Comcast
Comcast ($CMCSA) is a multi-national mass communications corporation based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company owns or operates Xfinity, NBC Universal, Telemundo and Sky Group.
Best Buy starts selling Xumo-powered TVs from Hisense
Best Buy has started selling a Hisense-made Xumo TV set, with a 55-inch model going for less than $350.
Yalda Hakim leaves BBC for Sky News
Journalist Yalda Hakim is leaving the BBC for a new role as the presenter of a global news program at Sky News.
Networks, streamers band together to oppose FCC changes
The Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition pits major broadcast network owners against local affiliate groups in the fight over the streaming television industry's future.
Comcast loses 543,000 video customers during Q2
Comcast continues to shed pay television customers — and, surprisingly, also lost broadband customers during Q2 2023.
NBC pulls new “Law & Order,” other scripted series from schedule
NBC has revealed an updated Fall schedule that relies heavily on reality shows, talent competitions, factual programming and re-runs.
Comcast to raise price of streaming service Peacock
Comcast is implementing a price hike that will impact subscribers of its streaming service Peacock.
Comcast begins offering Xumo-powered channels on X1
Comcast has begun offering around 20 Xumo-powered, ad-supported streaming channels to its traditional video customers via the X1 platform
FCC examines challenges for independent video programmers
The federal regulator is weighing whether additional rules on the distribution of independent and underrepresented programming are necessary.
Sky News experiments with AI-powered “reporter”
The Comcast-owned channel wanted to see if off-the-shelf AI tools could soon replace human journalists.
Sky Stream boxes coming to Currys retail stores
Comcast's Sky Group will begin selling its latest streaming television device in hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores across the UK.
Sky invests £500 million in content production during 2022
The figure, which included content production across Europe, was released in Sky Group's annual impact report for 2022.
Sky Germany to stop producing original series in 2024
Comcast's pay television company in Germany, Sky Deutschland, will stop producing its own original series next year.