Comcast Corp.

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• Comcast Mends Its Ways

  Portfolio.com - 2009-01-06

  Ars Technica reports: Comcast says that, as of December 31, it has turned over a new leaf, network management practices-wise. The new-and-hopefully-improved "protocol agnostic" system the company unveiled to the Federal Communications Commission in September is now in effect. "We have deployed the new technique throughout our network and...

  Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Federal Government, Networking, Network Administration, Government, The Media Industry, Laura Rich

• Ad Industry Roundup: Goodmail; NAI; Social Media Ads (Still) Struggling; Quantcast

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  -- Goodmail to launch video-in-email ad system; *Comcast*, Cox, *AOL*, *Yahoo* as partners: Goodmail Systems, a Silicon Valley-based email marketing provider is slated to roll out an email video system called Certified Video next year. Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Cox, AOL (NYSE: TWX) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) have already joined...

  Tags: Advertisement, Social Media, Behavioral Targeting, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Facebook, Tameka Kee, Comcast Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Google Quietly Tries Brokering Deals With ISPs To Get Priority Access

  Content Next - 2008-12-15

  Congress has failed to pass legislation regarding so-called "Net Neutrality," and now the issue is again top of mind as Internet providers seeking preferential treatment; network operators considering a tiered approach, and once-staunch defenders beginning to soften their stance on the matter. This time, it appears Google (NSDQ: GOOG),...

  Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Phone, Telephone Company, Microsoft Access, Network, AT&T Corp., Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Broadband, Companies, Comcast, Microsoft, Viacom, Yahoo, Legal, FCC, Regulatory, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, Tricia Duryee, Comcast Corp.

• JiWire Raises $11.1 Million For Wi-Fi Ad Network

  Content Next - 2008-12-10

  JiWire, the San Francisco-based company that started off as a Wi-Fi directory and evolved into an ad network that helps Wi-Fi hotspots generate revenue, has raised $11.1 million in new funding, reports peHUB. The company also sold another $1.53 million of warrants, which could be converted into around $3.88...

  Tags: Money, VC M&A, Venture Capital, Tricia Duryee, Comcast Corp.

• Clearwire: What's Changing And What's Not With The Close Of The Sprint Nextel Merger

  Content Next - 2008-12-01

  Clearwire had a lot to be thankful for last week when it announced that its six-month long process of merging with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel was completed on the day after Thanksgiving. Today, the company provided details on the close, including it's plans for the upcoming months as the...

  Tags: Merger, Sprint Nextel Corp., Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Corporate Governance, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Companies, Clearwire, Google, Operators, SprintNextel, Money, VC M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technologies, 3G Etc, WiMax, Tricia Duryee, Comcast Corp.

• Filings Watch: Disney Sold Movies.com To Comcast For $17 Million

  Content Next - 2008-11-25

  Earlier this year in June, Fandango, the online movie tickets service which is part of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), bought out movies info site Movies.com from Disney (NYSE: DIS), for an undisclosed sum at that time. Now the amount has come out, in Disney's latest annual 10-K filing with...

  Tags: Disney Corp., Comcast Corp., Movies.com, Info Site, Companies, Comcast, Disney, Entertainment, Movies, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rafat Ali, The Walt Disney Co.

• Shopping Site SheFinds.com Raises $1.3 Million In First Round

  Content Next - 2008-11-24

  White Cat Media, parent company of the Shefinds.com and MomFinds.com shopping blogs, has raised $1.3 million in its first round. Vancouver-based Greenscape Capital Group funded the investment—its first in the Internet space—and has taken a minority stake in the company. The round closed at the end of August, and...

  Tags: Round, Newsletter, Site, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Sales Force Management, Portals, Gender And Diversity, Sales, Marketing, Internet, Human Resources, Tameka Kee, Comcast Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Comcast Looks Strong

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-05

  Sramana Mitra submits: At a time when most companies are revising down their annual outlook, in just three quarters, Comcast CMCSA has already met its free cash flow target for the year. Comcast’s reported Q3 revenues of $8.5 billion were marginally lower than the $8.6 billion the market...

  Tags: Comcast Corp., Seeking Alpha, Sramana Mitra, Operational Accounting, Finance, Media

• Comcast Well Below Our Intrinsic Value Estimate

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-03

  Comcast Corporation CMCSA is a US cable company. At 31 December 2007, the company had approximately 24.1 million video subscribers, 13.2 million Internet subscribers and 4.6 million phone subscribers. The stock has dropped nearly 30% this year. How does the current share price look from an intrinsic value perspective?...

