NBC Claims Streaming Crown, Angers NFL Fans Comcast's Peacock stream of Saturday's Dolphins-Chiefs Wild Card playoff garnered 6% more viewers than in 2023, but exclusivity ticked off viewers TV Tech · Jan 16, 2024
Imagine Being a Cry Baby Who Thinks They’re Entitled to Free Televised Football In this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we explore how the social internet blew up when people found out that to watch an AFC Wild Card game, they had to pay $4.99 to simply and immediately sign up for a streaming service that could just as quickly and easily be canceled Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 15, 2024
Take That, Critics! Comcast Says Its NFL Wild Card Exclusive on Peacock Was the Biggest Live-Streamed Event in U.S. History Despite plenty of bitching and moaning about the game only being available via streaming, it was 6% more watched than last season's prime-time AFC Wild Card contest Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 15, 2024
As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs Conservative advocates have filed a growing number of legal challenges, encouraged by the Supreme Court’s June ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024
RSNs Give Up More Ground: Pirates and Penguins Channel SportsNet Pittsburgh Gets Bumped By Comcast to $90-a-Month Premium Tier The channel, now under the joint ownership of the pro teams and New England Sports Network, was previously available on Comcast's cheaper 'Popular TV' package Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 12, 2024
Your Spectrum Cable Box Is About To Get More Expensive Spectrum cable boxes are being phased out in favor of Xumo, a fairly new streaming device from Charter and Comcast. Kiplinger · Jan 10, 2024
Charter Delivers Ad-Supported Disney Plus to Spectrum TV Select Customers at No Additional Cost The first manifestation of the cable operator's landmark carriage deal with Disney is at hand Broadcasting & Cable · Jan 4, 2024
Comcast, Paramount Ink Carriage Deal Agreement reportedly includes CBS, CBS Sports and other Paramount channels TV Tech · Jan 2, 2024
Chicago man shocked by a $24K cellphone bill. Here’s how to avoid international charges Amir Yass was told an international calling plan was added to his cellphone before his trip to Iraq, but something went horribly wrong. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 31, 2023
Comcast and Paramount Reach Carriage Renewal Deal The two sides avoid a service interruption Multichannel News · Dec 30, 2023
A History Of The Beef Between Disney And Elon Musk Bob Iger is already in a fight with Florida, and now he's battling a billionaire in Elon Musk. Cinemablend · Dec 22, 2023
'Next TV's' 10 Most Read Stories From 2023 Bankruptcies. Cord cutting. Ratings collapses. In 2023, we went negative, and you came with us Broadcasting & Cable · Dec 22, 2023
YouTube to MVPDs: Thanks for the Lift Pay TV integrations have helped the powerful video service thrive in the living room Multichannel News · Dec 22, 2023
Prospect of 'Warnamount' Merger Spawns Collective 'Meh' From Wall Street Noted one equity analyst, 'Desperate times for media companies are leading them to explore desperate measures' Broadcasting & Cable · Dec 21, 2023
Kiplinger · Dec 20, 2023 Comcast Discloses Breach Affecting About 36 Million Accounts Comcast confirmed a breach exposing the personal information of 36 million U.S. Xfinity account holders.
PC Gamer · Dec 20, 2023 Yikes: Xfinity has suffered a data breach exposing the usernames, hashed passwords and potentially even partial Social Security numbers of 36 million internet subscribers "Nearly all" of Xfinity's internet customers are affected, reports CBS.
TV Tech · Dec 19, 2023 Comcast Data Breach May Have Impacted 35.8M User IDs Comcast is informing its Xfinity customers of a major data breach but says that it is not "aware of any customer data being leaked anywhere"
Top News · Dec 19, 2023 Xfinity Data Breach: Hackers Exploit Software Vulnerability, Customer Information Compromised Xfinity customers' personal information compromised in a cyberattack. Hackers exploit software vulnerability. Urgent password resets and enhanced security ...
The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023 Xfinity notifies its customers of data breach linked to software vulnerability Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week
Cinemablend · Dec 18, 2023 Universal May Be Planning Yet Another New Theme Park Project, And The Location Makes Sense Universal is reportedly expanding its theme park presence to a fitting location.
Broadcasting & Cable · Dec 18, 2023 Genius Move? Amazon Reportedly in Talks to Bail Out Bankrupt Bally Sports RSNs Amazon may be close to acquiring a huge chunk of live NBA, MLB and NHL sports rights from a suitor that doesn't have a lot of leverage
Multichannel News · Dec 18, 2023 Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture An up-to-date look at the TVOS JV being launched by America’s biggest cable operators
T3 · Dec 18, 2023 Sky TV users will lose a major streaming app in January Sky's owner Comcast has decided to pull the plug on the Peacock service in the UK
Multichannel News · Dec 15, 2023 Independent FETV May Be Dropped by Comcast In Some Markets Network claims cable operator is seeking fee for carriage
Top News · Dec 14, 2023 Chamber & Comcast Contest Net Neutrality Reinstatement Plan The stage is set for a clash of the titans as the US Chamber and Comcast draw their battle lines, vowing to defy the revival of net neutrality.