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Comcast stories: 56 news summaries

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Comcast to
Pay Founder
After Death

Heirs will receive paychecks for 5 years; wife gets benefits for life

Dec 29, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Death won't stop Comcast's founder from being paid: A deal signed last week ensures that his heirs will receive checks for five years after Ralph J. Roberts, 87, dies, the AP reports. They will also get unpaid funds from his annual performance-based bonus, and his wife will receive health and... More »

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Comcast • finance • Philadelphia • death • CFO • salary • benefits

Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

Net neutrality's biggest boogeyman gets a test drive

Dec 11, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Imagine for a second that your Internet provider could alter any webpage you viewed – injecting advertisements, or even censoring information. That scary scenario is possible, Ars Technica says, and the technology is already being test-driven by Rogers, a Canadian cable giant. Right now, the messages are just service... More »

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Comcast • Canada • net neutrality • ISP • Lauren Weinstein • packet filtering • web traffic

Comcast Woes Deepen as Cable Biz Feels Heat

Industry faces slumping demand and increased competition from telecoms, satellite

Dec 6, 07 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Comcast’s worsening financial health, reported by its new CFO yesterday, has BusinessWeek predicting rough going ahead for the cable business. Consumers hit by  the housing slump are cutting back on service, just as satellite and telecom competitors are cutting prices to get their attention. Comcast saw its stock tumble... More »

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Comcast • cable operators

Comcast's Growth Slows

Company falls short of several key metrics due to 'challenging economic environment'

Dec 5, 07 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Comcast believes its business will fall short of predictions as a declining economy and strengthened competitors slow the cable giant’s growth. The Wall Street Journal reports the firm will add 500K fewer subscribers than it had previously expected, and expects to pay out 5% more in capital spending than... More »

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DirecTV • Comcast • cable TV • housing industry • Brian Roberts • cable industry

Cable Stock Pounding
Not Over Yet

Broadcasting & Cable cites industry's growing list of problems

Nov 19, 07 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Cable stocks are getting beaten up badly thanks to a combination of factors—subscribers fleeing to satellite and other services, a general market gloom that is compounded for often-complicated cable stocks, and news that the FCC plans to beef up its oversight. Led by industry giant Comcast, the group's stocks... More »

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Comcast • FCC • cable TV • cable operators

Comcast Sued Over File-Sharing Interference

Telecom giant says it slows high-volume users to protect wider network

Nov 15, 07 7:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A subscriber has sued Comcast for slowing file-sharing activities after an AP report last month showed that the nation's largest cable company falsely signals file-sharing software that the network connection has dropped. The man alleges that Comcast misleads consumers by claiming it offers "mind-blowing" speeds and "unfettered access"... More »

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Comcast • FCC • file sharing • telecom

FCC Hatches Plan to Re-regulate Cable TV

Finds cable giants too dominant in market

Nov 10, 07 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The FCC is taking aim at cable television giants, finding that they have become too dominant, and is preparing to impose new regulations that would open the market to competition, the New York Times reports. Among proposals on the table is a cap that would block continued growth by the... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • FCC • cable TV

Sliding Comcast Refocuses as Phone Companies Dial In

Competition, technology require refocusing

Nov 8, 07 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The face of cable television is changing as phone companies move in, offering high-speed Internet, high-def TV, and on-demand video, the Wall Street Journal reports. But cable giant Comcast, with the nation’s largest subscriber base, is fighting back, gaining 10 phone users for every video subscriber it loses and... More »

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Comcast • cable TV

FCC Put to Test Over Net Neutrality

Consumer groups lodge complaint against Comcast file sharing interference

Nov 1, 07 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumer groups and legal scholars filed a complaint with the FCC today asking the agency to fine Comcast for interfering with subscribers' file transfers. The case will be the first major indication of the FCC's actual stance on Net Neutrality. The petitions call on the FCC to fine Comcast $195,... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • BitTorrent • ISP • Internet service providers

Big Ten Network Blocked by Cable Dispute

65% of TV's in Big Ten states don't get the games, fans enraged

Nov 1, 07 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - College football fans are angry, ABC News reports. A dispute between the new Big Ten Network -- devoted to the athletic conference -- and cable providers means that 65% of subscribers in the eight states which are home to the Big Ten schools don't get the network, which means missing... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • NCAA football • Big Ten • Wisconsin Badgers • Ohio Buckeyes

Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

Oct 22, 07 11:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cable and Internet service giant Comcast is disrupting more than just BitTorrent traffic, reports Ars Technica. Tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that Comcast customers using a growing list of apps may find their Net access slowed or denied. A Lotus Notes engineer, for example, discovered Notes emails sent... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • Gnutella • Lotus Notes • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Public Knowledge

Cable, Telcos Killing US
Web Success
Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the... More »

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Google • YouTube • Comcast • cable TV • broadband Internet • Facebook • digital downloads • telecom • net neutrality • BitTorrent • telecommunications • web services

Comcast Blocks P2P File-Sharing

Company doesn't admit it, but AP tests show file-sharing deliberately slowed

Oct 20, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is deliberately preventing its customers from using file-sharing services like BitTorrent, eDonkey, and Gnutella, the AP reports. Thecountry's second-largest Internet service provider claims that it does not block "access" to P2P apps; that may be technically true. Tests by the AP showed that while downloads were unaffected, attempts... More »

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Comcast • file sharing • net neutrality • BitTorrent • P2P • peer to peer • eDonkey • Gnutella

Corporate Buyers Muscle In on Private Equity Deals

Credit squeeze puts business-as-usual on hold

Jul 31, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corporations have the upper hand over private equity firms in acquisitions for the first time in years because of chaos in the debt markets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Private equity firms are stalled until the credit situation stabilizes and they can sell off some of their debt. Corporate buyers... More »

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private equity • Time Warner • Comcast • debt • Virgin Media • Ford • acquisition • Cadbury Schweppes • Ingersoll Rand

Apple Courts Studios for Rental Rights

At $3 a pop, 30-day movie loans will pit computer giant against cable, satellite

Jun 11, 07 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple is buttering up top movie studios as it prepares to launch a video-on-demand service to contend with cable and satellite companies. Apple plans to offer each movie as a 30-day rental for $2.99, and it's telling studios the term of lease means they won't take a hit on... More »

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Steve Jobs • DirecTV • Comcast • film • Apple • mac • iPod • piracy • DVD • rentals • video on demand • movie on demand • download • movies

Cable Strikes Out With MLB

A war is brewing over out-of-market games. Will the dispute go
into "Extra Innings"?

Mar 22, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable subscribers looking to catch out-of-market games next year may be stuck in the outfield: Major League Baseball has rejected a deal with cable company In Demand to carry the popular "Extra Innings" series. In Demand, a major cable conglomerate, says it has matched the $700 million, seven-year DirecTV... More »

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television • Madrid bombings • In Demand • Robert Jacobsen • DirecTV • Time Warner • Comcast • Cox • MLB • John Kerry • Commerce Committee • baseball

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