Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services, announced today two new senior hires in its Federal Government Affairs office in Washington, DC. Joe Trahern has joined the company as Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, and effective July 27, Rudy Brioché joins the company as Senior Director of External [...]

Installation Available Now for Consumers Looking for Fast Last-Minute Solution
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, communications and information, today announced that it has assembled rapid response installation teams around the country to help consumers who are still unprepared for the digital broadcast transition (DTV). As the country approaches the [...]

Univision Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States, and Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA) (Nasdaq:CMCSK), the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, announced today a multi-year agreement for carriage of Univision’s owned and operated broadcast stations and affiliated stations owned and operated by Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE:EVC), Fisher [...]

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the country’s leading cable, entertainment and communications company, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 a share on the Company’s common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable on January 28, 2009, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 7, [...]

Addition of 2008 Debates Expands Comcast’s Comprehensive Election Programming
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, announced today that the three upcoming presidential debates, and the vice presidential debate, will be available On Demand, the day after their original broadcast. On Demand programming of the 2008 [...]

Former Yahoo! Vice President of Entertainment to Run Online Entertainment Destination
Comcast Interactive Media (CIM), the division of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA, CMCSK) dedicated to developing and operating online and cross-platform entertainment and media businesses, today announced that Karin Gilford will join the company as Senior Vice President of Fancast and Online Entertainment. In this role, [...]

New Program to Broaden Development of Innovative TV Services by Combining itaas Expertise with the TVWorks Platforms
itaas, Inc. and TVWorks, LLC today announced an agreement that broadens development opportunities for TV applications by adding the TVWorks tru2way and enhanced television (ETV) standards-based platforms to the itaas “istart” developer program.
Together, itaas and TVWorks will [...]