Peacock Hit 33 Million Subscribers By The End Of 2020, Just Before 'The Office' Arrived
Peacock subscriber numbers exceeded expectations by hitting 33 million by the end of 2020, and that was before The Office arrived on the service.
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Comcast Has A $100 Million Plan To Fight Injustice And Social Inequality
A $100 million Comcast social justice and equality plan has been unveiled by chairman and CEO Brian Roberts in an effort to fight racism and inequality.
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Comcast Finally Strikes A Deal To Offer HBO Max To Xfinity Cable Subscribers
An HBO Max Comcast deal has finally come together to offer Xfinity and their HBO subscribers easy access to the new streaming service.
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Xfinity Offering 10,000 Free TV Shows And Movies Next Week, Including Select Shows From Hulu, Showtime, And Starz
Comcast's annual Xfinity Watchathon will feature 10,000 free shows & movies for Xfinity customers, including episodes of Hulu shows for the first time ever.
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Comcast's Sky Halts All International Drama Productions Until 2021 – Could Others Follow Suit?
Comcast Sky productions that film internationally have been halted until spring 2021 due to coronavirus concerns, impacting shows like Netflix's You.
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NBCUniversal's Peacock Streaming Service Launches For Comcast Customers Today, Most Originals Delayed Until 2021 [Updated]
An early Peacock launch has been set for Comcast customers, while the real launch, with most of the streaming platforms originals, won't come until 2021.
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Coronavirus Updates: Top Comcast, NBCUniversal Executives Donate Salaries; Disney Donates Masks, Furloughs Film Crews
Here are the coronavirus updates on how the entertainment industry is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and its economic effects.
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Disney Has Full Operational Control Of Hulu Now
After a deal with Comcast in a "put/call" agreement, a Disney Hulu ownership has been finalized, with the House of Mouse taking full operational control.
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Disney Could End Up Owning All Of Hulu, May Also Buy Your Organs
We might see Disney owning Hulu entirely with discussions happening between Comcast and the House of Mouse for the remaining 33% of the streamer.
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Streaming News: Streaming Subscriptions Beat Cable In 2018; Comcast Has Their Own Streaming Service; And More
Streaming beats cable, Comcast launches their own streaming service, and Playstation Vue's multiscreen feature is coming to Apple TV.
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Comcast Drops Out Of Fox Bidding, Clearing The Path For Disney [Updated]
A potential Comcast Fox deal will not happen, because Comcast has officially dropped out of the bidding for 21st Century Fox's media assets.
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Fox Accepts Disney's $71.3 Billion Bid For 21st Century Fox, Topping Comcast's Latest Offer [Updated]
Looks like the Comcast Fox deal has fallen through. A new report indicates that Fox has accepted a $71.3 billion bid from The Walt Disney Company to acquire many of its assets.
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Comcast Prepares To Challenge Disney-Fox Deal With A "Superior" Bid To Disney's $50 Billion Offer
A new Comcast Fox deal is set to challenge Disney's initial historic $50 billion offer to acquire the media company, with Comcast reportedly preparing a "superior" all-cash offer to top Disney.
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Comcast May Derail Disney And Fox Deal With New All-Cash Offer [Updated]
Comcast is getting ready to make another bid that could potentially derail the massive Disney Fox deal. Comcast will possibly make an all-cash offer to acquire most of Fox.
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Comcast May Have Complicated The Disney Fox Deal
Comcast may have just complicated the huge Disney Fox deal, thanks to a $31 billion takeover offer to buy U.K. satellite television provider Sky.
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Streaming Bits: Netflix Says Theater Owners Might Kill Movies, Plus 'Dexter,' 'House Of Cards,' HBO For Cord-Cutters
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos raised some eyebrows this weekend when he claimed that movie theater owners are the ones threatening to kill the movie business. Their refusal to innovate with day and date releases for big movies in theaters and on digital is stifling the industry. But his company is totally helping, right? The…
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TV Bits: 'Dexter', 'House Of Cards', 'The Killing', 'Happy Endings', 'Up All Night', Jason Blum, Ridley Scott, Neal Stephenson, JK Simmons, Rupert Grint, And More
It's pilot casting season! And as such, Rupert Grint, JK Simmons, Dylan McDermott, Billy Campbell, Jennifer Beals, and tons more have found new homes on the small screen. Also after the jump: Peter Sarsgaard has joined AMC's The Killing Dexter Season 8 adds a Walking Dead alum Ridley Scott is bringing The Terror to AMC…
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Comcast's Web TV Streaming Service, Xfinity TV, Launches Nationwide; Paramount To Sell Movie Clips Online
Several months ago, Comcast announced their "TV Everywhere" program, which would allow subscribers to view their television programming on the web via Comcast.net, or Fancast.com. Comcast has been testing the service in a few markets since then, and today they've announced that it's going nationwide. It's also now called "xfinity TV", because I guess TV…
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Comcast Buys NBC Universal
For weeks, there have been big rumblings about a potential buyout of NBC Universal by the cable company you love to hate: Comcast. A deal was consummated today, though it remains pending regulatory approval. The deal is ridiculously convoluted. Appropriately, perhaps, it's the sort of thing you'd expect to hear Jack Donaghy and Devon Banks…
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