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Comcast has announced that it has added 18 new channels to its On Demand Online service, including premium content from channels such as HBO.
The cable company will begin a trial of the service next week, with a small 5000 subscriber beta stage. The service should be available to all Comcast subscribers by the end [...]

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CBS Corp., Time Warner, Inc. and several other media companies will participate in a Web-TV trial with cable operator Comcast Corp. later this month. Their aim is to make more TV shows available online, but only for subscribers of Comcast’s cable service. The idea here is to preserve a [...]

It was reported last month that CBS was likely to take part in the Comcast On Demand Online trial and now it’s official. CBS is the first broadcast network to sign on and will test a mix of current and library content in the national trial slated to start later this [...]

While a class action lawsuit is definitely one way to get Comcast to behave, another perhaps more productive way to do so is to have politicians step in and regulate.
On Tuesday,  a reporter discussed the issue of Comcast’s anti-BitTorrent “network management” with Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., who is a strong supporter of consumer rights and [...]

Comcast and the Walt Disney Company have signed a multibillion-dollar deal that will allow the cable operator to distribute Disney programming on its video-on-demand service.
Comcast has also agreed to buy Disney’s 39.5 percent stake in the E Entertainment channel for $1.23 billion, writes the Associated Press (via MediaBuyerPlanner). CBS and NBC have made similar deals [...]

Comcast this week announced the creation of Comcast Interactive Media, a new division to develop and grow the company’s internet businesses, including the Comcast.net portal (via ReveNews). It will leverage Comcast’s advanced broadband network and technology, existing service offerings, extensive content relationships, and its customer and supplier relationships to build innovative new online services.
Comcast veteran [...]