Philadelphia Finally Releases Results Of Comcast.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has been a vocal supporter of Comcast and of its efforts to acquire Time Warner Cable, in spite of the companys low customer satisfaction scores and high prices in its home city. Earlier this��.
The Future of TV Streaming
. A streaming-TV service from Apple would be good news for consumers, but a possible threat to cable companies like Comcast.
Comcast Profit Jumps 28.6% on Growth of Broadband
Comcast’s second-quarter earnings rose to $1.7 billion, exceeding analysts’ estimates, helped by the continued growth of the company’s broadband Internet and business products.
COMCASTs gigabit internet hits northern California in June
Comcast is bringing its twice-as-fast-as-Google-Fiber internet service to northern California. Potential customers will need installation of professional-grade equipment to access it and, youll have to be near its fiber network -- Fresno, Monterey.
Comcast Gears Up to Persuade Regulators
The companies filed documents in support of the plan, which has faced opposition and will be the subject of a Senate hearing this week.. Comcast presents regulators with 650 pages of reasons to approve its takeover of Time Warner Cable, saying merger would spur rather than inhibit competition by encouraging rivals to improve their cable and high-speed Internet offerings; proposal, which has faced opposition, will be subject of upcoming Senate hearing.
Sharpton’s Push for Comcast Raises Issues About Possible MSNBC Job
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who might become the host of a TV show on MSNBC, lobbied in favor of Comcast’s purchase of NBCUniversal.
Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service
The service, which could be announced later this year, would offer a bundle of channels that is smaller and cheaper than a typical cable subscription, according to people briefed on the plans.. Apple holds talks with leading television groups as part of plan to create low-cost TV streaming service for its iPhone, iPad and Apple TV products; service would be meant to provide slimmer and more affordable alternative to cable television packages.
Comcast thinks my husband is an a**hole - and they put it in.
Brown, who has been a Comcast customer for the last two years, believes the company should offer a more generous refund. Also, she wants to send a letter to Comcasts vice president in charge of customer service.
The $45 billion mega-merger between Comcast and Time.
US regulators are leaning toward blocking a $45 billion mega-merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast, Bloomberg reports. That would deal a blow to a pair of companies aiming to consolidate in the face of the rise��.
COMCAST cares
On April 25, local Comcast employees, their families and friends and community volunteers will come together to improve the houses of 15 homeowners in dire need of assistance in the Miami Gardens area. Well be landscaping, painting, cleaning and .
City to hold public forums on Comcast next week
The city will host six public forums next week seeking feedback from Comcast subscribers. The city released a 571-page report April 9th with community feedback on needs and a review of the franchise. It found more than one in four subscribers.
Lawmakers Promise Scrutiny of COMCAST Deal
. Members of Congress said they would look into antitrust issues raised by Comcast’s planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable.
COMCAST Profits Up Sharply, Along With TV Subscribers
Comcast, the nations largest cable provider and the owner of NBCUniversal, increased its net income 26 percent, to $1.9 billion, compared with a year ago.. Comcast reports fourth-quarter revenue of $6.5 billion, up 7.5 percent from one year earlier; company added 43,000 TV subscribers, halting more than 26 consecutive quarters of losses.
COMCAST-Time Warner Hits Snag With DOJ Lawyers.
There might be a big snag in the long-rumored Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable Inc., as Justice Department attorneys are reportedly forming a recommendation to block the high-stakes media merger. Bloomberg��.
The COMCAST-Time Warner Deal, by the Numbers
. A look at how the two companies stack up.
Comcast customer in Chicago area receives bill addressed.
ADDISON, Ill. ��� Mary Bauer, 63, of Addison says the first thing she does when she gets home from work is flip on her TV. Her signal is brought in to her home by Comcast. But it took months, Mary says, to finally get on a��.
Comcast Recruits Its Beneficiaries to Lobby for Time Warner Deal
some praising the Comcast Corporation, others urging the federal government to stand aside and approve Comcasts proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable. The argument has been reinforced by a blitz of academic papers from groups like the International .
COMCAST Corporation
News about Comcast Corporation, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Report: COMCAST, Time Warner Cable to meet with DOJ
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are expected to meet this week with Justice Department officials in an attempt to gain approval for their planned merger, sources familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal. The meeting, expected to happen .
