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Comcast Advertising announces international expansion

Comcast Advertising, the advertising arm of Comcast, has announced the expansion of its international business, including a newly launched Media Solutions division, to align with the evolving needs of global clients and streamline media buying for advertisers across its portfolio of inventory.  Internationally, Comcast Advertising’s new Media Solutions team will sell the media solutions previously […]

April 28, 2025

Peacock: Subs up, losses down

Comcast’s Peacock streaming service narrowed its loss to $215 million in Q1 2025, from $639 million YoY, and overall revenue rose 16 per cent to $1.2 billion. It ended March with 41 million paying subscribers after taking in new Charter Communications subscribers, compared with 36 million for the year-end 2024 quarter. Comcast president, Mike Cavanagh, […]

April 24, 2025

Herscovici named Plume CEO

Plume has announced that Daniel Herscovici will lead the company’s next phase of growth. The SaaS company and consumer experience pioneer says it has selected the longtime innovator in the connected home, broadband, and WiFi sectors as their president and CEO to capitalise on the opportunity presented by increasingly intelligent networks and rising consumer demands. […]

April 23, 2025

Universal theme park for UK?

The UK government is reportedly closing in on a deal to secure a theme park investment from Comcast to build what they say could be the biggest theme park in Europe in a disused Bedford brickworks. Comcast unit Universal is close to agreeing terms on the project to develop 500 acres of industrial land according […]

April 7, 2025

Comcast Technology Solutions launches Comcast Media360

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has announced the launch of Comcast Media360, a transformative new service designed for broadcasters and content owners to consolidate their video management efforts, increase efficiency, and lower costs across legacy TV, online video/OTT, and social media platforms. In recent decades, broadcast operations have become increasingly complex with silos of internal and […]

April 1, 2025

AudienceXpress, Atomic Digital Design partnership

AudienceXpress, a Comcast company and video media sales house, and Atomic Digital Design, a specialist in immersive ads and augmented reality (AR) experiences, have announced a strategic partnership that is set to transform the online shopping experience. The collaboration, led by AudienceXpress, will leverage AR technology provided by Atomic Digital Design, through connected TV, to […]

March 20, 2025

Comcast Technology Solutions integrates Interra System’s BATON v9

Interra Systems, a provider of end-to-end quality assurance solutions for the digital media industry, has announced that Comcast Technology Solutions has integrated recent updates to BATON Version 9. Comcast Technology Solutions utilises BATON to ensure high-quality content delivery, and BATON Version 9 offers a new engine and web framework, along with expanded support for checks, […]

March 12, 2025

BBC, Comcast, ITV, Google lead AI, 5G, news and sustainability innovation in 2025 IBC Accelerator Programme

IBC has announced the eight Accelerator projects and one Special Incubator project that have been selected to go forward as part of its 2025 Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. The programme provides an innovation framework for fast-tracking achievable, hands-on solutions that address real-world industry challenges with collaboration across the global media, entertainment and technology community. Pitched […]

March 4, 2025

CTS launches Comcast MediaExpress

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has announced the launch of Comcast MediaExpress, a centralised VoD management and distribution service for content providers. Comcast MediaExpress enables content owners to distribute their VoD entertainment titles into the top OTT, pay-TV and social platforms through delivery centrally managed by CTS. Backed by the scale of CTS, content owners can […]

February 20, 2025

Comcast cord cuts take shine off studios

Comcast has reported results for the quarter ended December 31st 2024. Consolidated revenue was up 2.1 per cent at $31.9 billion (€30.5bn) whilst full year revenue rose 1.8 per cent to $123.7 billion. Strong studio and good network performance was offset by further drops in cable connections – even though the 311,000 loss was down […]

January 30, 2025