- Stanley Cup Ratings Show NHL Better Off With Comcast Than ESPN [Forbes] “…ESPN never gave hockey the attention it deserved and Comcast, which owned the Philadelphia Flyers, grasped the sport’s potential. The cable company was also adding programming for its regional sports networks and willing to invest in its coverage because it was preparing to take on ESPN by launching a national sports cable channel, now called NBC Sports Network.”
- Comcast takes a stake in a YouTube content provider [Philadelphia Inquirer] “The company is the two-year-old Fullscreen Inc. – which comScore, which provides digital analytics, calls one of the largest independent YouTube networks. Financial terms were not disclosed. Comcast is participating in the venture with the investors Chernin Group and WPP Digital.”
- Tennis Channel CEO: Comcast Battle Like “Being Raped By Brutal Captor” [Deadspin]
- To keep Comcast case alive, lawyers propose a smaller class [Thomson Reuters] ” A loss at the U.S. Supreme Court sent lawyers who represent cable subscribers back to the drawing board to redesign a proposed class action that accuses Comcast Corp of acting like a monopoly in the Philadelphia area. The lawyers are offering to shrink their proposed class from 16 counties in three states down to five counties in Pennsylvania, according to a preliminary description of the proposal reviewed by Reuters.”
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