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Communications Giants Offer Free Calls to Japan

Responding to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint are providing free phone calls to the country. "We have seen an increase in the number of calls made by our customers to family, friends and colleagues in Japan who have been touched by the events that occurred...

Keith Olbermann Departure: The Online Reaction

Even as he says goodbye to MSNBC, Keith Olbermann, an outspoken liberal TV personality, is drawing plenty of comments on the Web – both positive and furiously negative. Using descriptions ranging from "one of the great haters in the media" to "a victim of his own success," media commentators, bloggers and ordinary...

Opinion: When Comcast Rules the World

When the Federal Communications Commission approved the Comcast/NBC merger earlier this week, it set off all the usual complaints from all the usual suspects. You should be afraid! You should be mad!! Too much content control under one roof!!! Poppycock. So what if one company owns ... 10 TV and movie production studios...

FCC Approves Comcast-NBC Deal: 5 Questions on the Merger Answered

The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-1 today in favor of a merger between Comcast and NBC Universal, creating a "media powerhouse" that some fear strikes a serious blow to the future of net neutrality. The Justice Department, which is also required to sign off on the merger, approved the plan later in the...

Netflix Provider Level 3 Enters Net Neutrality Spat With Comcast

(Nov. 30) -- Net neutrality: still unsolved. Level 3 Communications, a company that delivers Netflix movies and television programs to Web customers, has accused Comcast of imposing an unfair fee on streaming video, the New York Times reported Monday evening. "With this action, Comcast demonstrates the risk of a 'closed'...

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Comcast video on-demand comes to Boston area TiVo Premieres Monday

Now that Comcast has started delivering its video on-demand to TiVo Premieres , the company has now revealed the second area where access will be turned on is Boston, starting Monday.

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Gene Marks: How About National BIG Business Week?

When I worked at KPMG, the big international accounting and consulting firm, there was one senior manager who made me report to his office every morning so he could "inspect" me.

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BodyMedia Raises $12 Million Funding Round Led By Comcast Ventures

BodyMedia , one of the growing number of companies that offers wearable body sensors, just announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round led by Comcast Ventures.

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Verizon's Viewdini for Android hunts streaming video on Comcast Xfinity, Hulu and Netflix, strains our 4G

Verizon Wireless today introduced viewdini, an innovative portal that creates a new entertainment choice for consumers by making it simple to search and view movies, television shows, and other video on mobile devices.

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Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, And Others Will Share Wi-Fi Hot Spots

Imagine for a moment that you are sitting in your front yard in a lawn chair, sipping lemonade while attempting to read the latest news on your WiFi-only iPad.

Comcast Corp News From the Web

05/27/12 Dave Matthews Band @ The Comcast Theatre Source: Hartford Advocate - Hartford CT
05/27/12 OpenCape's benefits touted at community forum in... Source: Wicked Local Truro - Truro MA In the 1850s, if you didn't have a train station in your town, your town was dead, Dan Gallagher, CEO of OpenCape, told members of the Wellfleet Community Forum last week.
05/27/12 For the Participant, May 27: A list of events in... Source: The Patriot-News - Harrisburg PA The For The Participant section is now available online.
05/27/12 Business Acct Exec 1, SMB Direct Sales (Denver, CO)... Source: Communications Technology - Cable360 Increase sales of all Comcast commercial broadband services, commercial video products and telephony products to new, former and existing Comcast small business customers.
05/27/12 Coord 2, Ad Sales Analysis -Spotlight? Sales Support?... Source: Communications Technology - Cable360 Comcast Spotlight is the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable.

Background on Comcast Corp

Comcast Corporation (, ) is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and third largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, telephone service and home security [in some areas] to both residential and commercial customers in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

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