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June 2010 (24)

30Jun
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Comcast-NBC Venture Will Expand Opportunities for Latinos

Editor's Note: This post is co-authored by Susan Gonzales, Senior Director, External Affairs, Comcast and Paula Madison, Executive Vice President, NBCU. This post is also available in Spanish. Comcast and NBC Universal are proud of our commitment to diversity, particularly...

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29Jun
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Emma L. Bowen Foundation

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the Emma L. Bowen Foundation’s 2010 Summer Conference in New York City. In case you aren’t familiar with the Emma L. Bowen Foundation, its mission is simple: help...

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28Jun
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Secure Backup & Share

Graduation season is in full gear, so there’s a good chance that you’re taking some pretty important pictures. My wife took this picture at my twin daughters’ Kindergarten graduation just last week. I have about a dozen more that will...

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25Jun
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Intern On The Street: Michael Jackson Edition

To commemorate the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s passing I headed to Love Park with my fellow Corporate Communications interns to see who knew their MJ trivia and who dared to do the moonwalk. We had so much...

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24Jun
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The Future of Digital Citizenship: Bystanders

Editor's Note: Our thanks to Marsali Hancock, President of the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, for helping us continue this series in honor of Internet Safety Month. Kids and teens live their lives online, and because their online communication is faceless,...

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23Jun
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Productivity@Work Contest Announces Grand Prize Winners

The Productivity@Work winners have been announced! The four Grand Prize Winners are: ABJ Community Services, Inc. (Chicago, IL) – an accredited 501(c)3 recognized community-based organization licensed to provide child welfare, substance abuse counseling and treatment services. Web site: http://www.abjchicago.org/ Callanan...

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22Jun
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More Support Pours in for Comcast - NBCU Joint Venture

Yesterday was the deadline for comments to be filed at the FCC and comments poured in right up to the deadline late last night. We continue to be gratified by the wide variety of support the transaction is garnering –...

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22Jun
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Administration Announces Intellectual Property Enforcement Plan

America’s economy is built on creativity and innovation. Too often, these creative works – from movies to music to software to pharmaceuticals – are misappropriated by others for profit, which hurts American jobs and our balance of trade. This morning,...

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21Jun
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Comments on Comcast NBCU Joint Venture due today at FCC

Today, the first round of comments is due in the FCC’s consideration of the proposed Comcast/GE joint venture relating to NBCU. This is an important step in the FCC’s review of the transaction, and we look forward to the process...

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18Jun
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The Customer Guarantee with Tina Waters

I had a chance to sit down with Tina Waters as a sort of followup to her post about customer service here at Comcast. We chatted about what an SVP Human Performance does, what the Customer Guarantee is and...

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17Jun
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Cyber Summer Safety Challenge

Earlier this week Janice Chaffin, Group President of Consumer Business Unit at Symantec, and I completed a joint media tour to talk about the recently released Norton Online Family Report and the Cyber Summer Safety Challenge…I know it's a tongue...

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15Jun
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Comcast Digital Connectors: Burlington, VT

The last time I blogged about Comcast Digital Connectors was in October, after we held a public launch event at the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in Houston. Much has happened since, including a similar launch I...

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14Jun
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SmartZone World Cup Calendar

The 2010 World Cup kicked off in South Africa on June 11. Did you know that South Africa is 6 hours ahead of the East Coast and 9 hours ahead of the West Coast? That makes for some early...

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11Jun
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Comcaster to spend vacation helping in Haiti

If sometime soon Noah Kodeck is asked, “So, how did you spend your summer vacation?” he’s going to have quite a story to tell. Noah will be in Haiti from June 14-30, helping local people rebuild their community after the...

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10Jun
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Fancast makes it easier to find what you want to watch (and in HD!)

When you have as many TV shows and movies as we do on Fancast, sometimes finding what you want to watch can be a little tough. Today Fancast is launching a new way to browse the list of full...

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09Jun
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Behind the scenes: Preparing the Wachovia Center for a Stanley Cup game

This morning Ike Richman, a fellow Comcast Voices blogger, gave me a look at what it takes to get the Wachovia Center ready for game 6 of the Philadelphia Flyers/Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Finals. I stuck around long enough...

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09Jun
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Building Consensus: A New Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group

As you may have seen today, Comcast, along with other leading high-tech companies, announced the formation of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group, or 'BITAG' for short. This is a pretty innovative idea that I think will be welcome by...

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08Jun
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Comcast and Philadelphia Reads raises 1,000+ books for Philadelphia Schools

As a participant in Comcast’s leadership development program (“Fundamentals of Leadership”) this year, I had the great opportunity to extend Comcast’s community investment focus on literacy to support the Philadelphia Reads organization. Philadelphia teachers rarely have enough independent-reading books in...

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07Jun
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Comcast/NBCU Congressional Field Hearing in Los Angeles

Today in Los Angeles, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing to explore the implications of the Comcast/NBCU joint venture for diverse communities. Among the witnesses were several leading African American content producers who have...

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04Jun
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Flyers and Blackhawks Stanley Cup fun

The Stanley Cup finals are heating up with game 4 tonight at the Wachovia Center. We had a couple of Pep Rallies here at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia to root for the Flyers (check out the video), but...

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03Jun
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World Cup On Demand and in 3D

World Cup fever is starting to spread, and we have your soccer fanatics covered come June 11th, the start of the World Cup. You’ll be able to watch lots of World Cup coverage like never before: in 3D. The first...

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03Jun
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Time to Vote for Productivity@Work Winners

A few months ago I talked about the Productivity@Work Contest we’re running with Inc. magazine, in which four Grand Prize winners will receive office productivity upgrades and a prize package of tools valued at approximately $40,000. Entries from businesses across...

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02Jun
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Tips for Internet Safety Month

Editor’s Note: Our thanks to Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), for helping us kick off Internet Safety Month here at Comcast Voices. Following a three-day weekend kicking off the Summer season, it’s important to think...

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01Jun
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TV Tip: Getting the right sized HDTV

I often opine to my wife that we should really invest in a bigger TV. My wife is quite happy with our 42 inch HDTV, and argues that a larger television would be far too big for our living room....

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