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DEFINITE READS
- Comcast to Buy Blackstone’s Stake in Universal’s Orlando Parks (Exclusive) [The Wrap] — “Comcast is expected to pay between $1 billion to $1.5 billion to become the full owner of Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure”
- Ebersol’s Parting Thoughts [Wall Street Journal: The Daily Fix] — Longtime NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol spills upon his abrupt departure.
- Comcast Ventures: Investing in the Future [Comcast blog] — “We are thrilled to announce today that Comcast Interactive Capital has combined with the Peacock Equity Fund, which is formerly the venture capital affiliate of NBCUniversal and General Electric, into a newly combined fund called Comcast Ventures.” Amy Banse will lead the fund.
MIGHT BE WORTH A READ
- Bloomberg wants network in Comcast’s news-channel groups [Philadelphia Business Journal] — Bloomberg LP “will file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission unless Comcast agrees to include its Bloomberg Television channel in the news-channel groups on its cable-television systems.
- Internet Essentials Kick-off in Chicago [Comcast blog] — Launching a program to offer low-cost, high-speed internet access to low-income Chicagoans
- Comcast Taking Video Delivery Into the Cloud [Gigaom] — Comcast to make its services available using the same technology that powers Netflix and Hulu. H/T Philly Tech News
- Comcast’s Schiller Shifts To Run Digital Ad Sales At NBCU Networks Division [paidContent] — Scott Schiller
- Comcast and Ascent Data Announce Technology Collaboration [PR Newswire] — As Philly Tech News puts it, this is “Comcast’s first foray into enterprise cloud services.”
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