Tag: Comcast
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Comcast Lost Over 490,000 TV Customers & Lost 18,000 Internet Customers in Q3 2023 as Cord Cutting is Speeding Up
Cord cutting is continuing to hit Comcast hard as the company has recently lost both TV and internet customers. In Comcast’s 3rd quarter earnings report released this morning, the company reported it lost 490,000 video customer losses. That works out to almost 5,300 Subscribers Every Day. The company lost 18,000 broadband customers for the quarter.…
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Comcast Could Get Billions More Than Expected From The Sale of Hulu, Analyst Says
Comcast and Disney have yet to agree on a final sale price for the cable company’s 33% share of Hulu, but new data suggests the streaming service is more valuable than the two companies estimated. “Based on our conservative projection, we believe that Hulu may be valued at $45 billion,” Seeking Alpha analysts said in…
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Comcast Says It Will Continue to Offer Cable TV As Spectrum Switches to Xumo Streaming TV For New Customers
Earlier this month, Spectrum and Comcast announced a new streaming player that will let you watch your TV subscription from Spectrum streaming online alongside other services like Netflix. This new player is called the Xumo Box, following in the steps of their free streaming service Xumo Play. That was quickly followed by Spectrum announcing that…
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Xumo Partners With Mediacom To Bring Its Stream Box to Xtream Internet Customers
Cable operator Mediacom has partnered with streamer Xumo to offer the Xumo Stream Box to its Xtream internet customers. Xumo Stream Box will give Xtream customers access to a swath of free ad-supported channels along with access to several popular streaming platforms like Apple TV+ and Max, according to a release from Comcast. Xumo was…
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Comcast Ends Month-Long Blackout of Some Local FOX Stations
Blackouts are becoming more common as cord cutting puts pressure on local affinities and cable networks alike. Recently, Nexstar-owned locals went dark on DIRECTV. Spectrum had Disney-owned channels go dark. Now Comcast has reached a deal to end the blackouts of two Fox stations owned by Imagicomm. Imagicomm Communications owns 18 local affiliates, including KYMA,…
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32% of Cable TV Bills Are For ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, & RSNs, Now Broadcasters Want More Money From Comcast, Spectrum & More
For years, we have seen the cost of TV going up, and two of the main causes of that are broadcast TV channels like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, along with RSNs. Now these companies want more money that will likely drive up the cost of cable TV. Now, according to Gray Television the second…
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Comcast Told To Modify Or Cease Using ’10G’ Claim For Xfinity Internet
Comcast’s Xfinity 10G Network overstates the speed of its internet offerings and should be removed or changed to more accurately convey what consumers will get, according to the National Advertising Division of the non-profit Better Business Bureau. T-Mobile and Verizon challenged the claim, arguing that 10G and the notion of a tenth generation of broadband…
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Cable TV May Get Even More Expensive As Local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Owners Sign More Lucrative Deals
You might soon be paying more for cable TV. Broadcasting company Scripps said on Wednesday that it locked down cable and satellite carriage agreements that account for 75% of the company’ subscriber households, and touted a bump in how much it’ll be able to get from cable TV providers. As a result of the deals,…
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Comcast is Telling Some Customers That They’re Consuming an Unrealistic Amount of Data
Comcast’s data reporting system appears to be suffering from a glitch, in some cases showing that customers are using twice as much as data as they’re actually consuming. A number complaints about this problem have popped up on Reddit and other ISP message boards, and Comcast has confirmed the problem with Cord Cutters News. One…
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Comcast is Going to Charge Fans of The Blazers, Mariners, & Kraken More To Watch Their Games
If you are a fan of the Blazers, Mariners, and Kraken, get ready to pay more to watch them if you have Comcast. Earlier today, Comcast started to inform customers that Root Sports Northwest will be moving to its Ultimate package starting immediately. So, if you want to watch that your favorite NBA and NHL…