broadband Internet as They Shed TV Subscribers
Millions of cord cutters may be ditching their TV subscriptions, but that hasn’t stopped major cable companies from making huge strides in broadband internet. The latest study from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. shows cable companies, including heavyweights like Comcast, Charter, and Cox, accounted for nearly 68 million broadband subscribers in the U.S. Put another way,…
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Comcast Is in Talks to Bring More Content to Peacock
Recently we learned that Comcast has struck a deal with A+E Networks to bring some A+E content to Comcast’s new Peacock streaming service. Cord Cutters News has since learned that Comcast is in talks with more content partners to bring additional content to Peacock. According to our sources, Comcast plans to have the free version…
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Comcast’s Antitrust Case with Viamedia Goes to Trial
Digital ad platform Viamedia has released a statement saying that they will be moving forward with an antitrust lawsuit with Comcast. The case was previously dismissed by a district court. Viamedia appealed and the decision was reversed, meaning that the case will no be presented to a jury. Viamedia claims that Comcast violated antitrust laws…
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Comcast Has Bought XUMO, So What Does That Mean for Cord Cutting?
Yesterday Comcast officially purchased the free streaming service XUMO TV after reports of its interest recently leaked. This comes a year after Pluto TV was purchased by what is now ViacomCBS, and there are even reports that FOX is looking at buying the free streaming service Tubi. Add in the fact that Amazon and Sinclair…
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Comcast May Lose FOX RSNs Later This Year
There has been a lot of talk recently about Sling TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV all dropping FOX Regional Sports Networks (RSNs). Now Rich Greenfield from LightShed has reported that Comcast’s contract for FOX RSNs is up for renewal in September. According to reports, Comcast currently does not plan to renew their deal with FOX…
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Comcast Has Purchased Free Streaming Service XUMO
Comcast has just acquired the free streaming service XUMO, giving Comcast a spot in the AVOD space. Comcast says that XUMO will continue to operate as an independent business inside of Comcast Cable. “The talented team at Xumo has created a successful, growing, and best-in-class set of streaming capabilities. We are excited for this team…
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Future Today Announces It Will Bring Fawesome.TV, FilmRise & More to Comcast Xfinity
Future Today has announced a distribution expansion, beginning with the launch of Fawesome.tv, HappyKids.tv, and FilmRise on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. The new partnership enables X1 and Flex customers to discover and watch Future Today’s premium content, including thousands of popular movies, TV shows and kids programming available from major studios and media…
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Comcast Lost 733,000 TV Subscribers in 2019
Last year was a bad year for cable TV owners. We are now getting an idea of just how bad. Comcast lost over 733,000 TV subscribers in 2019. AT&T lost 4 million TV subscribers from DIRECTV, U-Verse TV, and AT&T TV NOW in 2019. There are still a few big companies to report their earnings…
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Comcast Warns of More Price Hikes in 2020
Last month Comcast announced that they had lost 732,000 TV customers in 2019. Comcast went on to warn that TV prices are expected to increase in 2020. Not a shock as Comcast has raised TV prices already in 2020 just a few months after announcing the last round of price hikes. For now, Comcast has…
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Comcast is Removing Starz From All TV Packages
Today Comcast reached out to Xfinity TV subscribers to let them know that Starz is being removed from all Comcast TV packages on February 11th, 2020. Now if you want Starz you will need to pay for it separately. The good news is you don’t need to pay for it through Comcast but can subscribe…