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forbes.com - 28 days ago
Comcast Puts Yellow Pages On TV
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Want a plumber? No need for the phone book or the Internet. Some TV viewers can now grab their TV remote control, because the Yellow Pages just hit television. Comcast Media Center, a division of Comcast ( CMCSA - news - people ) Cable in Philadelphia is unveiling Tuesday "Yellow Pages on ...
broadcastingcable.com - 10/22/2009
Chase Carey: Hulu to Charge in 2010
— broadcastingcable.com — News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey opened the B&C OnScreen summit to discuss where he sees the... business going. It s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online, he said. Carey said that while everyone cites the infamous Jeff Zucker ... (more) Chase Carey: Hulu to Charge in 2010

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lightreading.com - 28 days ago
Comcast Forges 'Excalibur' for IPTV
— lightreading.com — Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has an underground IPTV and video convergence project underway, code-named "Excalibur," Cable... Digital News has learned. Comcast hasn't released any details about the project, said to be near the top of the MSO's ... (more) Comcast Forges 'Excalibur' for IPTV

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theinquirer.net - 21 days ago
Comcast internet throttling is up and running
— theinquirer.net — COMCAST , the second-largest US cable television and Internet communications service provider, has a new broadband traffic... throttling scheme installed and operating in all of its markets. The ISP's new regime for restricting its customers' bandwidth ... (more) Comcast internet throttling is up and running

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Comcast Sees Digital YP Opportunity
BIA/Kelsey Blog — ... from cable but are attracted to demand driven media like Yellow Pages and local search. Think take out restaurants and local service providers. This is also a medium that as not yet been crowded out by the major search engines. Rival AT&T is also playing in this space with its U-Verse product line, which includes a Yellow Pages application. Here is what BIA/Kelsey analyst Matt Booth had to say about the Comcast product, in an interview with Forbes.com: “It’s really too early in the game to know if they’ll ...

Comcast putting Yellow Pages on your TV set: Even more...
Lost Remote — ... Comcast putting Yellow Pages on your TV set: Even more competition for local media. Comcast is starting an experiment in Philadelphia where viewers can navigate the Yellow Pages on their TV sets. Businesses can pay for premium placement — even include their own video commercials or longer how-to clips. Will viewers use it? Too early to tell, but for cable operators, it certainly sounds promising. The technology is powered by ...

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