  Tags: Subscriber, Comcast Corp., Seeking Alpha, Corporate Communications, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Valuecruncher, Media

• Comcast Earnings Show Recession Resistance

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-30

  Julia Boorstin submits: Despite the pullback in consumer spending and steeper than ever competition, Comcast CMCSA on Wednesday reported remarkable growth in its third quarter. The largest U.S. cable company showed a 38 percent increase in third quarter profit, and an important indicator of its resilience: 7 percent...

  Tags: Recession, Comcast Corp., Earnings, Seeking Alpha, Julia Boorstin, Cable, Operational Accounting, TVs, Strategy, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Home Entertainment, Management, Media

• Comcast Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-29

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question will come from the line of Ingrid Chung with Goldman Sachs. Ingrid Chung - Goldman Sachs So my first question is about how operating conditions trended monthly, so I was wondering if you could talk about how operating conditions in...

  Tags: Propensity, Comcast Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Ad Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha

• Earnings Preview: Comcast Corp.

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-28

  Comcast Corp. (CMCSA, CMCSK) is expected to report Q3 earnings before market open Wednesday, October 29, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 22c on revenue of $8.59B. The consensus range for EPS is 20c to 26c while the consensus range for...

  Tags: Revenue, Comcast Corp., Earnings, Consensus, Seeking Alpha, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, theflyonthewall.com, Media

• Comcast Looks Incredibly Cheap

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-24

  Ockham Research submits: Let’s face it, those stocks once thought to be “safe” no longer are. Over the last two months even the most strident of bulls has lost at least some of their confidence. Consumers are cash strapped, unemployment is rising and the stock market has tanked. So,...

  Tags: Stock, Comcast Corp., Warren Buffett, Seeking Alpha, Ockham Research, Investment, Finance, Media

• BET Networks Secures Advertising and Promotional Partnerships with Nike, MySpace Music, Comcast, Toyota, Alltel Wireless and Fox Searchlight in Support of the 'BET HIP HOP AWARDS '08'

  - 2008-10-17

  The "BET HIP HOP AWARDS" Premieres Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 P.M.* NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of the BET HIP HOP AWARDS '08, the #1 hip hop themed telecast on television for the past two years, BET Networks announced unique marketing partnerships with Nike,...

  Tags: advertisement, Alltel Corp., Comcast Corp., entertainment, FINANCE, Games, MARKETING, music, MySpace, network, Nike Inc., partnership, programming, Toyota Motor Corp., TVs, wireless

• FCC Orders WealthTV's Carriage Complaints Filed Against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox & Bright House to an ALJ for a Decision Within 60 Days

  - 2008-10-11

  SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthTV, a national lifestyle and entertainment network in high definition, received notification today that the Media Bureau of the Federal Communication Commission ordered carriage complaints filed by the network against Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications and Bright House to be heard by an...

  Tags: cable, Comcast Corp., Cox, entertainment, FCC, Government, MARKETING, programming, Time Warner Inc.

• Sandvine Corporation F3Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-08

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Dushan Batrovic - Canaccord Adams. Dushan Batrovic - Canaccord Adams A question around Comcast. I'm wondering if you could go into a little more detail on the deployment itself. I know that there were pieces of that...

  Tags: Revenue, Comcast Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Sandvine, FairShare, Revenue Recognition, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Seeking Alpha

• Nine Months Later: Some Annual Predictions from the Financial Press

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-17

  Travis Johnson submits: If you’re not an analyst or asset manager who specializes in the financial sector, and you don’t count on AIG AIG, Lehman Brothers LEH , or their many near competitors for a paycheck, right now might be a good time to take a step back, breathe...

  Tags: Financial, American International Group Inc., US Market, Comerica Inc., Comcast Corp.

• Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-13

  Erick Schonfeld submits: A consortium of digital entertainment companies including movie studios, digital device manufacturers, and electronics retailers are trying to take on Apple AAPL by standardizing their DRM practices. Originally dubbed “Open Market,” the official name of the initiative is now the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem [DECE]. As...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Media, Best Buy Co. Inc., Comcast Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., General Electric Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Philips Electronics N.V., Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc., VeriSign Inc.

• Top Eight Media Stocks

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-10

  Sramana Mitra submits: It’s no secret that times have not been good for the media industry. Most stocks underwent a correction of 10%-40% last year, and current trends are no more promising. However, not all players are down and out. Here is a quick look at the top eight...

  Tags: Media, Comcast Corp., The Walt Disney Co., Google Inc., IAC/InterActive Corp., News Corp., Time Warner Inc., VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

• Comcast Introduces Fancast Video Download Beta

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-04

  Dave Zatz submits: Comcast’s CMCSA Fancast property has recently expanded from solely streaming Hulu web video, to offering Internet video downloads. Joining the likes of Amazon AMZN Unbox, CinemaNow, and Blockbuster BBI, the Fancast Media Manager allows you to rent or purchase television and movie content for Windows PC...

  Tags: Comcast Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Media, Internet