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Comcast exec credits sports for Peacock subscriber growth
“One of the great drivers of Peacock subscriber growth has been sports."
Comcast’s Mike Cavanagh says idea of them taking an ESPN stake is ‘very improbable’
With NBA broadcast rights looming, Mark Lazarus named chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group
Lazarus had previously served as NBC's Chairman of Television and Streaming.
Pete Bevacqua leaves NBC for Notre Dame, will replace Jack Swarbrick as AD in 2024
Adam Silver: ‘It makes no sense’ that local fans can’t watch Nuggets games
“I know there’s no doubt it’s bad for fans, of course, and the team recognizes that."
Roger Goodell’s call to Brian Roberts helped get NFLN back on Comcast one day later
This was a very short carriage dispute.
Comcast has dropped NFL Network and RedZone
Comcast has dropped NFL Network and NFL RedZone from Xfinity cable packages.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell out amidst sexual harassment/sex discrimination investigation
Shell was reportedly fired for cause following an investigation into complaints of sexual harassment and sex discrimination.
Free Peacock Premium for Xfinity subscribers is about to end
Existing Xfinity subscribers will no longer receive free Peacock Premium beginning June 26.
Comcast revealed to be company who overpaid Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 reportedly thought Comcast was underpaying at first.
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.
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."
