Yankees exec thanks Trump, Carr after Comcast dispute passes
The head of the New York Yankees has thanked President Trump and FCC Chairman Carr after a carriage dispute with Comcast did not materialize.
The head of the New York Yankees has thanked President Trump and FCC Chairman Carr after a carriage dispute with Comcast did not materialize.
Comcast and Xfinity TV will continue to offer the YES Network for a little while longer, according to a short statement from both companies on Monday.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is urging Comcast and YES Network to sign a new agreement, or he’s threatened to take some kind of action.
Comcast’s multi-view will allow men’s and women’s college basketball fans to stay on top of four games at once.
The FCC intends to use materials obtained from its investigation of Comcast over DEI initiatives to help the agency probe other telecoms and broadcasters on the same issue in the future.
The chairman, Brendan Carr, suggested Comcast’s diversity, equity and inclusiveness programs may violate federal employment law.
Comcast continued to experience subscriber declines in its land-based broadband Internet and cable TV services during the fourth quarter.
The distribution agreement is the first to involve the airing of games from MLS Season Pass on traditional cable and satellite platforms.
Channels that carry TNT Sports programming aren’t available through the package, and many regional sports networks are also missing.
Comcast has introduced a new sports-inclusive TV package that costs $70 per month when paired with an Xfinity Internet subscription.
Comcast’s pay TV subscribers woke up on New Year’s Day with two fewer channels in their programming packages.
Paramount and Comcast have reached a new distribution agreement that will keep Paramount-owned networks on Xfinity TV for a few more years.