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June 2009 (23)
30Jun
I was always fascinated with my mom and dad’s wedding. Maybe because it’s the closest little girls ever get to hearing about a real life fairytale. My mom and dad’s fairytale happened to take place on the same day Elvis...
29Jun
Comcast High-Speed2go Begins Rollout in Portland
Call it Portland unplugged. Tomorrow Comcast is launching the kickoff of a nationwide rollout of high-speed wireless data. What does that mean? It means that for the first time, customers will have access to both the fastest fast in-home speeds...
26Jun
Security Scene: Cyber Summer Safety Challenge interview
Recently I had the chance to sit down with Jay Opperman, our very own Senior Director of Security and Privacy, and Tracy Mooney, McAfee's Cyber mom, to talk about the Cyber Summer Safety Challenge. Check out the video and...
25Jun
Brian Roberts and Jeff Bewkes discuss On Demand Online and TV Everywhere
After yesterday's announcement of On Demand Online and TV Everywhere Brian Roberts, our CEO, and Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time Warner, Inc, sat down to discuss both the trial of On Demand Online and the principles behind TV Everywhere....
25Jun
Comcast scholarship program helps build tomorrow's leaders
You probably know that Comcast is committed to promoting community service and to developing young leaders. But you may not know about the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship program, that rewards over 1,700 graduating high school seniors every year not...
24Jun
On Demand Online and TV Everywhere
I watch video on the web all the time, but there’s something missing: all those great television shows from cable networks. Our plan is to give our video customers free online access to their favorite cable television that they are...
24Jun
Comcast Idol
We have a bunch of talented employees here at Comcast, and what better way to show that off than with a good old fashioned contest? The first Comcast Idol competition challenged Comcasters to produce a short video showcasing how...
22Jun
Comcast honors City Year alums still changing the world
Neil Batiancila, the co-Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia City Year corps, and Comcast have become good friends and frequent collaborators. City Year represents Comcast’s largest national community partnership, a bond that began more than eight years ago. I’ve had...
19Jun
Internet Addressing: Comcast Embraces IPv6
Like homes and businesses, every device comprising the internet needs an address so it can be located. Internet protocol (IP) addresses don’t read as easily as 150 Maple Avenue. Instead they’re comprised of numbers separated by decimal points, for example,...
18Jun
Security Scene: Teens and Social Networking
Editor’s note: Tracy is McAfee’s Cyber Security Mom, and she has teamed up with our very own Jay Opperman to spread the word about the Cyber Summer Safety Challenge. This is Tracy’s first guest blog post here at Comcast Voices....
17Jun
Reverse Day for Comcast Bigs
How appropriate that the teacher’s name was “Hope.” Because that’s what her message was all about. Recently I had the great fortune to talk with Hope Vrato, a literacy teacher at Fairhill Elementary School in Philadelphia. Fairhill is Comcast’s...
15Jun
Easter Eggs
It's not Easter anymore, but I do like Easter Eggs...in DVDs that is. I am so fascinated about the hidden treasures in my DVDs that I thought it might be fun to include an Easter Egg On Demand. I've included...
12Jun
DTV: Are you missing some broadcast channels?
Today’s the day - after years of planning, almost 60 million coupons, and over $1.2 billion dollars, the federal government is requiring all full power broadcast stations to shut off their analog signals by midnight tonight. Hundreds of stations...
12Jun
Screen on the Green lives
Washingtonians have long enjoyed spending summer evenings on the Mall, doing the HBO dance, and watching a vintage movie al fresco on a giant screen thanks to Screen on the Green. Sadly, it looked like this year Screen on the...
11Jun
Good Ideas for the National Broadband Plan
The FCC received over 500 comments this week with all kinds of advice for its National Broadband Plan. Among those comments were a lot of thoughtful proposals that should help the FCC in its efforts to fashion a National Broadband...
10Jun
Summer, On Demand
The beginning of June means one thing to me: summer. I know summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21st, but if you ask me the summer has already begun. The start of summer means that the kids are out of...
09Jun
How to Become the Most Connected Nation on Earth
Last week, my colleague David Cohen previewed the FCC’s efforts to develop a National Broadband Plan. Monday was the day when the FCC began receiving comments from the public, and they’ve been flooded with thousands of (virtual) pages responding to...
08Jun
Security Scene: Social networking
June is National Internet Safety Month and our security guy, Jay Opperman, is all about keeping you safe on the Internet. Throughout the month we’ll have posts from Jay (and maybe a guest or two) with information about Internet...
05Jun
Wanted: A National Broadband Plan that Works
Last winter, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) to develop a “national broadband plan” to be submitted to Congress by next February. In April, the FCC issued what it calls a “Notice of Inquiry” posing over 200 questions...
04Jun
Slam dunk! Comcast and NBA Enter into Multiplatform Agreement
Basketball. You can’t get enough of it, and now Comcast and NBA Digital have just entered into a long-term agreement which means NBA TV will soon be available (before the start of 2009-10 NBA regular season) to millions of Comcast...
03Jun
Day-And-Date VOD Movie Release Windows... and 48 Hour Rentals
We know you love watching movies On Demand, and that you want access to new movies as soon as possible. When it comes to when and where movies are available, the Hollywood studios work with their partners like Comcast to...
02Jun
Comcast Makes NHL Network and NHL On Demand Content Available to Millions More Customers
Today Comcast and NHL Network announced that the network will soon be available to even more hockey fans via Comcast’s Digital Classic lineup. The NHL Network will be added to the Classic level of service by the start of the...
01Jun
DTV Rapid Response Teams
June 12th is rapidly approaching, and if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time (or watching TV for the last few months) you know what that means: the digital broadcast transition (DTV) deadline is almost here. For...