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College Hoops Tourney Will Boost DTV
 |  Mar 19, 2000

Major sports events and digital television are made for each other. This year's annual <A HREF="http://www.ncaa.org/">National Collegiate Athletic Association</A> men's college basketball tournament will present broadcasters and electronics dealers an unprecedented opportunity to show the public what DTV is all about.

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College Sports Get HDTV Coverage
 |  Sep 08, 2002

Live sports broadcasts are one of the driving forces for high definition television. On September 5, Samsung Electronics, Sears Roebuck, and CBS Television announced a partnership that will significantly boost public exposure to the format by expanding HD coverage of college football and basketball.

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Colorizing Still Around -- "Forbidden Zone" on DVD
SV Staff  |  Jul 17, 2008
How come we don't know about this cult classic? Legend films is releasing Forbidden Zone on DVD and on-demand digital download - now in color!  Who knew they were still colorizing films?  How fun is that? Forbidden Zone was directed by...
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Columbus Day Sale at Shop Sound & Vision
SV  |  Oct 05, 2018
Shop Sound&Vision has announced a Columbus Day Sale page with deals on AV gear ranging from TVs and AV receivers to speakers, headphones, subwoofers, and more.
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Comcast and Fandango Deal Enables Movie Ticket Purchases Through Your TV
SV Staff  |  May 30, 2018
Comcast Xfinity and Fandango today announced a new feature that will let Xfinity X1 subscribers search local showtimes and initiate the purchase of movie tickets right from their televisions.
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Comcast and MediaOne Soon to be One
 |  Mar 28, 1999

Eventually, a few multinational conglomerates will own 90% of the world's businesses. Case in point: Cable companies <A HREF="http://www.comcast.com/">Comcast</A> and <A HREF="http://www.mediaone.com/">MediaOne</A>, already among the largest in their field, made a move in that direction last week when they announced a merger valued at between $53 and $60 billion. Comcast will acquire MediaOne, described by the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/"><I>New York Times</I></A> as "the sole surviving independent cable company." The resulting company will be the nation's third largest.

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Comcast Avoids Usage-Based Pricing
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 10, 2010
For months the debate between Comcast and net neutrality advocates has raged in the headlines of the business and tech presses. Even so, the company says it has no plans to implement usage-based pricing for its ISP customers.
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Comcast Bows Latest 3D Channel
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 22, 2011
The latest 3DTV channel to hit the scene is Xfinity 3D from Comcast.

The 24-hour channel launched Sunday, February 20 (just last weekend) at 6 p.m. Its debut offering was the 2011 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic with the Montreal Canadiens squaring off against the Calgary Flames. Next up was a Kings of Leon concert. The channel plans to show concerts, sports, movies, and original programming.

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Comcast Captures NBC Universal
user  |  Dec 07, 2009
It's official: Comcast is buying NBC Universal. And already predictions are surfacing as to how this will change the media landscape in online video and other areas.
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Comcast Center's 10,000,000 Pixels
SV Staff  |  Jun 25, 2008
While we've been poking fun at Comcast lately, you have to be impressed with this latest feat. They've bestowed the Comcast Center in Philadelphia with a 2,100 square foot media wall with five times the resolution of current HDTVs. Designed for...
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Comcast Changes Name to Xfinity
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 16, 2010
Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, is changing its name to Xfinity.
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Comcast Debuts Xfinity 3D Channel
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 18, 2011
It seems that 3D channels are starting to make a few significant inroads in the broadcast landscape. Last week, I reported that DirecTV rolled out 3net, a 24/7 3D channel co-founded by Discovery Communications, Sony, and Imax. Now, Comcast, the country's largest cable provider, is getting in the game with its Xfinity 3D channel, which debuts on Sunday, February 20, 2011.
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Comcast DVR Won’t Miss Your Show
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 24, 2015
The latest addition to Comcast’s X1 IP-video platform is an Auto Extend feature that adds 30-minute increments to DVR recordings so you won’t miss events that run past their scheduled air times. The option works only with certain sporting events—NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA men’s football and basketball, and NASCAR—but Comcast promises to expand that.
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Comcast Goes Multi-Room
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 14, 2010
Comcast now offers multi-room recording and playback with the new AnyRoom DVR.
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Comcast Goes Negative
 |  Aug 04, 2002

Investors are singing the blues over cable giant <A HREF="http://www.comcast.com">Comcast</A>, which on Thursday, July 25 reported a net loss of $209.6 million for the second fiscal quarter. That number compared unfavorably to the company's $35.2 million profit for the same period a year earlier. Comcast has been hammered by investment losses&mdash;$538.3 million, more or less&mdash;including stakes in AT&T Corporation and other high-tech companies.

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