How Comcast plans to take over the world; NBC jumps Super Bowl ad prices 15% [Roundup]

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• Verizon Wireless-Comcast Deal Meets Political Resistance  [Wall Street Journal]
• Police: Man Posing As Comcast Technician Takes Cable Box [WUSA] — In Maryland
• Wall Street Reflects on Comcast-NBCUniversal Ahead of Deal’s First Anniversary [Hollywood Reporter]
• Comcast CEO looking to expand global reach [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Comcast Signs Multiyear Extension With Amdocs [Multichannel News] – “Vendor Also Cites Strong Performance in Europe, Emerging Markets”

MIGHT INTEREST

• NBC Channels Marilyn Monroe in Super Bowl Ads to Aid Network [Bloomberg] — “Comcast Corp.’s NBC, the last-place network for seven straight years, will use this weekend’s Super Bowl broadcast to promote a prime-time lineup being remade by entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt.”
• NBC’s price for Super Bowl ads not shocking to advertisers [Philadelphia Business journal] — “NBC is charging 17 percent more for a 30-second Super Bowl ad this Sunday than Fox charged when it had the game last year, Forbes reports.”
• Verizon’s wireless, marketing deal with cable firms to be considered at Senate hearing [Post Tech: Washington Post]
• Internet Essentials Progress Report [Comcast Voices]
• Marin Telecom Agency Battles Comcast Over Fees [MillValley Patch]
• Comcast SportsNet series taps into hatred of Phila. sports fans [Philadelphia Business Journal]
• Comcast-Spectacor leader Luukko makes Billboard power rankings [Philadelphia Business Journal] — Peter Luukko
• Comcast reveals social TV strategy that rewards subscribers in patent application [FierceCable]

GIVE A GLANCE

• The Weather Channel Replaces Its Chief [Media Decoder: New York Times] — NBC Universal co-owns with Bain Capital
• In a Departure, USA Network Plans a Washington Political Drama [Media Decoder: New York Times]
• Comcast Names Amy Lynch as Area Vice President of Comcast California’s Southwest Bay Area [PR Newswire]
• Comcast’s Split-Personality Problem [Daily News]
• Comcast plans to expand eligibility for reduced-price Internet [York Dispatch]
• Comcast Takes Home Security To Mile-High City [Multichannel News] — “‘Xfinity Home’ Service Provides 24-Hour Monitoring, Home Automation Features”
• Comcast going all digital, expanding basic [KeysNet] — “Digital television will soon come to even basic-service cable subscribers of Comcast Corp. in the Florida Keys.”
• Comcast’s Xfinity Celebrates Black History Month With Special Entertainment Choices Across Screens and Devices [BlackNews]