Internet Subscribers Aid Growth by Comcast
Increases on the broadband side and decreases on the television side are again evident in the cable company’s financial results.. Comcast reports third-quarter profit of $1.73 billion, or 65 cents a share, compared with $2.11 billion, or 78 cents a share, in year-ago quarter; firm had increases on broadband side and decreases on television side.
Imagine Where 2 Gigabit Speeds Will Take You - Comcast
Related Posts. Comcast Begins Rollout of Residential 2 Gig Service in Atlanta Metro Area. Report: Comcast Continues to Provide Fastest In-Home Wi-Fi. The Tech Behind the Industrys Fastest Wireless Gateway��.
5 Nightmares You Live Working for Americas Worst Company
Comcast customer service is so legendarily bad that hyperbole has become pretty much impossible. But why? If this entire massive corporation hates their own customers so much, why bother providing Internet service at all��.
COMCAST Changed Customers Name to Asshole Brown.
When Ricardo Brown from Spokane, Washington got his most recent bill from Comcast, he had an extra special reason to be dismayed. It wasnt the pricey charges���were all used to that by now. No, it was that on this��.
Amazon Channels a Cheaper Television Experience
. To make its set-top box viable, Amazon will have to spend a lot of money. That’s something it’s never been afraid of doing.
Exclusive: politicians are supporting Comcasts TWC merger.
On August 21st, 2014, Mayor Jere Wood of Roswell, Georgia, sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing emphatic support for Comcasts controversial effort to merge with Time Warner Cable.
COMCAST Bringing 2Gbps Gigabit Pro Service to California
Comcast today pledged to bring gigabit Internet service to nearly 3 million California homes starting in June. The companys Gigabit Pro service, which it announced earlier this month, is a fiber-to-the-home service that promises up to 2Gbps service.
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger
Chad E. Gutstein of Entertainment Media Advisors responds to an editorial, If a Cable Giant Becomes Bigger.
COMCAST-TW Cable Merger Debated at California Hearing
The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger came before a public forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday, as dozens of activists and community leaders offered their owns support or opposition to the combination of two of the countrys largest cable and .
Man likely to sell dream house because Comcast wont give.
If Comcast had been honest from the start, Seth Morabito wouldnt have purchased the house hes living in now ��� the same one hes about to sell. Late last year, Morabito bought a home in the rural.
COMCAST Cares Day spruces up Main Street
Comcast paid for all the flowers and donated $20 to the Boys and Girls Club for everyone who volunteered on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The bulk of the 30 volunteers were employees of Comcast, but several Elkton residents also joined the efforts.
COMCAST Cares Day project set April 25
���Were proud to partner with the First Baptist Church to improve New Castle during our 14th Comcast Cares Day,��� said Jim Samaha, senior vice president of Comcasts Keystone Region. ���The hard work of the volunteers who will be donating their time to.
Oxygen Drops Plans for All My Babies Mamas
. The cable channel scrapped the show, which was in development, after the promotion of an online petition that condemned Oxygen, accusing it of exploiting and stereotyping black children and families.
California PUC should deny Comcast-Time Warner merger
Here in California, a coalition of public interest advocates, activists and the public have spent the last year fighting the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The merger would result in a ���MegaComcast��� with a virtual monopoly over .
US regulators may scuttle Time Warner Cable-COMCAST.
The Comcast/Time Warner merger may not happen after all. New information suggests the government will block the deal on the.
COMCAST vs. the Cord Cutters
Comcast’s deal to acquire Time Warner Cable won’t shake the industry’s game plan: Keep viewers wedded to cable.. Farhad Manjoo news analysis on Comcast’s deal to acquire Time Warner Cable; observes that many Americans have been ditching cable TV plans for online streaming services, but Comcasts pricing model could slow trend; points out its Internet-only subscription prices are so close to its TV-and-Internet prices that viewers may see little reason to declare cable independence.
Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow
As the company prepares to defend its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable at a Senate hearing this week, some obvious questions require answers.. David Carr The Media Equation column observes that as Comcast prepares to defend its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable at Senate hearing, some obvious questions require answers; points out company is confident merger will be approved, but some analysts say it should not be too secure about antitrust concerns.
Good News! The DOJ Might Kill the COMCAST-TWC Merger
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger has been in the works for so long, its starting to feel like the impending monopolistic telecom Frankenbaby was inevitable. But the Justice Department may kibosh the deal for violating��.
