Comcast reported its customer numbers unexpectedly declined in Q3 amid tough competition, overshadowing a strong performance from its streaming and parks businesses and sending shares of the company down nearly 6 per cent. The group shed 18,000 broadband customers in the third quarter, against estimates for a gain of 3,600. Comcast said it expects “somewhat […]

CommScope has reached a new milestone with Comcast in the development of its DOCSIS 4.0 Full-Duplex DOCSIS (FDX) amplifiers. Comcast generated speeds exceeding symmetrical 4Gbps in lab testing, using CommScope MiniBridger FDX amplifiers in a six-amplifier cascade to emulate a typical plant design. The achievement highlights a multi-year FDX amplifier development effort between the two […]

Comcast has announced it will begin to introduce the first residential customers in the world to next-generation Internet powered by DOCSIS 4.0 technology. The latest version of DOCSIS technology can deliver multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds to customers over the connections that already exist in tens of millions of homes in Comcast markets across the US. As […]

Disney and Comcast have failed to reach a price that both will be happy with for US streaming service Hulu. In an SEC filing Disney disclosed that the companies will both hire outside investment banking firms to come up with a sale price if the two companies couldn’t agree on a price. Those two firms’ […]

LiveRamp and FreeWheel have partnered to introduce a new solution that enables advertisers to buy a greater amount of addressable advertising inventory in the connected television sector. This is a new global partnership. The core offering includes FreeWheel incorporating support for LiveRamp’s identifier, RampID, powered by LiveRamp’s Authenticated Traffic Solution publisher partners into FreeWheel’s TV […]

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has announced the launch of a new cloud-based Managed Channel Origination service for customers across EMEA. Combining Sky’s regional infrastructure and operations with the capabilities of CTS, it enables media companies to outsource and modernise the creation, management, and distribution of linear TV and OTT video channels via a fully managed […]

Comcast and The Walt Disney Company are to bring forward the start date to decide the valuation of Hulu from January 2024 to the end of September 2023. Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said Comcast will base the sale of its 33 per cent stake in the joint venture on a valuation of over $30 […]

Comcast’s quarterly revenue beat estimates helped by higher theme park attendance and the big theatrical releases of The Super Mario Bros Movie and Fast X. Shares were up 3.5 per cent in premarket trading. But cord cutting continued and Peacock losses widened. Total revenue rose 1.7 per cent to $30.51 billion (€27.39bn) in the quarter. […]

Audience measurement, data and analytics specialist Nielsen has agreed a multi-year data licence renewal with Comcast Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, Nielsen will expand its use of Comcast’s return path data (RPD) in its national and local television and cross-media measurement services via its de-duplicated, audience measurement solution, Nielsen One. Nielsen will also […]

NBCUniversal has announced the strategic expansion of its global One Platform technology and content offering, enabling marketers to manage multi-market campaigns across addressable linear TV, CTV, and premium digital video ad inventory in a single buy. In partnership with FreeWheel, marketers now have access to global and local content from over 190 countries spanning Europe, […]