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Comcast rolls out Ultra service, keeps cut-off ceiling
ZDNet Government —
October 23rd, 2008 Comcast rolls out Ultra service, keeps cut-off ceiling Posted by Richard Koman @ October 23, 2008 @ 9:30 AM Categories: Comcast Tags: Comcast Corp. , Speed , Mbps , Performance Management , Cable , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Telecommunications , Personal Technology , Richard Koman So, yesterday, in the lapse of about an hour, I got 1) an email from Comcast flak Charlie Douglas on the rollout of the cable giant’s Extreme and Ultra Internet service to Boston and ...
Comcast winning broadband scrum vs. telcos
Between the Lines —
October 29th, 2008 Comcast winning broadband scrum vs. telcos Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:57 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Telecommunications , Broadband , Verizon , AT&T Tags: Comcast Corp. , Verizon Communications Inc. , Broadband , AT Corp. , Broadband Internet , Network Technology , Telecommunications , Telecom & Utilities , Networking , Larry Dignan Comcast continues to add broadband Internet ...
Oh, and BTW: ‘Intellectually Bankrupt’ FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009
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December 2nd, 2008 Oh, and BTW: ‘Intellectually Bankrupt’ FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009 Posted by Tom Steinert-Threlkeld @ 2:48 pm Categories: General , Government , Entertainment , Telecommunications , Economy Tags: FCC , Comcast Corp. , Chairman , Federal Government , Government , Tom Steinert-Threlkeld There’s little love lost between the nation’s largest cable operator, Comcast, and the country’s top industry watchdog, Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications ...
Comcast to launch meter to track Web usage
Between the Lines —
December 3rd, 2008 Comcast to launch meter to track Web usage Posted by Sam Diaz @ 5:25 pm Categories: General , Broadband Tags: Web , Comcast Corp. , Usage , Channel Management , Blogging , Marketing , Internet , Sam Diaz It only seemed fair that Comcast would give its customers a way to track their Web usage, seeing how the company imposed a a 250 GB limit on the Web data that its customers use in a month. But when the company announced that limit earlier this year, there was no system in ...
Microsoft dumps Comcast shares
All about Microsoft —
January 20th, 2009 Microsoft dumps Comcast shares Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:17 pm Categories: Corporate strategy Tags: Comcast Corp. , Microsoft Corp. , TVs , Investment , Tv & Home Theater , Personal Technology , Home Entertainment , Finance , Mary Jo Foley In what could be viewed as more cost cutting (or maybe just a throwing in of the towel), Microsoft has divested itself of more — if not all — of its shares of Comcast. Microsoft acknowledged the Comcast stock ...
Comcast posts 32% decline in profit
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February 18th, 2009 Comcast posts 32% decline in profit Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 5:47 am Categories: Comcast Tags: Comcast Corp. , Personal Finance , Financial Accounting , Asset Management , Financial Planning , Operational Accounting , Finance , Operational Planning , Business Operations , Andrew Nusca Comcast reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent amid rising competition, slowing subscriber growth and an asset impairment charge totaling $600 million. Facing ...
The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middle
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February 19th, 2009 The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middle Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:11 am Categories: Economy , Entertainment , General , Hollywood on Demand Tags: Comcast Corp. , Cable Company , Internet Video , Video , Television Business Model , Hulu , Boxee , Cable , Corporate Communications , Network Technology There’s a looming showdown over Web video as content providers wrestle with the future as the ...
Comcast customer passwords found online; company shifts blame
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March 16th, 2009 Comcast customer passwords found online; company shifts blame Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:52 pm Categories: Broadband , General Tags: Password , Comcast Corp. , E-mail , Online Communications , Sam Diaz A digital document containing the user names and passwords of 8,000 Comcast customers has been sitting on the Internet for two months - but Comcast tells the New York Times that it doesn’t believe that the document came from within the company. Instead, the company thinks the list was related to a ...
ISPs sending RIAA letters - but swear they won't suspend users
ZDNet Government —
March 25th, 2009 ISPs sending RIAA letters - but swear they won't suspend users Posted by Richard Koman @ March 25, 2009 @ 9:54 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Comcast Corp. , RIAA , Internet Service Provider , Internet Service Providers (ISPs) , Digital Media , Internet , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Richard Koman Comcast and AT&T have started issuing copyright infringement to Internet subscribers. The question is, is this part of the RIAA’s litigation-free “graduated ...
The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers
The Apple Core —
April 17th, 2009 The Best Thing In The World: TiVo Transfers Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 10:36 am Categories: Software , Television Tags: Comcast Corp. , TiVo Inc. , Digital Video Recorder , TiVo Transfers , Comcast DVR , DVR , Digital Video , Personal Technology , Home Entertainment , Jason D. O'Grady Tivo toaster The headline is admittedly salacious, but I had an epiphany last night that I’ve just got to share with you, faithful reader. It’s called TiVo Transfers and it’s ...