California PUC member moves to block COMCAST-Time Warner Cable merger
Just days before an important public hearing, a California Public Utilities Commission member has raised the stakes by proposing the regulatory panel block Comcasts bid to acquire Time Warner Cable. PUC Commissioner Mike Florio on Friday submitted an .
Comcast Bringing Super-Fast Fiber Network To Silicon.
Two weeks after Comcast announced that Atlanta would be the first market to get its new Gigabit Pro fiber service ��� which promises speeds of up to twice that of Google Fiber ��� the company is now saying it will bring the��.
Michael Angelakis to Step Down as COMCAST Finance Officer
Michael J. Angelakis, who helped steer Comcast through its acquisition of NBCUniversal and also was instrumental in the attempt to take over Time Warner Cable, is leaving his post as chief financial officer to lead a new Comcast-backed company with $4 .
Welcome to Comcast Country
Philadelphia has become a company town where the cable TV giant wields vast influence.. Op-Ed article by journalist Daniel Denvir holds Comcasts monopoly on cable television and broadband Internet in areas it controls is based on overwhelming political control; says situation is clearly in evidence in Philadelphia, where government has helped company to keep competitors at bay; maintains that monopoly is costing citizens, in terms of poor service and tax breaks that company is able to maintain.
Comcast Files Suit Against DirecTV
Comcast filed suit on Thursday against DirecTV in federal court in Illinois accusing the giant satellite operator of falsely advertising that its popular NFL Sunday Ticket service is available free this season.. Comcast filed suit on Thursday against DirecTV accusing it of falsely advertising that its popular NFL Sunday Ticket service is available free this season.
Unions 2-game unbeaten streak ends vs. Revolution
Conor Casey and the Union saw their two-game unbeaten streak snapped Sunday in a 2-1 loss to the Revolution. (USA Today Images). BOX SCORE. CHESTER, Pa. ��� Riding a two-game unbeaten streak, a win on Sunday would have given the Union an .
Comcasts Xfinity store opens Thursday in Chesterfield
Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2015 8:15 pm. Comcasts Xfinity store opens Thursday in Chesterfield By RANDY HALLMAN Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond.com. Comcasts grand opening for its Xfinity store at 13724 Hull Street Road in Chesterfield County is .
Comcast Strives to Save Merger With Time Warner Cable
Specifically, the Justice Department is looking closely at Comcasts role in Hulu, the streaming service it became a part owner of through the NBCUniversal purchase, people familiar with the matter said. In return for approval of the NBCUniversal.
Viewers Start to Embrace Television on Demand
Although it has been around for years, the technology is catching on among people who want to watch television on their own schedules.. Video-on-demand television is quietly gaining traction, as more TV episodes and movies are becoming available through systems that cable subscribers can tune in with their set-top boxes; some shows now gain hundreds of thousands of viewers every week because of VOD, part of decades-long shift from television on linear schedule to television on viewers own terms.
DC Inno Beat 4/17: J Department Rejects Comcast, Voice of Capitol Hill and.
Chris: Bloomberg reports that The J Department is closing in on a motion to block the$45B Comcast/Time Warner Cable mega-merger. Yes, Comcast, one of the most hated companies in America, remains bullish on approval, even while the prospects for this .
Comcast Says Apple Hasnt Asked for Web TV Shows From.
Comcast acknowledged its non-talks with Apple yesterday in a letter it sent to the Federal Communications Commission as part of its effort to acquire Time Warner Cable. The letter is a response to a filing from Stop Mega��.
Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal
David Balto, an antitrust lawyer, lists the benefits of a merger.
Stealthily, COMCAST Fortifies Its Arsenal
With the Time Warner Cable deal, Comcast would not only lock up 30 percent of the cable market, but pricing leverage in all directions — with customers, networks and over-the-web providers like Netflix.. David Carr The Media Equation column notes Comcast, with potential Time Warner Cable deal, could not only lock up 30 percent of cable market, but pricing leverage in all directions, with customers, networks and over-the-web providers like Netflix.
Comcasts gigabit internet hits northern California in June
Comcast is bringing its twice-as-fast-as-Google-Fiber internet service to northern California. Potential customers will need installation of professional.
Comcast leapfrogs Google Fiber with new 2Gbps internet.
One way to answer critics and competitors alike is to simply do better, and for once Comcast is doing exactly that. The US cable giant is today announcing a new 2Gbps broadband service, which it will start rolling out in Atlanta��.