Comcast Roundup: TV Everywhere rollout imminent, Comcast a “small player” and More

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Comcast’s TV Everywhere, the subscription-required streaming TV Web site that has seen collaboration from a host of big name content providers in recent months, is near enough to completion for ZDNet to report that it will be released on a limited basis in the next 30 to 60 days. Inquire business columnist Joe DiStefano brings to light an MSNBC story suggesting that online video competitor Hulu could be a natural partner to bolster the business, while others say the site should go it alone and charge for content.
After the jump, a Wharton professor calls Comcast a “small player,” the company seeks to acquire content creators and five other stories about the ‘Cast.

• The Inquirer’s DiStefano also reports on analysis from Wharton marketing professor Peter S. Fader, who says fears over a Comcast monopoly or other power grabs from the telecommunications giant are overplayed, calling the MSO “a fairly small player.”
• Hunting for a hint about a big purchase, Bloomberg News reports that Comcast’s COO said the company would consider buying another cable operator for a “good price,” which is about as much as an obvious lede as any credible journalist can get away with. H/T Philly Tech News
• The Wall Street Journal adds to news from the conference call COO Stephen Burke had with investors, quoting Burke as saying they are looking mostly to bolster their content creation business.
• Multichannel News reports that Minneapolis and St. Paul will see a 100-mbps commercial-tier Internet service from Comcast. That is the company’s “fastest ever high-speed Internet service,” according to an e-mail to Technically Philly from Comcast spokesman Charlie Douglas, noting that, while, yes, it’s beginning in the Twin Cities as a trial, the service will spread market by market thereafter.
• Broadband DSL Reports notes that rate hike season is upon us and Comcast is no exception. Washington state users are up first.

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