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- Comcast to Sell ‘Substantial’ Equity Stake in A&E [Bloomberg] — “Comcast’s NBC Universal entertainment business exercised an option to sell a “substantial” portion of its equity in A&E Television Networks, owner of the Lifetime and History cable channels. “
- Senator Al Franken questions Comcast on Xbox 360 [TG Daily] — “Comedian-turned-Senator Al Franken wants the FCC to look into the way Comcast is offering streaming video on the Xbox 360.”
- Comcast offers ESPN via iPhone, iPad [Inquirer] — “Comcast Corp. made available to its cable-TV subscribers the WatchESPN service for iPhone and iPad devices, part of the TV Everywhere initiative.”
- 7 ways Comcast is killing the cable killers [Gigaom]
- Comcast customers lose access to e-mails; company investigating cause [Newark Star Ledger] — “Comcast e-mail customers throughout the nation have unable to use their e-mail service for hours this afternoon and this evening because of an unknown technical glitch, triggering a deluge of complaints on a customer service forum.”
- NBCU Plans $190 Million In NYC Upgrades Programmer to Renovate 30 Rock, Other Installations over Next Two Years [Multichannel News]
- Comcast’s first-quarter earnings rise 30 percent on Super Bowl advertising, more broadband [Washington Post] — “Comcast Corp., the country’s largest cable company, reported a 30 percent profit increase in the first quarter, beating expectations on the strength of Super Bowl advertising and its popular broadband service.”
- Subscriber data from Internet service providers [Associated Press] — “Comcast Corp. says it added 439,000 Internet subscribers to end with 18.6 million. That was the best quarterly result in four years.”
- Fans file class-action suit against Flyers [Chicago Tribune]
- Comcast lands a sweet Metro Ethernet deal with Sarris Candies [CED] — “Comcast continues to rack up customer wins for its Metro Ethernet service, with the latest addition being Pennsylvania-based Sarris Candies.”
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