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How Can Comcast Make Your Life Better?

So, how could Comcast—in its merger with Time Warner, in its new deal with Netflix—start to make your life better? Here are the ideas popping […]

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Comcast Today: Comcast Announces Two New Charitable Efforts

It is perhaps unfair to Comcast that every step it takes — even some of its most altruistic and community-minded — will always be viewed in […]

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Comcast Today: Netflix Deal Drives Up Comcast Stock Price

It’s good to be the king. And yes, Comcast is the king. It’s the biggest cable company in the United States. It’s going to get […]

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Comcast, Netflix Reach Agreement on Streaming

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Netflix Inc. has agreed to pay Comcast Corp.  to ensure Netflix movies and television shows stream smoothly to Comcast customers, a landmark pact that could […]

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Comcast Today: Glenn Beck Raises Concerns About the Comcast Merger

Guess who is raising concerns about the Comcast-Time Warner merger? Glenn Beck! This isn’t an ideological thing: It’s a business concern. Beck’s independent TV network—The […]

The Scene

Comcast Olympic Viewing Party

Tuesday night, Comcast Corporation and EVP David L. Cohen hosted an Olympics viewing reception in the Comcast Center lobby. Comcast and NBCUniversal demonstrated to hundreds […]

City Life

Comcast Today: Did Google Just Save the Merger With Time Warner?

One of the key questions that may decide the future of the Comcast-Time Warner merger involves competition: Since cable companies have virtual monopolies in so […]

City Life

Comcast Today: About Those Netflix Problems…

So all those stories lately about how Comcast might be throttling Netfix service? Turns out the real story is probably a bit more complicated than […]

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Comcast Today: Does Anybody Like the Time Warner Merger?

A question that’s emerged from all the very many negative think pieces about the Comcast-Time Warner merger is this: Does anybody not in the employ […]

City Life

Is Comcast Getting Too Big for Philly?

When Detroit declared bankruptcy last year, I responded with a column saying the same thing was unlikely to happen in Philadelphia. Why? Chief among my […]

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What the Comcast-Time Warner Merger Means for Philly

Comcast’s proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable is the biggest story in the nation right now, so big we can’t possibly bring you all the […]

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Is Comcast Invading Netflix’s Turf?

Hot on the heels of reports raising questions of whether Comcast is “throttling” Netflix, the Wall Street Journal reports that Comcast is apparently ready to […]

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Kabletown Kolossus: Comcast Buys Time Warner (Updated)

Wow, a Comcast/Time Warner merger would create a combined customer service department of well over ten employees. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 13, 2014 CNBC reports: […]

City Life

Chris Wheeler is Leaving and I Feel… Sad?

For the last few decades, I’ve counted myself among the, oh, 500 million or so Philadelphians who loathed Chris Wheeler’s broadcasting of Phillies games. Because, […]

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Reports Say Netflix Slowing Down on Comcast

What started out as a trickle has grown to a torrent: Reports from around the country suggest that Comcast customers are having more trouble with […]