The Redskins own a Comcast cable channel and have deals with local Fox and NBC affiliates.
"The scale of Xfinity Watchathon Week is enormous, " said Maggie Suniewick, Vice President, Video Services, Comcast Cable.
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers.
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Comcast Cable Communications is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers.
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She says speeds are comparable with those of her outage-prone Comcast cable modem, and faster than the DSL hookup at her job.
From my simple home connection consisting of a Comcast cable modem and wi-fi I can watch anything on Hulu.com without those annoying mid-streams pauses.
But if I were to replace my Comcast cable subscription with an Internet-only service, I would then begin to cut into my Comcast Internet data cap.
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses.
Users with Verizon FiOS or Comcast cable television have a particular advantage, since the majority of channels from these providers are sent with a 'copy freely' flag.
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The movie would have only been available to Comcast cable subscribers in Portland and Atlanta (Comcast owns Universal) but even the experimental video-on-demand offer put theater owners on edge.
Viewers can watch KPIX's HD newscasts over the air on channel 5.1, on Comcast cable channel 705 on DirecTV on channel 5.1 and on Dish Network on channel 5.1.
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Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal.
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Comcast also announced the creation of Comcast Entertainment Group (CEG), which will house Comcast's interest in the joint venture and will stand alongside Comcast Cable, which operates the company's traditional cable business.
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"Devices supporting the DLNA premium content guidelines can access premium services using XG1 set-top boxes with the AnyRoom DVR service that Comcast has begun deploying, " said Tony Werner, EVP and CTO, Comcast Cable.
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Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable Communications and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal.
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Through their strategic partnerships, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal are taking the lead in the TV viewing companion app market by bringing their customers and tens of millions of viewers across hundreds of channels.
"Comcast was the first video provider to create technology that enabled us to deliver content to customers where and when they want it across any viewing experience, " said Neil Smit, President and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable.
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Comcast Cable Chief Executive Neil Smit said at a conference last month that his company will work with Verizon Wireless to develop and integrate new products, giving Comcast "a very important strategic competitive advantage, " according to a transcript.
"Through the launch of WatchESPN, as well as the overall multi-year Disney relationship we announced earlier this year, we are providing millions of customers the opportunity to get more sports and entertainment programming across multiple platforms, " said Matt Strauss, Senior Vice President, Digital and Emerging Platforms, Comcast Cable.
With the club comes ownership of venerable Wrigley Field, plus a 25% stake in the Comcast SportsNet cable station.
This significant increase in movie content will begin launching in Comcast's Xfinity markets in Philadelphia and Washington, DC, and will continue rolling out to Comcast Digital Cable customers across the country.
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RipeTV will debut in 6 million Comcast digital cable homes early next year as a video-on-demand service, letting viewers pull down any one of 10 shows or all 4 episodes of one series or the entire 40 shows offered each month.
Although Comcast's cable networks business benefits from higher distribution fees, those fees mean higher costs for Comcast because the company is also the nation's largest provider of cable-TV services to homes.
Although Comcast's cable networks business benefits from higher distribution fees, those fees mean higher costs for Comcast because the company is also the nation's largest provider of cable TV services to homes.
For Epix, which has struggled to gain carriage deals from traditional cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner Cable since its launch late last year, it provides both a cash infusion and another (markedly higher profile) distribution platform for an extensive library of flicks from its partners, Paramount, Lionsgate, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
But it may also spark renewed price competition between broadband service providers, such as phone companies like Verizon Communications pushing digital subscriber line service, and cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner offering cable modem service.
Added to cable and satellite operators, such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable, Netflix has now taken up the likes of tech's big dogs, Apple and Google.
Comcast and other cable operators have also mulled acquiring a major wireless carrier.
Comcast and other cable operators are increasingly focusing on broadband, where profit margins tend to be higher than the video business because they aren't burdened by high television programming costs.
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Last week, Bloomberg reported that the company was in talks on a transaction in which Comcast and other cable companies would invest in Sprint, which would then snap up the remaining Clearwire shares.
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