Tag: Comcast
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New Details on Comcast’s New Live TV Streaming Service (Its a Lot Like Cable)
Last week we learned that Comcast was planning to take on cord cutting with their own live TV streaming service called Instant TV. Now we have learned a lot more about the service. Free Trial If you are a Comcast internet only customer you can now subscribe to their live TV streaming service starting at just…
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Comcast Announces Their Live TV Streaming Service Starting at $18 a Month
For months now we have heard that Comcast was planning to take on cord cutting with their own live TV streaming service called Instant TV. Now they have started to roll out their live TV streaming service in a few markets. If you are a Comcast internet only customer you can now subscribe to their…
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Comcast Is Again Raising Their Sports & Broadcast TV Fees
Are you ready to pay over $14 a month for regional sports and broadcast TV? If you have Comcast in some markets soon you won’t have an option but to pay the new higher fee. Currently Comcast charges $11 a month for both its regional sports fee and broadcast TV fee. This is the fee…
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Comcast Is Trying to Explain Away Their Hidden Fees in Recent Lawsuit
Comcast is currently facing a class-action lawsuit in California that alleges the company has been falsely advertising its prices for services by not listing the hidden fees in the ads. The main complaint of the lawsuit seems to be the Broadcast TV fee of $6.50 a month and the Regional Sports Fee of $4.50 a…
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We Have New Details on Comcast’s New Sling TV Like Streaming Service
It looks like Comcast is starting to get closer to a release date for their live TV streaming service. Now we know the name of the service “Instant TV” and a rough timeline for its release. So far a channel lineup is unknown but it sounds like Comcast plans to keep the service inside their…
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New Details on Comcast’s $15 Live TV Streaming Service
The live TV streaming service is getting very crowded. Not that long ago you only had one option for live TV streaming to cord cutters with Sling TV. Now you have a growing list of live TV services including DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, Hulu, and more. One of the newest live TV services is coming…
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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…