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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...

NBC, Comcast Blend Sports Resources

With their much ballyhooed merger now complete, NBC and Comcast have wasted little time consolidating and organizing their sports resources behind a new management team, the company announced Wednesday. The newly formed NBC Sports Group -- which consists of NBC Sports, Versus, the Golf Channel and 11 Comcast SportsNet...

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'...

Background on comcast

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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