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Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

Comcast Video Subscriber Increase 80,000 in Q4 2016

by Milos Pavlovic

Comcast Cable increased its video subscriber base by 80,000 net in the last quarter of 2016. Subscriber numbers were reported to be the best seen for nine years. High-speed Internet customer net additions were …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Comcast to launch Netflix on X1

by Bob Raikes

Comcast has confirmed that the Netflix service will be available on its X1 devices across the US. Netflix content will be fully integrated into Xfinity On Demand. “The Netflix integration into the X1 platform …

Tags:Cable| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 44

HDR Delivery Pipeline Still Developing

by Chris Chinnock

That’s the conclusion of a recent webcast hosted by Broadband Technology Report that featured Mark Francisco from Comcast, David Price from the UHD Forum and Steve Christian from Verimatrix, a provider of a comprehensive …

Comcast has Best Q2 in 10 Years

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast lost 4,000 net video customers in Q2’16: its best Q2 result for a decade.

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Comcast Is the First to Offer 1080p HDR

by Chris Chinnock

That’s right – High Dynamic Range is coming to Comcast subscribers this summer – and it will be implemented on 1080p video, not UHD video. This possibility has been discussed for some time, but …

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US Pay-TV Shows Small Gains

by Tom Allen

Infomitv‘s Multiscreen Index shows minor subscriber gains for US pay-TV providers in Q1, with an overall net gain of 33,000 customers. The six operators (Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, Time Warner, Verizon Fios and AT&T U-Verse) …

Comcast Launches Xfinity TV Partner Program; Samsung First TV Partner to Join

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast today announced the launch of the Xfinity TV Partner Program to expand the range of retail devices its customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Leveraging open standard technologies, such as …

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Samsung and Roku are First Comcast Xfinity Partners

by Tom Allen

Samsung and Roku have signed up to Comcast’s new Xfinity TV Partner Programme, which expands the range of devices that customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Samsung’s and Roku’s partnership means …

Comcast Releases Its 4Q Results

by Isaac Oburu

Comcast Corporation has announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31,2015. According to the results, video customer net additions were 89,000 and net losses were 36,000.

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Comcast Will Produce UHD HDR STB

by Tom Allen

Comcast has said that it is preparing an HDR-capable UltraHD STB for launch next year. The Xi6 will be ‘more advanced’ than this year’s Xi4, which was Comcast’s first UltraHD STB.

Amazon Seeks to Launch Online TV Service

by Tom Allen

According to Bloomberg, Amazon is looking to create an online pay-TV service. The company is said to have contacted broadcasters such as CBS and NBC Universal about channel carriage. Discussions are still in an …

Tags:Amazon| Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 41