You may trust Comcast to provide you with your television, phone and internet, but would you trust the company to keep your house safe? After a trial in Houston last year, Comcast will announce today that it plans to expand its Xfinity Home Security service to six additional cities throughout the U.S., offering customers not only piece …
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Comcast On Demand Hits 20 Billion Views, but What Are People Watching?
Congratulations, Comcast! Your On Demand service has just passed its 20 billionth view since its launch in 2003. For comparison, iTunes has sold around 12 billion songs since it was launched in 2001 – and, even though you’re celebrating with a sweepstakes that will offer winners tickets to movie premieres or walk-on roles in 30Rock (Note …
‘Pirate Bay’ Website Blocked by Comcast and Other Providers? [UPDATE]
Reports are trickling out that the world’s most notorious file-sharing website, the Pirate Bay, is being blocked by various internet service providers in North America. TorrentFreak.com says that Comcast users here in the U.S. are unable to access the site, as are “many Rogers users in Canada.”
I’m a Comcast subscriber and I can …
Netflix Becoming Largest Subscription Entertainment Company
Chances are, you’re paying for both cable and Netflix but recent data suggests that more people are doing the latter than the former. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Netflix’s paid subscriber base should surpass 23 million, besting the 22.8 million of leading cable provider Comcast. Sirius XM’s also up there with 20 million subscribers loyal …
Apple, Comcast, Others Dissed Over Government Privacy
Apple, Comcast, MySpace, Skype and Verizon are most willing to throw users under the bus when it comes to privacy, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Looking to rally users around the issue of privacy, the EFF has drawn up a handy chart for how tech companies respond to government requests for data. The advocacy group has also …
Fastest Yet? Comcast Deploys 105Mbps Internet, But It’ll Cost You
Who wants to pay $200 a month for the fastest residential Internet money can buy? Fearless Comcast customers, that’s who. “Fearless” in the sense that they’d have to be utterly unafraid to throw hundreds of dollars in monthly access fees after speeds they’ll only see in ideal client-server scenarios.
But if you’re feeling intrepid …
Comcast CEO: We’re Not Launching Netflix Competitor, But We Like Netflix Revenue
Netflix Instant isn’t offering anything that NBC hasn’t been offering for years, according to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts – but that isn’t the reason why Comcast won’t be going to go down a similar route, as it turns out.
Roberts seemed impressively calm about online video streaming in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, …
Will Hulu Become An Online Cable Provider?
Just because Hulu may be a leader in the field of Internet TV doesn’t mean that it’s resting on its laurels – or that it won’t be torn apart by internal disagreements. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Hulu is undergoing a number of behind-the-scenes arguments that could result in massive changes in direction for the company in …
Comcast Invests In Indie VoD Company
Comcast’s merger with NBC Universal may be the focus of a lot of concern surrounding the cable company’s impact on Video on Demand, but it’s clearly not the only place people should be looking. The company has just invested in SnagFilms, an online video distribution site that’s previously specialized in making documentary films available …
Disney Latest Complainant To FCC About Comcast/NBC Merger
The FCC have yet another voice demanding to be heard when it comes to the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal merger: the Walt Disney Company. Disney VP of government relations, Susan Fox, spent part of Wednesday talking to staff members of FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker, to share her concerns about what the merger could mean for …
TV Networks Upset Over Comcast App
You’d think that Comcast would’ve learned from Google’s mistakes, but apparently not. The cable company’s new Xfinity TV app for the iPad is currently under fire from broadcasters and content providers unhappy with an app that streams their programs live or on-demand without their permission.
According to Mediaweek, a presentation of …
Level 3 Goes To FCC Over Fight With Comcast
The argument between Netflix partner Level 3 and Comcast over carriage fees looks set to get a lot uglier with the news that Level 3 has asked the FCC to step in and put conditions on Comcast’s merger with NBC Universal. The company is asking the FCC to enforce on Comcast a five year period where interconnection agreements would be made …