Xfinity just gave me another reason to switch to Verizon Fios Comcast just took away free Peacock access for its Xfinity Internet subscribers. What gives? Tom’s Guide · Jun 28, 2023
Comcast is now charging Xfinity customers for Peacock. The transition hasn't gone well for some For the past three years, one perk of being a Comcast Xfinity subscriber was a free subscription to Peacock, NBC's streaming service. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 27, 2023
No More Free Lunch! Comcast Cable Officially Boots Peacock Freeloaders The good news is that Xfinity gigabit-speed users and other customers paying way too much for internet service are unaffected Multichannel News · Jun 26, 2023
Comcast-Charter JV’s Xumo-Branded Smart TVs Ready to Hit the Shelves of Walmart ... and Other Retailers Two years after whiffing with XClass TV, Comcast is ready to take another swing at smart TV Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 23, 2023
Comcast Poaches Top CableLabs Engineer Belal Hamzeh Hamzeh, who at the consortium led the development of the DOCSIS 4.0 tech Comcast is currently deploying, will serve as VP of access technology and system engineering for the cable giant Multichannel News · Jun 15, 2023
Cable giant Comcast wants to be Roku – and is making a 4K streaming box to prove it Cable giant Comcast will start selling streamers and smart TVs in a bid to get in on the free ad-supported TV market. TechRadar · Jun 15, 2023
Comcast Complains FCC Broadband Nutrition Label Shackles It With ‘Unnecessarily Onerous Burden’ Cable operator gripes to the FCC that it will need to figure out how to create and keep up to date 251 separate labels by the compliance date, whenever that even is Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 14, 2023
Comcast Now Delivering a Symmetrical 10 Gigs For Its $300-a-Month Fiber-Based 'Gigabit Pro' Service Not referring to their bank accounts, cable operator says the pricey FTTH tier is for customers on the 'bleeding edge of tech adoption' Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 13, 2023
CableLabs To Start DOCSIS 4.0 Modem Certifications on June 26 Move comes as Comcast, Charter and Cox get ready to roll out next-generation 10G broadband networks Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 13, 2023
Comcast Beats Back Patent Suit Against Its ‘Churn Buster,’ Xfinity X1 Comcast wins the final judgment over Florida-based OTT tech startup WhereverTV, which sued the cable giant back in 2018 over how X1 handles streaming integration Broadcasting & Cable · Jun 7, 2023
Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game Blue-chip companies gave to Republican group funneling money to lawmakers who overturned abortion-ban veto in North Carolina The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2023
Netflix Shareholders Reject Proposed Executive Pay Package At its annual meeting, Netflix shareholders rejected the proposed executive pay package, siding with striking writers. Kiplinger · Jun 2, 2023
Why It Took a Historic Playoff Run For Local Fans to Finally Watch the Nuggets A golden age of Nuggets basketball is being watched by an intentionally shrunken audience. Denver’s push for a title could finally force a solution. Sports Illustrated · Jun 2, 2023
Hollywood writers take revenge on Netflix as shareholders follow union’s advice and reject executive compensation deals The company’s co-CEOs have been offered packages worth upward of $30 million. Fortune · Jun 2, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023 New Stadium for Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox? TV broadcasts have new option Now that the 19 Bally Sports-branded RSNs are under the control of Diamond Sports Group, Sinclair didn’t need Stadium anymore. Bulls and Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf just might.
Multichannel News · May 24, 2023 NBCU Goes on Super-Aggressive Peacock Promo Push, Offers Service For $20 For 1 Year At $1.66 a month, the discount is $30 off the annual $50 price for the base Peacock Premium package
Broadcasting & Cable · May 24, 2023 Comcast's $50 Million Pac-12 Network Overpayment Hits Hard, With Member School ADs Enacting Budget Cuts and Hiring Freezes In the wake of the scandal, Washington State's athletic department has issued a temporary hiring freeze and a pause on non-essential business travel and purchases
Fortune · May 24, 2023 Comcast goes head to head with Sling and Hulu + Live TV with upcoming streaming service The service will feature 60 channels.
TV Tech · May 24, 2023 Comcast Fights Back Against Cord Cutting With Launch of NOW TV New service offers 40+ cable channels, FAST channels and Peacock Premium for $20 a month
Broadcasting & Cable · May 23, 2023 The Future Of TV Streams Into Sharper View (Bloom) If you squint, you can sort of see it
Broadcasting & Cable · May 23, 2023 Comcast Introduces $20-a-Month Now TV For Its Broadband-Only Customers, Delivering Peacock, Live Pay TV Channels and FASTs Move comes as Comcast gets ready to shut off the free Peacock tap to its internet customers on June 26
TV Tech · May 23, 2023 Comcast Introduces Now TV The $20 entertainment option for Xfinity internet customers offers with 60+ streaming and fast channels, plus Peacock Premium
Multichannel News · May 16, 2023 Roberts: Comcast 'Likely' to Sell Its Stake in Hulu to Disney The Comcast CEO confirmed what we've kind of known already for several years
Zenger · May 13, 2023 Comcast Struggled In First Quarter Earnings As Peacock Struggled In Subscribers Peacock lost over $704 million dollars in the first quarter as it is poised for $3 billion dollar loss in 2023.
Al Jazeera · May 12, 2023 Elon Musk reveals who is Twitter’s new CEO Musk has hired former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino, who modernised the ad business at the media firm.