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Showing just how far Web streaming and mobile technology have evolved, USA Network has declared itself officially platform-agnostic. From its upfront presentation on Thursday, the Comcast unit said each digital touchpoint will now offer TV Everywhere, "gamification," and real-time social TV -- all in an effort to improve viewer experiences and ... (more)

DirecTV is eyeing a possible bid to acquire online video site Hulu, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Comcast Corp.'s USA Network will launch next month a revamped version of its own social media technology, resisting an industry trend toward expanded integration with Twitter.

Many TV networks have been partnering with Twitter to capitalize on the social media zeitgeist, but Comcast's USA Network is going rogue in the quest for cross-platform audience engagement.

This afternoon, Comcast declared its quarterly dividend of 19.5 cents per share, maintaining the amount paid to shareholders last quarter.

Comcast Corp. plans to roll out the red carpet for customers returning to New Jersey Shore communities affected by Superstorm Sandy this summer.

Jumping on the TV Everywhere bandwagon, the Walt Disney Co. -owned ABC Television Group will start streaming live TV shows online to pay-TV subscribers in New York and Philadelphia Tuesday.

's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Brean Murray in a report released on Monday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Any major company -- Amazon , Comcast , Microsoft or any other firm that has an interest in content deals and millions of subscribers -- could have purchased the firm at that low rate.

I guess there's a limit to how much money Comcast Corporation can milk from its customers.

Ian Blaine, CEO of thePlatform, commutes by bike to his office along Seattle's Third Avenue.

Riiiiiiiiight. Prolific Harlem rapper Smoke DZA has put out a number of solid releases in the last few years, and he returned last month with another free release, the Ringside EP.

Obscured by a recent fog of new service teases, overblown rumors and chest thumping proclamations was a relevant business and technology capability from video publishing giant thePlatform recently added OTT subscription services to the number of ways it enables customers to charge for their video assets .

The firm currently has a $48.00 price target on the stock. Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock.

CED's CTO roundtable has mined the thoughts of cable operator executives for years now, but this is the first iteration of a vendor CTO roundtable.

Today, thePlatform, the leading white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, introduced a single Web-based console to schedule and manage live signal acquisition and encoding, handle dynamic advertising insertion and metadata creation, and automatically archive live video broadcasts to create rapid video-on-demand ... (more)

This morning, Morgan Stanley increased its price target on shares of the Las Vegas Sands to $65 as Asian properties continue to drive earnings growth at the company.

The firm currently has an "outperform" rating on the stock. A number of other firms have also recently commented on CMCSA.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. A number of other firms have also recently commented on CMCSA.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. CMCSA has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.