Universal Studios changes course on early movie release due to theater concerns: Comcast Roundup

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• Comcast’s MyTV Choice: Is this the future of pay TV bundling? [Gigaom] — “Comcast is testing out a new type of pay TV bundling that gives users the ability to pick and choose which types of content they want to pay for month after month. The MyTV Choice trial, which was just introduced in Comcast’s Charleston, S.C. market, isn’t true a la carte offering, as some folks like to think of it, but it’s a step toward more personalized programming choices becoming available to customers.”
• Universal Delays On-Demand Test Plan [Media Decoder: New York Times] — “For Comcast, it was a hard lesson in movie industry politics: on Wednesday its Universal Studios unit, under severe pressure from theater owners, suddenly tabled a plan to allow the early release on video-on-demand of its forthcoming film “Tower Heist” in two test markets.” We first told you about the plans last week.

• Comcast to Swing Xcalibur Wide in 2012 [LightReading] — “Comcast’s next-generation, Web-capable video platform, Xcalibur, is still contained to one small test market, but the MSO intends to deploy it widely sometime next year. “
• Thoughts on the Passing of Steve Jobs [Comcast blog] — Comcast CEO Brian Roberts shares a short note of sympathy over last week’s passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
• Comcast’s ThePlatform Hires Pair Of Execs [Multichannel News] — “ThePlatform, Comcast’s Internet-video publishing subsidiary, announced the hiring of Mike Horwitz as vice president of engineering and Tina Santos as general counsel. “
• Comcast-Spectacor Completes High-Definition Upgrade to Scoreboard HD Control Room at Wells Fargo Center with Sony Electronics Technology [PR Newswire] More from Broadcasting and Cable here.
• Comcast Ventures Appoints Warner Head Of Communications [Multichannel News] — “Comcast Ventures announced the appointment of Tina Warner, who has worked at companies including Microsoft and Match.com, as head of communications, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. “
• Comcast Welcomes NANOG and ARIN to Philadelphia [Comcast blog] — Welcomes two internet security conferences to Philadelphia
• Comcast VoD Coming to TiVo [LightReading]