Comcast expected to raise $2.95B from bond sales [Comcast Roundup]

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• Comcast Piles on More Long-Term Debt [Wall Street Journal] [Behind paywall] “Comcast is expected to raise $2.95 billion in the investment-grade bond market on Tuesday by selling 10-, 20-, and 30-year bonds, according to people familiar with the matter. The new issuance come less than two months after the cable operator sold $250 million worth of 49-year bonds.”
  
• Intel confirms TV partnership with Comcast [ZDNet] “Intel has confirmed it has partnered with Comcast so the company’s future chips will be able to stream live television without the need for additional hardware.”