Tag: Comcast
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Cable Regulators Push for Depart of Justice Investigations into Comcast Rate Hikes in Oregon
Everyone hates opening a cable TV bill and finding it higher than they expected. Now it seems even the cable regulators are becoming upset and pushing for an investigation. A few weeks ago the a group of cable regulators sent the Oregon Department of Justice a letter asking Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to investigate the…
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Verizon Has a New Plan to Take on AT&T & Cord Cutters Need to Pay Attention
It seems AT&T’s acquisition of DIRECTV and being in the process of merging with Time Warner are scaring Verizon. With the world changing and the profit of traditional TV going away, Verizon seems to be busy looking for a date. Recently Verizon VEO Lowell McAdam talked with Bloomberg to lay out his plans for a…
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Comcast Will Soon Have More Control of Hulu
Back in 2011 Comcast did just about anything to buy NBCUniversal from General Electric. In fact, it agreed to a long lists of government-imposed limitations. One of the last of these limitations was a limitation of how much control Comcast could have over Hulu. NBCUniversal was one of the owners, but in order to approve…
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Comcast Makes Its Internet More Cord Cutting Friendly Ahead of Its Live TV Streaming Service
Late last year Comcast started testing a very cord cutting friendly Internet service. This new service allows cord cutters to buy prepaid Internet with no contracts and no pressure to bundle. Similar to how prepaid phone plans work, this new prepaid Internet service will allow you to go month to month. To get the Xfinity…
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Comcast Hires Former Amazon Video Exec To Lead New Cord Cutting Effort
Yesterday it was leaked that Comcast was planning a live TV streaming service for later this year. Now it seems that it has hired Euan McLeod to help lead the push into this new IP TV service. Euan McLeod was recently head of video at Amazon where he led strategy and development for project and…
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Comcast To Launch a Sling TV Competitor Service, Starting at $15 a Month
It looks like Comcast is moving to reach out to cord cutters with a new live TV streaming service. The service, named Xfinity Instant TV, will be priced as low as $15 a month to roughly $40 a month, sources told Reuters. It will include local broadcast networks as well the ability to add add-on…
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Report: Comcast is Working on a Sling TV Competitor
It seems the streaming live TV market is about to get even more crowded. We already have Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW all offering live TV online. Hulu and YouTube will be joining that market this year. Now Comcast is also working on a live TV streaming service. According to a Bloomberg report…
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Comcast Makes Their Internet Even Faster
Do you have Comcast as your internet service provider? You may want to check your speed. Today Comcast confirmed to Multichannel News that it has raised the speeds of one of its most popular package the Performance Internet tier in several markets, including Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Houston, and Tucson, Ariz. This jumps Comcast subscribers…
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Taking a Close Look at Comcast Xfinity’s Hidden Fees
Update: A earlier version of this story under counted the total cost of the fees by $2. We updated it to correctly reflect the cost of the total fees. We also updated the Comcast fee to reflect new promotional pricing. 2017 is here and once again that means price hikes and new ways to confuse cord…
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Comcast Will Charge An Extra Monthly Fee to Use Its Roku Channel
Last week the long-awaited Comcast Xfinity TV Channel on Roku Players finally arrived. Many had hoped that they would be able to use their Roku to replace the cable boxes and monthly fees that Comcast now requires for every TV. That means even if you use your own Roku player to stream the TV you…