Rising Peacock losses with stagnant subscribers contribute to Comcast stock drop
Peacock posted $467 million in Q2 losses, up from $363 million in that quarter last year.
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Charter partners with Comcast on Flex streaming devices/XClass smart TVs, projects customer base shift to streaming
Charter's decision to join Comcast's streaming device/smart TV project rather than do their own gives the combined venture significant scale, and perhaps paves the way for some eventual OTT service bundling deals.
The life and death of NBCSN
NBCSN perhaps never hit the heights NBC envisioned, but it still had a large effect on the sports landscape.
ACC Network finally coming to Comcast as part of wider Disney carriage agreement
The new agreement also secures continued SEC Network distribution.
Comcast announces RSN fee credits for customers affected by lack of sports
Comcast, of course, owns some of these regional sports networks, which makes things even murkier.
Sinclair has finally reached a deal with Comcast for Marquee, and for continued RSN and local broadcast station carriage
On the day of the Cubs' first regular-season game of 2020, Comcast customers in Chicago are finally able to watch Marquee Sports Network.
Comcast’s David Watson says sports refunds carry challenges, including contracts that “don’t line up”
"The contracts between the leagues, the programmers, the distributors don't line up. And there are different rights that exist between the agreements between each of the parties. And in some cases, the form of refund could be in kind."
Lack of live sports programming has helped cord-cutting reach record levels so far in 2020
Pay TV subscriptions fell by record-setting 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report.
New York Attorney General calls for refunds to cable and satellite subscribers paying fees for live sports
"It is grossly unfair that cable and satellite television providers would continue to charge fees for services they are not even providing."
Are cable and satellite companies really aiming for billion dollar rebates from ESPN and other sports networks?
No Comcast deal for Sinclair’s new Marquee RSN could mean around $100 million annually in lost revenue
Marquee looks a lot better financially if they're able to strike a deal with Comcast and gain access to large numbers of Comcast's 1.56 million Chicago-area subscribers. We'll see if that happens, though.
Cubs fans boo chairman Tom Ricketts over Marquee Network at Cubs Convention
So that could have gone better, Tom.
Altitude files antitrust lawsuit against Comcast over carriage dispute, alleging that Comcast “wants to extinguish competition”
The lawsuit claims Comcast "wants to extinguish competition from Altitude so that Comcast can pocket more of the money it takes from consumers each month for sports programming."
