Comcast Corporation

Leaked Tennis Channel email compares Comcast to 'brutal captor'

2013-06-13 06:00:00

Ken Solomon, chief executive of the small Tennis Channel, regrets the 4 a.m. email blast he sent staff members of the Santa Monica-based network. Solomon composed the email last month from his Paris hotel room, hours after the Court of Appeals for the...

Fox wraps upfront advertising sales at nearly $1.8 billion

2013-06-12 13:19:00

The Fox broadcast network, which suffered a prime-time ratings free-fall during the just completed TV season, has closed out its upfront advertising sales with its total haul falling short of last year's auction. Despite its ratings woes, Fox was able...

Cable industry to discuss challenges — and hear from Jennifer Lopez

2013-06-10 03:00:00

The cable industry’s annual gathering is usually a celebration of new technologies, popular programming and sunny projections for growth. But when top pay-TV executives gather in Washington�for the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn....

Upfront advertising sales heat up; CBS nearing finish line

2013-06-07 15:03:00

The broadcast television advertising market is in full swing, with the top-rated CBS network once again leading the pack. By Friday afternoon, CBS was close to finishing its advance advertising sales for the 2013-14 television season, notching rate...

Scorched 'Earth'! Finke and Deadline split? RIP Jean Stapleton.

2013-06-03 06:51:00

After the coffee. Before deciding if I should try 'The Killing' again. The Skinny: Pretty good episodes of "Mad Men" and "Veep" last night. I would have liked them better if I wasn't working while they were on! Monday's headlines include the box office...

Comcast still world's No. 1 pay-TV operator, but maybe not for long

2013-06-03 13:04:00

Comcast Corp. remained the world's largest pay-TV provider last year with nearly 22 million subscribers, but the Philadelphia-based giant soon could lose that bragging right to an Asian company. Explosive growth in the number of pay-TV customers in Asia...

'Fast & Furious 6' drives Universal past $1 billion internationally

2013-06-01 09:00:00

With a turbo boost from "Fast & Furious 6," Universal Pictures has zoomed past the $1-billion mark for the year at the international box office earlier than ever before. Universal crossed the mark Friday, its international marketing and distribution arm...

Comcast scores a victory over Tennis Channel in court

2013-05-28 20:06:00

Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable operator, won a unanimous court victory in its long-running legal match with independently owned Tennis Channel Inc. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Tennis Channel...

Comcast has a few cards to play in Hulu sale process

2013-05-31 13:47:00

While News Corp. and Walt Disney Co. consider offers for Hulu from several companies including Time Warner Cable, Yahoo and DirecTV, what all this means for the third owner of the online video site — Comcast Corp. — remain a mystery. Comcast...

NBCUniversal hires former Disney executive Russell Hampton

2013-06-05 14:23:00

NBCUniversal has hired Russell Hampton, a former top consumer products executive at the Walt Disney Co., to help bolster merchandising and mobile content strategies for the Comcast Corp.-owned media company. Hampton, who until a year ago served as...

Hulu TV apps get a new look and a kids section

2013-06-01 09:05:00

Hulu Plus has refined its user interface for Samsung Smart TVs, newer Blu-ray players and Roku devices. The online video streaming service said the changes make it easier to discover shows through a better search feature, larger thumbnails and slicker...

Comcast aces Tennis Channel! Google's Hollywood moment is here.

2013-05-29 07:21:00

After the coffee. Before listening to another media investment conference. The Skinny: I was watching "Brooklyn DA," the CBS documentary series, Tuesday night, hoping for a crossover episode with the cast of "Girls," but no such luck. Tuesday's...

Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts speaks at the Cable Show 2013 convention in Washington, D.C.

2013-06-11 00:00:00

Name: Global Spectrum Headquarters: Philadelphia R�sum�: Global Spectrum was created in 2000 when Comcast Corp. purchased a majority interest in Globe Facility Services of Tampa, Fla.

2012-12-14 08:16:00

Jay Dirkmaat has been named vice president of business services for Comcast Corporation's greater Chicago region. He will be responsible for Comcast's commercial business in the region.

2012-10-11 12:02:00