Archive for October, 2008

Consumer Watch: TV services should cover equipment - Houston Chronicle

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Consumer Watch: TV services should cover equipmentHouston Chronicle, United States - 27 minutes agoLast week, about 80 people who canceled their Comcast service received letters from a debt-collection agency demanding that they return cable converter …

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Comcast provides $20,000 grant to foundation (The Florida Times-Union)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation in Durkeeville recently received a $20,000 Community Investment Grant from Comcast Corp.

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Brace yourself: Comcast cable prices on the rise in Genesee County again (The Flint Journal)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Comcast Cable customers will see higher bills again next month, another in a string of annual hikes that have some viewers gnashing their teeth. It’ll cost some cable-watchers big: The price for some premium packages is…

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Brace yourself: Comcast cable prices on the rise in Genesee County … - MLive.com

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Brace yourself: Comcast cable prices on the rise in Genesee County …MLive.com, MI - 3 hours agoby Shena Abercrombie | The Flint Journal GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — Comcast Cable customers will see higher bills again next month, another in a string of …

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Christmas Toys Project Tonight - The Ledger

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Christmas Toys Project TonightThe Ledger, FL - 5 hours ago[ Send your news regarding civic groups, social clubs, religious organizations, special events and community news to Paula Stuart at pstuart@peoplepc.com or …

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Nielsen finds strong TV-Internet usage overlap (Reuters)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Reuters - Nearly a third of all U.S. household Internet activity takes place while the user watches television, suggesting new and old media often share rather than compete for attention, the Nielsen Company said in a report on Friday.

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Phone company: Heavy Internet users to pay more (AP)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

AP - Phone company Frontier Communications Co. will probably charge its subscribers a dollar or two per gigabyte of Internet traffic if they go over the monthly allotments the company plans to introduce next year, Frontier’s chief executive said Friday.

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Google Makes PDF Files Searchable (NewsFactor)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

NewsFactor - Google has rarely included scanned documents in its search results because it had no way to determine the nature of the content, but that’s about to change. The search engine giant says it will use optical character recognition (OCR) software to make it possible for Web surfers to search any Web-hosted document stored in the PDF file format developed by Adobe Systems.

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Comcast Brands on Radio (Mediaweek)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

ABC Radio Networks and Comcast Entertainment Group on Friday announced a deal to distribute content from E!, The Style Network and G4 brands via ABC’s terrestrial radio stations.

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Comcast SportsNet NW Does The Wave Deal - Multichannel News

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Comcast SportsNet NW Does The Wave DealMultichannel News, NY - 13 hours agoBy Mike Reynolds — Multichannel News, 10/31/2008 9:53:00 AM The deal, terms of which were not disclosed, puts Comcast SportsNet NW on Wave systems in time …

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Google may scrap Yahoo deal: sources (Reuters)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Reuters - Google Inc may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo Inc rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies’ discussions.

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Comcast SportsNet Revels In Phillies’ World Series Win - Multichannel News

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Comcast SportsNet Revels In Phillies’ World Series WinMultichannel News, NY - 14 hours agoBy Mike Reynolds — Multichannel News, 10/31/2008 9:16:00 AM Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, which televised 92 Phillies regular-season games, …

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ABC Radio and Comcast strike distribution deal - CNNMoney.com

Friday, October 31st, 2008

ABC Radio and Comcast strike distribution dealCNNMoney.com - 15 hours agoNEW YORK (Associated Press) - ABC Radio Networks and Comcast Entertainment Group announced a deal on Friday to develop and distribute content from Comcast's …ABC Radio Networks and Comcast Entertainment Group Announce … SYS-CON MediaComcast to Provide Branded Content to ABC Radio Networks Broadcasting & CableE!, G4 Shows Coming to ABC Radio Multichannel NewsTelevision Weekall 24 news articles

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ABC Radio and Comcast strike distribution deal (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

ABC Radio Networks and Comcast Entertainment Group announced a deal on Friday to develop and distribute content from Comcast’s E! Entertainment, The Style Network and G4 brands for ABC’s terrestrial radio stations.

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NYC residents: Use your mouse to track rats online (AP)

Friday, October 31st, 2008

AP - The city wants to make sure rats have no place to hide, at least online.

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