Comcast
Latest Comcast Criticism: Pop-Up Ads to Buy Its Modems
It’s been a few weeks since we heard a complaint about Comcast’s business practices — in fact, the company has been lauded for hiring new […]
Comcast Launching Startup Summit in Six Cities
Forget Silicon Valley and New York, game-changing innovations in technology come from all over the country — from blue-collar towns like Philadelphia and Detroit to the […]
Comcast Making Customer-Service Hiring Push
Comcast is apparently quite serious about improving its reputation for poor customer service. The Philly-based multimedia giant made two big hiring announcements this week — one […]
10 Biggest Business Deals of 2015
Philadelphia businesses made plenty of big moves in 2015. Everybody’s favorite coffee roaster got a new owner, two big universities announced a merger, and virtually every hospital […]
Comcast Denies Reports of $16 Billion Merger With ITV
Ever since its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable fell through earlier this year, industry watchers have been paying close attention to Comcast — speculating […]
Comcast Launches Sleek New Stores to Repair its Ailing Customer-Service Reputation
Comcast has unveiled a new weapon in its fight to repair its reputation on customer service — sleek new retail stores. Much maligned for its […]
Netflix Has New Technology to Beat Comcast Data Caps
Remember when Netflix‘s primary business was sending DVDs right to your house? Boy, that feels like ages ago. Now the company’s model of streaming TV shows and […]
City Council Unanimously Approves Comcast Franchise Deal
Philadelphia City Council has voted unanimously to approve a 15-year franchise agreement with Comcast. The tech and media giant will pay $250 million in franchise […]
Comcast CEO Defends Data Caps
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts defended the company’s use of data overage charges while speaking at the Business Insider conference this week in New York. Comcast is rolling […]
What You Need to Know About Comcast’s 15-Year Franchise Agreement That Just Advanced to City Council
Philadelphia City Council has taken a big step toward inking a new 15-year franchise agreement for Comcast. On Thursday its Public Property Committee passed an agreement that […]
Comcast Under Investigation by U.S. Department of Justice
You know those local ads that appear on national cable TV shows for a cheesesteak place, car dealership or furniture store? Sometimes panned because of low […]
Comcast Rate Hikes Starting January 1
Comcast customers can expect their bills to go up at the start of the new year. A new rate card obtained by BizPhilly shows that the company […]
Ed Rendell Wears Plastic Bag on Head After Eagles’ Loss
Former Philadelphia mayor and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has been a post-game Eagles analyst on Comcast SportsNet for 17 years now. (Really!) But he never […]
13 Philly-Area Companies Earn 100 Score on HRC’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign released their 2016 Corporate Equality Index report today, and a number of businesses in the Greater Philadelphia area have perfect scores.
Former Comcast Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing From Company Retirement Accounts
A Coatesville, Pa. woman has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for seven counts of wire fraud for her role in embezzling approximately $124,876 from Comcast […]