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Traditional Pay TV’s Slow March to Oblivion

by Steve Sechrist

Abysmal Q4-18 subscriber losses reached some 650K by Warner Media (ummm AT&T – DirecTV satellite provider combined with AOL Time Warner remember?). While that number was offset by new (mostly U-Verse home video) subscribers, …

Comcast Becomes Major Shareholder in Sky as Fox Decides to Sell

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has beaten 21st Century Fox at the recent sealed bid auction for Sky, with a bid of £17.28 per share (about $22.50). Comcast initially acquired 30% of Sky shares, while the company’s success …

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Sky Takeover Battle Between Fox and Comcast May Go to Auction

by Andrew Fenn

If it isn’t resolved soon, the battle between Comcast and 21st Century Fox to acquire a majority share of Sky will head to a sealed bid auction, overseen by the UK Takeover Panel. Comcast …

Amazon Prime Video App Coming to Comcast’s Xfinity X1

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform later this year, providing customers with access to the service’s thousands of TV shows and movies. Customers will also be able to search Prime …

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Disney Boosts Fox Offer

by Bob Raikes

Disney has increased its offer for 21st Century Fox to $71.3 billion (€61.6bn) in cash and shares and ahead of the offer for the company by Comcast. The offer is $10 per share more …

Comcast’s Sky Takeover Bid Approved in Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast’s bid to acquire Sky has been approved unconditionally by the European Commission, which found that Sky would only be able to capitalise within acceptable limits from the merger, raising no competition concerns in …

Comcast and Netflix Expand Partnership Following Successful Xfinity X1 Integration

by Damir Lokas

Comcast and Netflix announced an expansion of their partnership that will provide Comcast the ability to include a Netflix subscription in new and existing Xfinity packages. In 2016, Comcast launched Netflix on the X1 …

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Comcast Now Allowed to Offer Combined Netflix Bundles

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast and Netflix have announced an expansion of their partnership that will enable Comcast to include a Netflix subscription in new and existing Xfinity packages. Offers and availability will vary by market and be …

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Comcast Enters Into Sky Bidding War With 21st Century Fox

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has apparently outbid 21st Century Fox in a battle to take over Sky. Fox already owns 39% of Sky, and its application to purchase the remaining 61% is currently under review by the …

Comcast Video Dropped 151,000 Subscribers in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast has reported its results for the quarter and year ending December 31st, 2017. Having seen a relatively healthy uptick in subscriber count in 2016, the platform has seen almost as big a drop …

The VR Ecosystem Develops

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I’ve written about the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) before and covered their Draft VR Guidelines. The current version of this draft is dated November 27, 2017 and can be downloaded here. The VRIF …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Comcast| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Comcast Starts HDR Roll Out

by Bob Raikes

Comcast has started to deploy a new DVR for its X1 platform that can support UltraHD and HDR 10 to new customers. The box is made by Arris and includes an HDMI input as …