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Nielsen to Include Comcast Set-Top Box Data in Ratings


Nielsen said it has reached an agreement to use data from Comcast's set-top boxes in its local TV ratings service. At a time when big data is becoming a bigger part of audience measurement, Nielsen now has access to viewing information from four of the ...

Comcast's Xfinity internet service suffers outages in Knoxville, across the country


PREVIOUS: Comcast's internet service, Xfinity, reportedly experienced outages across the country Monday. The user-generated map at Downdetector.com showed outages in cities including Knoxville, Boston, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco. The site began ...

Comcast's Xfinity internet service (and others) seem to be a bit broken nationwide this morning


Down Detector's user-generated outage map shows reports lighting up across the country. The same site shows a massive spike in reports just after 10 am Pacific. Down Detector is also showing a similar spike in reports for Level 3, one of the Tier 1 or ...

Comcast says Internet speeds should be back to normal after fixing network issue


UPDATE, 4 p.m.: Comcast Cares tweeted that the issue has been resolved, and Internet speeds for most of its customers should be back to normal. Internet issues should now be resolved for almost all customers. We apologize for the inconvenience & thank ...

Comcast, Others Dealing With Internet Outage


Internet service for Comcast and other internet service providers appears to be out or intermittent across many parts of the U.S. on Monday afternoon. DownDetector shows the outage affecting multiple markets across the nation. In the Denver area ...

Comcast's internet service was down in several major US cities (updated)


If you rely on Comcast for your internet service, you probably know that things are down in a big way for the provider. According to the consumer watchdog site DownDetector, there are more than 8,000 reports of outages across the US as of 1:00 PM ET on ...

Comcast Raises Download Speeds for Three Tiers Across Central Division


Comcast confirmed that is it raising the maximum download speeds on three internet speed tiers across its Central Division, which includes major markets such as Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville and Miami. Among the changes, the ...

Michael Reagan: Trump is right about NBC and Comcast (Daily Mail)


And this weekend USA Today reported that CNBC, once the premiere business channel in the nation, has lost its perch to Fox Business News, now the No. 1 rated channel for finance. Mr. President, kudos for having the guts to stand up to Comcast and NBC.

NYC TV Week: Fox Networks Selling Addressable Ads in VOD on Comcast, Hulu


Fox Networks Group has begun selling advertising in the video-on-demand content from its channels that is addressable on an individual household basis through Comcast Cable set-top boxes and streaming via Hulu. TV networks are looking for ways to ...

Cable-Tec Expo: Comcast's Ed Marchetti Named SCTE•ISBE Member of the Year


Denver -- At its annual awards luncheon here Wednesday, SCTE•ISBE honored Comcast Cable's Ed Marchetti as the organization's Member of the Year, while two other industry vets – David Fellows and Dr. Rickey Luke – were inducted to the SCTE•ISBE Hall of ...

Comcast appeals to 'cord nevers' with launch of Xfinity Instant TV service


... Food Network, TBS, TNT and USA. The $10 “kids and family” add-on offers Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, and TLC. (See bundle charts below). And the $30 “Sports & News” add-on includes top cable news stations plus ESPN's channels ...

Comcast launches $18 streaming TV service, but only for its own broadband customers


There's also a $15 entertainment bundle that includes AMC, Comedy Central, USA, A&E, TBS, TNT, Discovery, and Food Network. A $10 “kids and family” pack will add Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, MTV, and TLC to your channel list. You can ...

Comcast Debuts 'Xfinity Instant TV' Skinny Bundle for Broadband-Only Users


The $15 monthly “entertainment” pack includes A&E, AMC, Comedy Central, Discovery, Food Network, TBS, TNT and USA, while the $10 “kids and family” option includes Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon and TLC. HBO or Starz are ...

Comcast offers financial relief to Florida customers impacted by Irma


Sports · Business · Entertainment · Opinion · Community · Obituaries · Subscribe · Hurricane Hub · Insider · USA Today · Lifestyles · Photo/Video · Homes · Apartments · Jobs · Cars · Classifieds · Weekly Ads · Thanksgiving. More. Home · News · Weather ...

Comcast gets pushback in Philadelphia as it tries to install junction boxes at customer homes


Pack was probably referring to a $350 million commitment made by Comcast in 2015 to improve its Customer Service reputation. The Voice also interviewed Philadelphia City spokesman Mike Dunn, who said the cable company is merely trying to uphold its ...

Comcast Buys Stringify


Comcast has acquired Stringify, an Internet of Things tech startup that helped the cable operator develop xFi, a cloud-based home WiFi management platform that was launched earlier this year. RELATED: Comcast Tacks On xFi Features. Stringify announced ...

