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ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast today announced that The Walker School, a college-preparatory pre-K-12 independent school in metro Atlanta, is using Comcast Business Class Ethernet to provide additional bandwidth at a lower cost as the school continues to grow its use of online learning tools and applications across a seven-building campus. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120517/NE09008LOGO ) Besides powering more iPads and cloud-based applications on...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Mayor Ed Lee, Former NFL Coach Tony Dungy and Comcast Executive Vice President, David L. Cohen today announced year two of Internet Essentials, an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption program designed to help close the digital divide for low-income Americans. In its first full year of availability, more than 100,000 families or more than 400,000 Americans are now online and...
BEAVERTON, Ore., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications services, has named Rodrigo Lopez as Regional Vice President for Oregon and SW Washington. Lopez will report to Steve White, President of Comcast's West Division, and will oversee Comcast's video, high-speed Internet and telephone operations throughout Oregon and SW Washington, serving more than 600,000 customers and managing more than 2,000...
SEATTLE, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- thePlatform, the leading white-label video publishing company, and Conviva Inc., the leader in real-time viewer experience optimization and advanced analytics, today announced a partnership to provide Conviva's patented video analytics capabilities to customers of thePlatform. Conviva Viewer Insights((SM)) will be offered as an integrated component of thePlatform's award-winning mpx video publishing system, providing an additional layer of...
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiple television, radio and digital platforms have joined forces with NBCUniversal to broadcast "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,' a benefit to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy airing tonight, November 2 (8 - 9 pm/ET). HBO, Discovery's Fit & Health and Velocity networks, and The Weather Channel are among the networks that will air the live one-hour telethon. They join the networks of NBCUniversal broadcasting the event, which...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online With Hurricane Sandy just hours away from landing on the East Coast, wireless providers are preparing their networks for the worst. As with any major weather event, telecommunications networks are often hit the hardest and are therefore prone to outages and disrupted service. Now, as cities along the Eastern Seaboard are being evacuated and public transportation is grinding to a halt, the nation’s wireless carriers say they’re...
Free Commercial Spots for Promoters who Broadcast on GFL.tv. New York, NY (PRWEB) October 24, 2012 The GFL Combat Sports Network, the global leader in combat sports broadcasting, offers all promoters of combat sports free commercial spots on the GFL Presents weekly show, airing on the Comcast Sports Networks, just for choosing GFL.tv as their broadcast partner. All promoters need to do is (1) elect to use GFL.tv as their platform for broadcasting their combat sporting show and (2)...
CARNEGIE, Pa., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In today's technology-centered world, most needy children get left behind. When a family has a tough time putting food on the table or a roof over their heads, paying for a computer or expensive Internet access is out of the question. And, unfortunately, it is the children who pay the ultimate price. Comcast is helping to bring hope to those children who don't have the necessary access needed for academic success. The company...
DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At TelcoTV and the Cloud Services Summit this week, Parks Associates will share new research in video services, which shows telcos will lead the next stage in pay-TV services as the number of IPTV subscribers in the U.S. will exceed 18 million in 2017. The research firm will host the pre-event workshop "New Opportunities in the Connected Home - Expanding Role of the Service Provider" at TelcoTV and moderate multiple sessions during the...
MIAMI, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- America TeVe announced that on October 23rd it will resume the signal transmission through AT&T Uverse on channel 48 in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale areas. In this way, AT&T Uverse will offer in their system both America TeVe's signal on 48 and that of its affíliate Mundo Fox on channel 41. "It was impressive to observe the demonstrations of loyalty from our viewers in the recent weeks, who flooded the telephone lines in the service...
