“Internet Plus” plan costs $50 per month.
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Here’s How You’ll Be Able To Watch TV On Twitter
Twitter and Comcast hook up
There’s Just One Problem with Comcast’s Rumored Anti-Piracy Plan
Not fully satisfied with the anti-piracy effort known as “six strikes,” Comcast is reportedly looking into another approach.
Broadcasters, Here’s How to Kill Aereo. Cable Providers, Here’s How to Make People Hate You Less.
How to improve the lives of media companies, service providers, technology companies and the consumers who are trapped in the middle of all this nonsense.
What a Deal: Comcast Won’t Charge You for Helping Build Out Its Public Wi-Fi Network
If you’re a Comcast subscriber, you’ll soon be able to turn your home into a part of Comcast’s network of Wi-Fi hotspots. And it won’t cost you a dime extra.
Comcast Joins 21st Century with ‘X1’ and ‘Project Dayview’ TV Interfaces
I live in a mystical, mysterious section of the world referred to simply as “Boston” by the townspeople. In this strange land, we have but one option for cable TV – we call it “Comcast” – yet whispers of newfangled fusions of …
Netflix CEO Takes Swing at Comcast Xfinity over Net Neutrality
If you own the highway as well as several of the vehicles that use it, is it fair to tax everyone except your drivers? That’s essentially what Comcast did when it decided to exempt its TV-based Xfinity “On Demand” service for the …
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TiVo Gets Comcast’s Xfinity on Demand
I have a gazillion boxes of various sorts connected to the two TVs in our household, but the longest-serving one is my TiVo DVR. I got it when I moved into my present home and signed up for Comcast cable TV — and I still …
New Comcast Service Aims at Netflix as Video Wars Heat Up
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is launching a new video-on-demand service aimed squarely at Netflix, in a move that illustrates accelerating competition for advantage over the digital living room.
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Comcast Extends ‘Low-Income’ Internet Service Nationwide
It’s called ‘Internet Essentials’ and if you have at least one child receiving free school lunches, you may qualify to sign up for what’s essentially cable service provider Comcast’s $9.95-a-month Internet plan. That’s a savings of about $20 a month, since it’s the same plan, feature-wise, as the one everyone else pays $30 a month …
Comcast Sues DirecTV over False NFL Advertising
DirecTV is being sued for false advertising over its recent claim that subscribers will be able to watch its NFL Sunday Ticket service for free.
“Free” in this case means a two-year subscription with the second year at full-price, and with a cancellation fee should you try and get out earlier. So far so usual, right? Well, yes, except …
Comcast Bringing Skype Messaging, Video Calling to TVs
The entertainment industry’s been pretty lethargic about bringing big-screen, high-definition video calling to living rooms en masse. It’s been left to video game hardware manufacturers via set-top boxes to do the job, be they video chats with up to six people using Sony’s PlayStation 3, or Video Kinect using Microsoft’s motion-sensing …