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Comcast Aids “Smart City” Initiatives With New Business Surveillance System

Cities like Philadelphia are on a quest to become “smart,” and Comcast Business is offering the tech that can help them get there. Last week […]

City Life

One of Us: John Kruk

My name is … John Martin Kruk. I was named after my grandfather. I grew up … mostly in West Virginia, in a tiny town. […]

Business

U.S. Senators Vote to Gut Internet Privacy Rules

The U.S. Senate sent Internet privacy down the drain on Thursday when it voted to repeal Obama-era rules aimed at protecting consumers’ online data. Without […]

Business

Neil Smit Bows Out As Comcast Cable CEO

After seven years as Comcast Cable CEO, Neil Smit will step down from the role on April 1st, and he’ll be replaced by Comcast Cable […]

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Business

Comcast’s NBC Invested $500M in Snapchat

Thursday was the date of the IPO for Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat app. It was the largest U.S. IPO since 2014, […]

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Business

Comcast Is Bringing YouTube to X1

You’ll soon be able to view YouTube videos right from your Comcast cable box. Comcast and Google announced today that YouTube would soon be available […]

Business

Rising Online Media Co. MyNEWPhilly Lands Deal With Comcast

Philly’s rising online media company MyNEWPhilly recently struck a deal with Comcast that places a direct link to the platform on the cable giant’s Xfinity.com […]

Business

Comcast Launches App-Based Technician Tracker

Comcast may have just addressed a major pain point for its customers. This week the company launched Tech ETA, a service that’ll allow customers to […]

Business

Comcast’s Surprisingly Viral Future

I first wrote about Comcast for this magazine in 1991, when a few hundred million dollars and endless spools of coaxial cable were all you […]

Business

Comcast to Launch New and Improved “Xfinity Stream” App

Comcast recently announced plans to roll out a new app called “Xfinity Stream” that will give users new on-the-go viewing options at the end of […]

Business

Comcast NBCUniversal to Bring BuzzFeed to a TV Near You

Comcast NBCUniversal has bet big on BuzzFeed in the last year and a half — the company has funneled a total of $400 million to […]

Business

Comcast Should Stop Saying Its Internet Is America’s Fastest

Consumers have long been suspicious about the fine print in Comcast’s bundle deals and now they have reason to be wary about what the company […]

Property

Owner of Comcast Condos Revealed!

The one thing Natalie Kostelni, the Philadelphia Business Journal’s ace real estate reporter, couldn’t find out when she broke the news (paywall) that the new Comcast Technology […]

Business

I Love My Job: Jamaal White

Jamaal White has worked as a Comcast technician for nine years. He was the star of Comcast’s national ad campaign about the company’s commitment to […]

Business

Comcast Employees: “Immigrants Are Welcome Here”

About 48 hours after plans of a protest began to spread over an internal Slack channel, more than 600 Comcast employees in Philadelphia took to […]