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Comcast Officially Confirms Skyscraper By Norman Foster at 18th and Arch [UPDATED]

As Hidden City first reported in September, Comcast will indeed break ground for a Center City skyscraper designed by Norman Foster, as the company announced […]

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Comcast, A Potential Winner in Net Neutrality Ruling, is Cautious

It’s possible the Internet is about to change in a big way. An appeals court on Tuesday struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s “net neutrality” […]

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Comcast Adds TV Subscribers for First Time in 6 Years

From Forbes: Billionaire Comcast CMCSA -0.15% CEO Brian Roberts boasted Tuesday that his cable company had “modestly” added television subscribers for the first time since 2007. After 26 straight […]

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Phillies, Comcast Reach New TV Deal

MLB.com reports that the Phillies and Comcast/NBCUniversal have inked a new 25-year television contract to begin with the 2016 season.

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Comcast Scores Eight Golden Globe Nominations via NBC Universal

In case you forgot, our little local cable company Comcast now owns NBC Universal, the conglomerate responsible for what you see on television stations like […]

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Comcast Vs. FiOS: Is There Really a Difference?

I have met the devil I didn’t know, and his name is FiOS. After nearly 13 years of living in Center City, I moved to […]

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Comcast Is About to Charge You More Money Per Month

Comcast subscriber? (Yes.) Starting in January, you’re probably going to start paying at least $1.50 more on your monthly cable bill (if you haven’t already been). […]

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Comcast In the Running to Merge with Time Warner

According to a CNBC* report, Time Warner Cable is interested in a merger with Comcast/Kabletown.

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Note to Bling Ringers: Think You Can Break Into This House? Think Again.

If Xfinity Home had been in operation at Paris Hilton’s house in 2008, the Bling Ring would never have been able to break in — […]

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Soon, Comcast Will Be Everything in Philly

Someday soon, Philly will look like this, only everybody will look like David Cohen and be shouting “Comcast? COMCAST!COMCAST!”

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What Obama Said at David Cohen’s Last Night

Obama, as we notified you yesterday, spent an hour at David L. Cohen’s house in Mt. Airy headlining a fundraiser for senate candidates. The goal–to […]

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Comcast Offering Free Phone Calls to the Philippines

In light of the typhoon that has killed (at last count) 4,600 people and that the U.N. estimates has affected close to 11 million, Comcast is […]

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Barack Obama’s in Philadelphia Today

POTUS is rolling through town for a fundraiser aiming to raise one million bucks for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Guess whose house he’ll be […]

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Comcast Offering Free HBO…Sort Of

  Want HBO, but don’t want to pay for all the other stupid channels that come with a premium cable subscription? (Is there anybody who […]

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Comcast: Watch TV on Twitter Please

Comcast/NBCUniversal/Kabletown is debuting a new feature this November that will allow Twitter users to watch shows directly from their feeds.