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- Comcast launches Streampix video service [Inquirer] — Billed as competition for Netflix, which played out in stocks.
- Comcast to start new minority-owned cable channels [Wall Street Journal] — “Comcast will launch four minority-owned networks on its cable-TV systems in the next two years, including channels spearheaded by music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and NBA great Magic Johnson.” Perspective from Gawker here and more details here.
- Comcast makes good on diversity promise – will it pay? [Reuters]
- FCC Tells Verizon, Comcast, AT&T To Work Harder To Prevent Hacks, Data Theft [Reuters]
- T-Mobile asks FCC to block Verizon-cable deal [Boston.com] — “T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon’s planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies for $3.9 billion.”
- Google Aims to Offer Kansas City TV [Wall Street Journal] — Seen as an attempt to offer cable TV-like packages. H/T Philly Post
- Bibb Says Comcast Has `Little Confidence’ in Streampix [Bloomberg business video] — Watch below.
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