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- Internet Essentials from Comcast: Mayor Nutter, CEO Brian Roberts unveil low-cost internet option [Technically Philly] Find a Willow Grove Patch school angle here.
- Comcast Ads Misled Customers, Regulator Says [The Wrap] — “The advertising industry’s self-regulating division has said that Comcast should modify or discontinue claims it makes about its Xfinity service, including those that imply inaccurate comparisons between Xfinity and its competitors.”
- Comcast’s NBC Universal Takeover Approved With Continuing Court Oversight [Bloomberg]
- Judge Enters Comcast–NBCU Final Judgment, With His Own New OVD Condition [Broadcasting and Cable] H/T PTN
- NBCUniversal’s Burke names investment banker to top financial post [Company Town: Los Angeles Times] — “The purging of high-profile General Electric Co. executives from NBCUniversal is complete.NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke on Wednesday put the finishing touches on his senior management team by announcing that Stuart J. Epstein — former managing director of Morgan Stanley and global head of the firm’s media group — would become chief financial officer for the entertainment giant in mid-October.”
- Dick Ebersol Returns to NBC Sports as Advisor [Hollywood Reporter] H/T Philly Tech News
- Comcast Slots SeaChange Into Video Gateways [Light Reading] — Comcast chooses SeaChange ” to power a new line of broadband-connected, hybrid gateways and set-tops that deliver the MSO’s traditional QAM-based video services and a stable of IP-based content”
- Empowering Girls to Win in Science [Comcast blog] — the Comcast Foundation has supported FIRST and this all-girl robotics team from Mount Saint Joseph’s Academy in Flourtown, Pa., which you can watch in action below.
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