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- Philadelphia 76ers sold by Comcast unit [Philadelphia Business Journal] — Comcast-Spectacor comes to “an agreement to sell the Sixers to a group led by Joshua Harris, co-founder of Apollo Global Management”
- Can Comcast Stop Losing Video Subscribers? [Light Reading Cable]– H/T Philly Tech News
- FCC Bureau Seeks Fine for Comcast in Tennis Channel Dispute [Bloomberg] — “Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), the largest U.S. pay TV service, favored its own sports programming over the Tennis Channel in violation of federal rules and should be forced to distribute the network on equal terms, regulators said. “
- Netflix criticizes new Internet billing by bits [Post Tech: Washington Post] — “In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Netflix General Counsel David Hyman, wrote that new data tiers by ISPs such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon don’t reflect how much it costs to actually increase bandwidth on networks.”
- OH My! Omnicom, Horizon Team Up To Pitch Comcast [MediaPost: Media Daily News] — “… two of the [marketing] industry’s biggest and fiercest competitors — Omnicom Media Group and Horizon Media- – have teamed up to jointly pitch Comcast’s estimated $1.4 billion media services account.”
- Comcast to hike rates 3.3% for cable TV customers [Lancaster Intelligencer Journal] — Starting in portions of Pennsylvania.
- Comcast Xfinity Featured in FCC Technology Experience Center [Comcast blog]
- How Will the TV News Industry Evolve Over the Next 15 Years? [Comcast blog] — Watch video interviews of MSNBC staff below
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Companies:
Netflix, Tennis Channel
People:
David Hyman, Joshua Harris
