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WatchESPN App Now Available for Comcast Customers
You’ll now have ESPN available in their pockets because Disney has announced that the WatchESPN app is now available for Comcast customers. The mobile app […]
NBCU Helps Comcast Smoke First Quarter Expectations
NBCUniversal seems to have been a sound investment for Comcast as the corporation reports a first-quarter net income of $1.4 billion (up 39 percent from […]
One Man’s Break Up With Comcast
When one man’s Comcast bill eclipsed the $200 mark in February of 2011, he ditched cable and picked up his iPad. Over a year later, […]
Netflix CEO Calls Out Comcast on Facebook
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is less than thrilled that Comcast’s On Demand app for Xbox 360 doesn’t count against periodic data caps. Basically, folks at […]
Philly’s TV News Is Outdated as Hell, and We’re Not Taking it Anymore
Local TV news is getting desperate. Like a former lover who wants you back, it pleads for one more chance when you’re watching prime-time programming. […]
Comcast Monopoly Complaint to Go to Trial
A federal judge ruled today that a nine-year-old complaint that Comcast had a stranglehold on Philadelphia area cable market can go to trial. The ruling […]
Comcast Launches “Philly in Focus”
Comcast—with the help of Mayor Nutter and his wife Lisa—recently launched “Philly in Focus.” The project was a requirement handed down by the FCC as […]
Check Out the Price for Valet Parking at Xfinity Live
In case paying $75 for a Flyers ticket, $8 for a beer at the Well and $15 for parking left you with cash burning a […]
HughE Dillon: Jewish Nat’l Fund Honors David L. Cohen
Last Thursday, the Jewish National Fund honored David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, for his numerous contributions to the Jewish and greater Philadelphia […]
VIDEO: Xfinity Live! Is Open for Drinking (Eating Too, We Guess)
So, Xfinity Live! is open to the public. Also, that name sucks so we’re going to call it anything but that (unless you’re naming a […]
Comcast App Launches on Microsoft’s Xbox Live
Comcast is one of the newest partners to have an app featured on Microsoft’s Xbox Live. The app allows users to navigate the On Demand […]
$2 Billion Could Be a Steal for Phils by 2015
In 2001, comedian Louis C.K. performed on Comedy Central Presents and, as part of his act, discussed all of the good Bill Gates could do […]
Xfinity Live!: A Name That Deserves to Be Mocked
Philadelphians are finicky about the names we adopt for our institutions, as anyone who’s ever looked in vain for “the Blue Route” or “the Lakes” […]
Don Argott’s Last Days Here Made Me Cry
Last Days Here Director Don Argott first came onto my radar in 2005 when he released Rock School, his Roger Ebert-approved documentary about the Paul […]
The Olympics Made Brian Roberts Cry and Other Tales of Comcast’s Quest for Sports Media Domination
ESPN who? The cable giant in our own back yard dropped $4.4 billion to essentially call “shotgun” on Olympic coverage through 2012. And that’s just […]