Comcast's broadband subs shine: First quarter better than expected
Between the Lines —
April 30th, 2009 Comcast's broadband subs shine: First quarter better than expected Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:37 am Categories: Broadband , Comcast , Earnings , Economy , General , Verizon Tags: Comcast Corp. , Broadband , Video , Corporate Communications , Operational Accounting , Marketing , Finance , Larry Dignan Comcast’s triple play of video, broadband and phone service proved to be a winning formula in the cable giant’s first quarter. The company delivered first ...
Comcast to bundle WiMAX in home + mobile Internet package
Between the Lines —
June 30th, 2009 Comcast to bundle WiMAX in home + mobile Internet package Posted by Jason Hiner @ 11:00 pm Categories: Broadband , Clearwire , Comcast , WiMax Tags: 4G , Mobile Internet , Mobile , Comcast Corp. , Clearwire Corp. , Wireless , Reardon , 4G Wireless Service , WiMAX 4G Service , WiMAX Comcast will partner with Clearwire to offer a new Internet package that will bundle Clearwire’s WiMAX mobile broadband with Comcast’s cable Internet, according to a ...
Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customers
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August 6th, 2009 Comcast rakes in the dough; Continues to poach voice customers Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:32 am Categories: Broadband , Comcast , Earnings , Economy , Telecommunications , Wired & Wireless Tags: Comcast Corp. , Corporate Communications , Financial Accounting , Operational Accounting , Marketing , Finance , Larry Dignan Comcast reported stronger than expected profits as more customers transitioned to digital cable and the voice and Internet ...
Court lifts FCC limits on cable ownership
ZDNet Government —
August 30th, 2009 Court lifts FCC limits on cable ownership Posted by Richard Koman @ August 30, 2009 @ 6:51 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: FCC , Comcast Corp. , Cable Company , Video , Corporate Communications , Cable , Network Technology , Marketing , Telecommunications , Personal Technology Look out, here comes Comcast. The cable giant’s ambitions have long been stymied by a 1993 FCC rule that limited any one cable company’s business to 30 percent of the U.S. market. Friday, the ...
Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days
Between the Lines —
September 9th, 2009 Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:37 am Categories: Broadband , Comcast , Communications , General , Telecommunications Tags: Comcast Corp. , TV , Cable , WiMAX , Network Technology , Wireless And Mobility , Telecommunications , Personal Technology , Networking , Larry Dignan Comcast has built a TV Everywhere site that’s “complicated technically,” but will roll out nationally as a pilot ...
Comcast's wait-and-see response to net neutrality rules
ZDNet Government —
September 21st, 2009 Comcast's wait-and-see response to net neutrality rules Posted by Richard Koman @ September 21, 2009 @ 6:18 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: FCC , Comcast Corp. , Chairman , Net Neutrality , Internet , Federal Government , Government , Richard Koman Comcast is taking a wait-and-see approach to the new net neutrality principles announced by FCC chair Julius Genachowski. In a blog post , Comcast exec VP David Cohen has lots of nice things to say about the FCC, while ...
FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it
ZDNet Government —
September 24th, 2009 FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it Posted by Richard Koman @ September 24, 2009 @ 7:59 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: FCC , Agency , Comcast Corp. , Federal Government , Government , Richard Koman [image] What is odd is that Ars’ Matthew Laser thinks “one of the most interesting aspects” about Comcast’s legal claim that the FCC has no jurisdiction over it, is that the arguments are jurisdictional and precedential — not over the basic question of whether ...
Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut
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October 1st, 2009 Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut Posted by Larry Dignan @ 12:20 pm Categories: Broadband , Comcast , Entertainment , Web Technology Tags: NBC Universal Inc. , Web , Comcast Corp. , Talks , Channel Management , Asset Management , Networking , Marketing , Operational Planning , Business Operations If Comcast did manage to gain control of NBC Universal it would be have an aggregation of Web sites that would make it a top 10 player in ...
WSJ: NBC Universal valued at $30 billion; Stage set for Comcast-GE deal this week?
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November 9th, 2009 WSJ: NBC Universal valued at $30 billion; Stage set for Comcast-GE deal this week? Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:05 am Categories: Comcast , Hollywood on Demand Tags: NBC Universal Inc. , Wall Street Journal , General Electric Co. , Comcast Corp. , Journal , Cable , Tv & Home Theater , Telecommunications , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz A report posted to the Wall Street Journal’s Web site said that GE and Comcast have come to an agreement on how to value ...
