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Comcast Technology Solutions selected by AccuWeather

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has announced that AccuWeather has selected CTS’ Managed Channel Origination (MCO) service to create, manage, and distribute linear TV, on-demand and OTT video channels to audiences across North America. CTS’ Managed Channel Origination delivers a fully managed 24×7 service aimed at improving operational efficiency, reducing capital expenses, and future-proofing customers’ ability […]

May 30, 2024

Comcast reveals StreamSaver launch date, price

Comcast has announced that its new streaming bundle of Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, known as Xfinity StreamSaver, will be available to new and existing Xfinity Internet and TV customers in the US from May 29th. StreamSaver includes a subscription to Netflix Standard with ads, Peacock Premium, and Apple TV+, delivering a savings of over […]

May 22, 2024

Comcast bundles Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+

Comcast has announced it will launch a new bundled streaming offering in the US giving subscribers access to content from Apple TV+, Peacock and Netflix in one place. Speaking at MoffettNathanson’s 2024 Media, Internet and Communications Conference, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts revealed the bundle will be called StreamSaver and will be sold at “a vastly […]

May 15, 2024

Disney, Comcast call in Hulu ref

Disney and Comcast are looking for a financial adviser they are both happy with to resolve a dispute over how to value the 33 per cent stake in streaming platform Hulu that the former will acquire from the latter, reports Reuters. The companies struck a deal for Hulu in 2023 but Comcast and Disney are […]

May 7, 2024

Report: 46% EU viewers frustrated finding new TV content

Comcast Advertising and FreeWheel have released a report titled, Content Discovery in a Multiscreen TV World: Surfing and Scrolling in a Sea of Content. This global report analyses trends of how consumers navigate and discover TV content across traditional and streaming in the US and five European countries (UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy). The […]

May 1, 2024

Peacock subs up 55% YoY

US media conglomerate Comcast has reported its Q1 results. Net income rose 0.6 per cent to $3.86 billion (€3.6bn) compared with $3.83 billion  a year earlier. EBITDA declined 0.6 per cent to around $9.4 billion. The company’s revenue grew to $30.06 billion, up 1.2 per cent on the same period last year. Comcast reported that […]

April 26, 2024

Rogers to bring Xfinity products to Canada

Rogers Communications has announced a 10-year agreement with Comcast to bring the latest Xfinity products and technology to Canadians. “Our partnership with Comcast builds on our legacy of bringing Canadians the best networks, entertainment and services in the world,” said Tony Staffieri, President and CEO, Rogers Communications. “Canadians want to be connected to the best entertainment, anywhere, […]

April 25, 2024

Comcast launches NOW brand in US

Comcast has rolled out its NOW brand in the US, offering Internet, mobile and streaming TV products that consumers can purchase month-to-month, whenever they want. Comcast explains that NOW Internet “is a prepaid service that provides more reliability than fixed wireless options for a better price”; and NOW Mobile is a new prepaid service that […]

April 18, 2024

Comcast Advertising launches Signal Authentication Service

Comcast Advertising, the advertising division of Comcast Cable, has announced the launch of its new Signal Authentication Service, which aims to provide measurement companies and platforms with a reliable identity signal that can be used across multiple privacy-forward use cases – namely impression householding for accurate reach and frequency measurement, cross-device frequency optimisation and attribution […]

March 1, 2024

tvScientific raises $9.4m in convertible note funding

tvScientific, the performance advertising platform for connected TV (CTV), has announced that the company had raised $9.4 million (€8.6m) in a convertible note funding round that included new investors S4S Ventures, BDMI, and Progress Ventures joining investors including NBCU/Comcast, Norwest Capital Partners, Aperiam Ventures and Hearst Ventures. With tvScientific, advertisers can buy and execute performance […]

February 29, 2024