Missed Comcast service from Irma? Here's how to get a credit


Business customers can call its Customer Service line at 1-800-391-3000. As of Monday, nearly 900,000 cable customers were without service in Florida. That number includes a number of Internet providers, not just Comcast. A Comcast spokeswoman said ...

Treasure Coast Comcast customers still feeling Irma's squeeze


Across Florida, Comcast has repaired more than 12,000 lines brought down by Hurricane Irma. Yet on Friday afternoon, some Treasure Coast customers still were without service. In many cases, customers are regaining services as soon as power is restored ...

Comcast Business Launches 'ActiveCore'


Looking to expand its opportunities in the commercial services sector, Comcast Business this week launched ActiveCore, a software-defined networking platform that, it says, will help its customers manage their networks across multiple locations while ...

The End Is Here: Cable's Media Dominance


Direct-to-consumer streaming, for the first time in 2017, offers a viable alternative to traditional MVPD (cable and satellite) dominance. This shift has been anticipated for a decade. The flood of new and varied streaming services - in the past year ...

Comcast outage hits Las Cruces


The company said in a statement, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, that it's been working to improve Customer Service and that the problems uncovered by the FCC stemmed from “isolated errors or customer confusion” rather than Comcast intentionally mischarging ...

Media sector suffers selloff after Disney, Comcast give guidance scaring investors


A handful of media stocks took a dive on Thursday after Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.54% warned that the media and entertainment company's 2017 earnings would be "roughly in line" with last year, and Comcast Corp. CMCSA, -1.15% management told investors it ...

Comcast Strategy: We Intend to Own the Home


Comcast has set its sights on “owning the home,” said Matt Strauss, executive vice president of Xfinity Services for Comcast Cable, at a financial conference today. Strauss cited an example of how that Comcast strategy might be implemented: People ...

Comcast Stock Falls on Harvey, Competitive Worries


Among distributors, Liberty Global shed 3.8% ($1.30) to $33.06; Altice USA dipped 3.4% ($1.04) to $29.25; Cable One was down 2% ($15.29) to $739.12 and Charter Communications DIPPED 1.7% ($6.86) to $395.64 per share. Satellite TV service Dish ...

Comcast Exec Named to Head NBCU Data and Analytics Team


NBCUniversal named Comcast executive Kavita Vazirani to oversee a new research group that will focus on the company's ad sales research, insights and data capabilities across all platforms. Vazirani, who had been senior VP of media strategy and media ...

From Comcast to Cable One: Who aced and who failed our first pay-TV services grading


Our analysis spans the top 10 cable, satellite and telco operators—AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dish, Verizon, Cox, Altice USA, Mediacom, WideOpenWest and Cable One. We mainly looked at the last six quarters, with an emphasis on the just-completed second ...

Comcast Starts Assessment, Restoration Phase in Houston


After suspending operations temporarily in Houston amid the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, Comcast announced Wednesday that it has begun the assessment and restoration efforts in the region. That effort in the Greater Houston area includes ...

Comcast Nets Emmy for X1 Voice Remote Technology


Comcast has won an Emmy Award for Technology and Engineering for its Xfinity X1 Voice Remote, marking the third Emmy the company has won related to technology that runs the operator's X1 platform. The Emmy for "Contextual Voice Navigation for ...

Inside Comcast's Plan to Build the Smart Home


Comcast may be best known as a cable company, but it is banking on remote-controlled door locks and cameras as well as other “smart-home” offerings to accelerate its growing home security business. The push to diversify comes at a time when more U.S. ...

How Hurricane Harvey Is Affecting Customers of Comcast, AT&T and Charter


For a reference point, Yong noted that when Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast in 2012, Cablevision Systems Corp., since acquired by Altice USA Inc. (ATUS) , gave customers $33 million worth of credits and booked about $109 million in storm-related costs.

Comcast Temporarily Suspends Operations in Houston


Shardea Harrison (l.) looks on at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai Harrison, being held by Dean Mize as he and Jason Legnon use his airboat to rescue them from their Houston home as Hurricane Harvey dropped record levels of rain on the city. Photo by Joe ...

Comcast Solar Deal Sheds Light on IoT Aims


Comcast has dabbled in the energy and electricity market before, but through a new partnership announced today, the company is now committing to a years-long plan of cozying up to the power utility sector. More specifically, the cable operator has ...

Comcast Xfinity Subscribers Can Play 'Call of Duty: WWII' Early


Activision-Blizzard and Comcast have struck a deal to give the cable giant's 23 million customers early access to Call of Duty: WWII. Subscribers to Comcast's Xfinity internet service will automatically have access to the game's upcoming multiplayer ...

