Tag: Comcast
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Comcast Has a New Plan to Fight Cord Cutting
Comcast is always looking for ways to keep cable TV subscribers—from complicated plans to bundled plans. Now Comcast has a new plan to fight cord cutting. Comcast is reportedly only offering the free speed upgrades to customers who also have a cable TV subscription. Historically, when Comcast increases the speed in a market everyone gets…
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How to Watch Big Ten Network After Comcast Drops BTN
Recently Comcast has started to drop the Big Ten Network (BTN) in select markets. Update: SBNation is now reporting that Comcast plans to keep the Big Ten Network in Big Ten markets. Yet we know many Big Ten fans live outside of their home state. This guide will help you find options to access the…
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Sling International Launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 Platform
Today Sling TV and Comcast have teamed up to bring Sling International to the Xfinity X1 platform. Now Xfinity subscribers can use their cable box to stream international programming in 21 languages starting at $10 a month. Sling International supported languages include Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Urdu, Bangla, Bengali, Brazilian, French, Italian,…
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Report: Comcast Is Planning to Launch a Netflix Competitor
It looks like Comcast is looking beyond cable TV as their future and hopes to take on Netflix by launching their own streaming service. This all comes from the research firm MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett. Recently Comcast dropped a surprise $30.9 billion bid for the British satellite TV operator Sky. Although it may sound like they…
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Comcast is Planning to Test 3.5 GHz Wireless Internet
Well it looks like Comcast wants to jump into the world of wireless home internet and mobile internet. Recently Comcast applied to the FCC to ask for permission to test 3.5 HHz CBRS band service in the Philadelphia area. “Comcast will conduct outdoor and indoor fixed and mobile testing in a small targeted portion of…
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The Streaming Service Cheddar Makes The Jump to Comcast’s X1
Today Cheddar one of the best streaming options for news just struck a major deal to bring their content to Comcast’s X1 streaming platform. This move marks one more major streaming service to team up with Comcast along with Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, and more. “It’s amazing and validating to turn on the TV and see…
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Comcast Is Raising Their Broadcast TV & Regional Sports Fees
We already talked about how Comcast is raising the price on their TV packages, but they didn’t stop there. Now it is being reported that Comcast is raising their broadcast TV fee to $8 a month and their regional sports fee to $6.75 a month in some areas. What is the broadcast TV fee? It…
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Comcast Promises to Be Good After Net Neutrality Repeal
Tomorrow the FCC will vote on repealing Net Neutrality. Today Comcast wanted to make it clear that they won’t abuse their powers as an ISP in a blog post by David L. Cohen Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer. In the blog post Comcast promised the following points: Will Comcast broadband customers still be…
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Comcast Just Dropped Their Bid to Buy Part of FOX
With all the talk about Disney buying FOX you may have missed that Comcast was also trying to buy part of FOX. Now Comcast is walking away from that deal according to a statement from Comcast Corp on Monday. This will leave the Walt Disney Co as the sole buyer for what is reported to…
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Comcast Is Raising Their Prices on Almost Everything
Are you ready to pay more? As a new year draws to a close cable TV is back to their old ways of raising prices. Recently Comcast has quietly started to announce new pricing for almost everything. Thanks to a few readers who sent us their price increase notices we now have a break down of…