Tag: Comcast
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Comcast & DISH Are Pushing Back on the High Costs of Sports Programming as Cord Cutting Grows
It looks like cord cutting is forcing cable TV and satellite TV providers to push back against the high cost of content with sports content being one of the main areas. Recently we saw DISH along with their streaming service Sling TV drop FOX regional sports networks. Later, DISH and Sling TV also dropped NBC…
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Comcast is Reportedly Eliminating The Free DVR Option
About two weeks ago Cord Cutters News broke the news that Comcast was planning on raising its prices on December 18th, 2019. Now we have learned that there is one more hidden price hike mixed in with all the others coming from Comcast. According to Comcast employees, soon Comcast will be eliminating the free DVR…
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Comcast Will Announce New Details About Its NBC Peacock Streaming Service in January
Today, Comcast announced that they will be holding an investor meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 4:00 pm EST to talk about the plan for NBC’s Peacock streaming service. We’ve recently heard about some potential plans for Peacock and those details will hopefully be addressed during this meeting. We’ll likely find out whether Peacock…
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Comcast & Spectrum Are Raising Their TV Prices & Fees
Although there has been a lot of talk about Hulu raising the price of live TV, there has been little coverage about the cost of cable TV increasing. Both Comcast and Spectrum recently announced price hikes on TV customers. Comcast customers will start seeing a price hike starting on December 18, 2019, and becoming nationwide…
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How to Save $168 a Year on Comcast’s Home Internet
This week Comcast confirmed that they are raising the cost to rent a cable Internet modem starting in December 2019. Now you will have to pay $169 a year to rent a modem so you can use Comcast’s Internet service. Over two years, you will pay $336 just to rent a modem that costs a…
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Comcast Confirms a December Price Increase on Cable TV & Internet Customers
Last Saturday, Cord Cutters News broke the news that Comcast was going to be raising prices on TV and internet customers in December. Now Comcast has confirmed the price increase that will go into effect on December 18, 2019. “Rising programming costs — most notably for broadcast TV and sports — continue to be the…
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Comcast Is Once Again Raising Prices on Cable TV & Internet
If you are a Comcast customer, be prepared for a price hike. Comcast is rolling out price hikes across the nation, and according to a new Comcast price sheet, the hikes will go into effect on December 18, 2019. With this new price hike, you will see the price on Broadcast TV go up from…
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T-Mobile & Comcast Team Up To Crack Down on Robocalls
Today T-Mobile and Comcast have announced a partnership to crack down on Robocalls through a system called STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) standards to identify authentic calls across both company’s networks. Along with Inteliquent, the three companies will work to block robocalls before your phone even…
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Comcast Could be Broken Up Into Smaller Companies if One U.S. Congressman Has His Way
This week Congressman Bobby Rush sent a letter to Comcast’s CEO Brian Roberts that included how he wants to break up Comcast into smaller companies. This comes from a report over at Deadline who obtained a copy of the letter. “Comcast has enjoyed the largesse – as has the cable industry, in general – of…
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The DOJ is Investigating Comcast Over its Dispute With Starz
Back in August Cord Cutters News first reported that Comcast planned to move some channels including Starz to more expensive packages. Now this has happened as Comcast has removed Starz from some of its bundles. This is not the end of the story as Comcast and Starz still need to reach a new deal or…