Surprise! 100 free laptops to seniors, youth


Grace Shannon, a Detroit grandmother, received an unexpected gift today, a new laptop computer, from her cable company. It was handed to her — and dozens of other seniors — by six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. "Ew, wow!" the 67-year-old ...

Inspection of Comcast's New Tech Tower Won't Slow Completion Plans


The new Comcast Technology Center will complement and rise above the Comcast Center. Image source: Comcast. An inspection for possible cracks in metal being used near the top of the new Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia isn't expected to ...

Comcast's Xfinity Mobile is now available in all the company's markets


Nearly three months after it first started rolling out, Comcast has now officially completed its release of Xfinity Mobile. The mobile phone service is available in all of Comcast's service areas, both through retail stores and online at XfinityMobile ...

Comcast Files Official FCC Response to 'Word' Complaint


Comcast says the FCC should deny the carriage complaint lodged by The Word Network and prevent it from being refiled. That is according to Comcast's official-- 51-page--response to the complaint, which the cable operator filed with the FCC's Media ...

Is Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) stock is risky?


In recent trade; Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) snatched the consideration from Investors, when its current damaging picture was seen that is promoting bad performance. The stock price is showing discouraging image with current unsupportive move of ...

Leadership Change Underway at Comcast Technology Solutions


Leadership changes are afoot at Comcast Technology Solutions, a division focused on multiscreen video distribution and advertising technologies and services. Comcast confirmed that Matt McConnell, formerly SVP and GM of Comcast Technology Solutions, ...

This cold call from Comcast is not a scam


The phone call seemed suspicious. Caller ID said it was Comcast on the line but the number was unlisted. The voice mail the caller left inquired about sending a technician to the reader's home to fix a problem he didn't even know he had. Figuring it ...

Comcast Tweaks X1 Guide


Comcast has unleashed another batch of changes and enhancements, with a focus on new functionality, to its cloud-powered X1 guide for set-tops. Among the additions are a Notification Center that relays new account-related info to the TV screen, and a ...

Comcast Testing 'Manage Channels' Feature on X1


Amplifying its role as an aggregator of aggregators, Comcast is testing a new feature for its X1 platform that collects, surfaces and presents all of the premium channels and a growing mix of subscription VOD services that are available from the cable ...

For $6 a Month, Comcast Subscribers Can Watch FX and FXX Without Ads


FX+ subscribers will receive access to ad-free versions of all current FX and FXX shows, like Atlanta and The Americans. FX. Share. By Jason Lynch. |. August 7, 2017. Share. FX has become the second major cable network this summer to partner with ...

It's official: Outages are only the second-worst thing about Comcast


According to its latest quarterly earnings, Comcast has more than 25.3 million high-speed internet customers in the US. 25,865 of the 67,627 complaints were over Comcast TV service issues. Since 2015, Comcast has increasingly seen its TV subscribers ...

FX Launching Ad-Free Premium VOD Service on Comcast


FX will launch a new premium commercial-free video on demand service on Comcast Sept. 5 that will cost subscribers $5.99 a month. FX+ will give subscribers access to all episodes of current original shows on FX and FXX as well as shows that aired on FX ...

Former Comcast Exec Joins Telestream


Telestream, a maker of digital video tools and workflow solutions, said it has appointed Chris Drake as VP of business and corporate development. Drake, who reports to Telestream CEO Dan Castles, joins the company from Comcast Technology Solutions, ...

More People Are Cutting the Cord and Dumping Pay TV


Five of the largest U.S. pay-TV providers posted subscriber losses during the second quarter as younger viewers increasingly cut the cord and moved to "skinny bundles," or cheaper packages with select channels, and Internet streaming services like ...

Customer locked out of e-mail account for weeks, Comcast admits "We messed up"


The problem started when her email suddenly locked up at the end of April. Gray says the first Customer Service rep she contacted told her the email address she's had for nearly 15 years, was not her email address. "He hung up. And right after that ...

Comcast to bring high-speed, Gigabit internet service to York County in coming months


A short explainer video all about gigabit video. Video by Jordan Fenster / The Journal News. parked-Comcast-truck.jpg. Comcast trucks are parking outside the company's Westford, Massachusetts operations center in this Sept. 17, 2015, Associate Press ...

Comcast Shares Down 3% After Moffett Downgrade


Comcast took a hit Tuesday after influential media analyst Craig Moffett downgraded the cable sector to “neutral,” adding that most of the distribution stocks have either passed or are coming increasingly close to his 12-month price targets. Comcast ...

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