Tag: Comcast
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Pay-TV Companies Lost 470,855 Subscribers in 2nd Quarter 2015
In 2015 pay-TV companies lost a total of 480,855 subscribers in just three months according to the Leichtman Research Group. Verizon FiOS was the only pay-TV company to gain subscribers of the top nine pay-TV providers at just 26,000. DirecTV was the biggest loser dropping 133,000 subscribers followed by Dish (81,000) and Comcast (69,000). This…
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Comcast now has more Internet Subscribers than TV Customers
2015 is continuing to be the year of the Cord Cutter as more and more signs point to the death of cable TV. Edgadget recently reported that Comcast now has 22.55 million internet customers as compared to just 22.3 million TV customers. While this may seem to be a minor margin of victory, it marks…
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Why The Comcast Internet Plus TV Packages May Not Be The Best Deal For Cord Cutters
Comcast has been heavily pushing their Internet Plus Plan which offers Cord Cutters some TV channels with their Internet packages. It is suspected that Comcast does this to help keep their subscriber numbers artificially high. So, we took the time to look at 3 different plans Comcast offers: all with 50Mbps down internet. We also…
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Comcast Vice President Admitted We Are “Transition To Internet Television”
Comcast’s executive vice president Stephen Burke recently admitted during the third quarter results meeting that “We are still early on in the transition to internet television that I think we are going to see a lot of surprising things.” Well Comcast may see the future of TV being online the CBS and HBO announcements caught them…
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Comcast Lost 81,000 Cable Subscribers But Gains 315,000 Internet Subscribers
Comcast just announced a 49.7% increase in net income in the 3rd quarter of 2014 over the same quarter last year. Many are trying to use this number to say the traditional cable model is safe but when you break down the numbers it paints a dark picture for the cable arm of Comcast. Comcast…
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How To Stop Getting Spam Email And Mail From Comcast, Directv, Dish, TWC, And More
We all know the pain after you cancel your TV service you get hundreds of emails and letters asking you to come back. Here is how you can get off their contact list for many of the major companies. The first thing you need to do is add yourself to the Do Not Call list.…
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Comcast Jumps To 3rd On Netflix ISP Speed Chart
No big surprise here but Comcast keeps climbing on the Netflix IPS speed chart. Now locked in at 3rd places with a average speed of 2.77 up from 2.5 last March. This all comes after Netflix agrees to pay Comcast for better speed. Before the deal Comcast was ranked 14th on the list. 3 months…
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Netflix Has More Subscribers Than Comcast and Time Warner Cable Combined
Comcast’s is in full defense mode pushing for their merger with Time Warner Cable. Speaking at a panel recently Comcast’s CEO Brian Roberts points out that Netflix has 35 million subscribers but Comcast after the merger will only have 30 million. Comcast new push clearly misses the main issue with their merger. Their clear dominance…
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How The Comcast/TWC Merger May Break HBO Free From Cable
The pending Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal is about to have a huge effect on HBO’s future. The merger would free Time Warner the owners of HBO from any legacy relationship with the struggling cable company. With the recent announcement that HBO shows will be available on Amazon Prime starting next month has thrown gasoline on a…
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Comcast jumps 6 slots on Netflix ISP Speed Index In Just One Month After Netflix/Comcast Deal
I don’t think any one is surprised to see after the Comcast/Netflix deal. Comcast jumping higher on the list is not unexpected but jumping 6 ISPs in such a short time is surprising. If you ever needed proof that ISPs are throttling Netflix and similar services here it is. “We are dedicated to delivering a…