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  • Comcast Lost 477,000 Cable Customers In Q2 2020

    07/31/2020 6:55:11 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 59 replies
    Tech Spot ^ | 07/30/20 | Cohen Coberly
    Comcast continues to hemorrhage TV customers The cable TV industry isn't performing very well amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. AT&T lost an astounding 900,000 cable subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, and now, Comcast has reported significant losses of its own for Q2. In an earnings report published today, Comcast claimed that it lost 477,000 pay-TV subscribers over the past three months. That number isn't nearly as significant as AT&T's losses, but it's still not an easy blow for Comcast to ignore, especially since the company's quarterly cable TV losses only seem to be growing. In Q1 2020, roughly 409,000...
  • Comcast To Buy Time Warner Cable For $45bn

    02/13/2014 6:36:46 AM PST · by shove_it · 49 replies
    SkyNews/Yahoo ^ | 13 Feb 2014
    The two biggest US cable companies are joining forces in a $45bn (£27bn) deal, creating an entertainment giant with some 32 million TV subscribers. Comcast's merger with Time Warner Cable was confirmed at the start of trading on Thursday. Its offer, which is subject to regulatory approval, is about 17% higher than the company's closing share price on Wednesday. The takeover bid trumps an earlier $38bn (£23bn) offer from Charter Communications, which appeared to concede defeat by announcing: "We've always maintained our greatest opportunity to create value for shareholders is by executing our current business plan. "We'll continue to be...