Latest Television

Home > Comcast Tv Guide Information > Comcast Tv Guide News

Comcast Tv Guide News

  • Earth to Rupert: Just sell the newspapers! Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:32PMWatching Rupert Murdoch testify in front of the British Parliament Tuesday, two things became immediately obvious.
  • Mindshare Packs Education and Action Into Its Third Best Practices Conference Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:20PMSALT LAKE CITY -- The NBA has its All-Star game. Movie stars have the Oscars. The Voice of the Customer industry has Mindshare's Best Practices Conference.
  • Rovi Confirms DigiForge Acquisition Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:29PMThe terms of the transaction, which officially closed June 1, were not disclosed. All of Wheat Ridge, Colo.-based DigiForge's approximately 45 employees have joined Rovi, according to a Rovi spokeswoman.
  • Why McAfee is still at the top of my Not Recommended list Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:30PMOver the years, when I’ve had to deal with McAfee products, I have been known to unleash torrents of invective that would make a pirate blush.Over the past month I tried the latest McAfee...
  • Local boating show reaches milestone Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:24PMPaul Jermain, a Manchester resident, recently produced his 100th episode of “Smart Boating,” which will air on MHTV on Thursday, July 21 at 6 p.m. and Friday, July 22 at 11:30 a.m. on Comcast Channel 10 and Verizon Channel 28.
  • After their early zeal, TV networks retrench from creating Web series Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:16PMNEW YORK -- Around 2007, TV networks made a land rush to the Web, looking to lay down digital production studios. Four years later, many of those networks have pulled up stakes, shunning original Web content and reorienting their online outlook. The Walt Disney Co. and ABC launched their digital media destination, Stage 9, only to fold it by 2009.
  • After early zeal, TV networks pull back Web series Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:09AMJAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK Around 2007, TV networks made a land rush to the Web, looking to lay down digital production studios. Four years later, many of those networks have pulled up stakes, shunning original Web content and reorienting their online outlook. The Walt Disney Co. and ABC launched their digital media destination, Stage 9, only to fold it by 2009. Time Warner's ...
  • Timbers Match Day vs. Seattle FC Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:05AMWhy to watch: It’s the hottest rivalry in Major League Soccer.
  • STAY TUNED: Digitizing your TV world; Comcast P&P troubles Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:00PMEdward of Naples writes: “Mr. Green: In your most recent column, you mentioned that Comcast’s analog-to-digital adapter boxes are free. Technically, you are correct — if you only want up to two adapter boxes.“We have six TVs in our home and since we want to be able to watch whatever we want on any of them, I needed a total of five adapter boxes.
  • Green briefs Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:30AMMBG Lunch & Learn
  • Comcast channel lineup cards are in the Administration Office, at the News Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:44PMRossmoor residents can pick up a Comcast channel lineup card in the Administration Office at Gateway, at the Rossmoor News at Creekside or from Theresa Molina in Mutual Operations. New residents receive the channel lineup card in the packet of information they receive when they move in.
  • Sports on the air Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 12:15AMTV TODAY
  • Facebook wants to make TV more social Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:41PMFacebook wants to make finding TV content, and how you connect to your friends around that content, more social.
  • BlinQ Is A Social Channel Guide For Your TV Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 8:02AMThere are plenty of apps that provide a social 'second screen' experience to watching TV, allowing users to check-in to TV shows, share commentary with friends, earn badges and more. But these apps don't actually combine their social functionality with your TV guide or remote control. Enter BlinQ, a new mobile iOS app that reorders the channel lineup on your cable system into most to least ...
  • Facebook Pitches Social TV Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 5:44AMFacebook has a message for the television world: social TV is coming. Andy Mitchell, SVP of Strategic Partner Development at Facebook, pitched a crowd of media and branding honchos at the PromaxBDA conference on Wednesday on the various ways in which he thinks his company can help the broadcast media embrace the social world. An obvious starting point was program filtering. “If you look at the ...
  • Television Heats up on Comcast this Summer Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 4:48PMAtlanta - This summer, Xfinity TV digital customers will have access to the season’s hottest new and returning TV series premieres, first-looks, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes interviews, along with the ability to catch-up and keep-up – anytime, anywhere – with the most current, top-rated TV shows on Xfinity On Demand, XfinityTV.com and through the Xfinity TV app*.
  • Fox Programming Moving to Indiana's NewsCenter Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:51PMFORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- FOX Television programs like "Glee", "American Idol" and your Sunday NFL games are moving to the networks of Indiana's NewsCenter.
  • Comcast Offers 100 HD Channels In Vermont Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:39PMWashington, D.C. (June 20, 2011) -- Comcast is now offering more than 100 HD channels in three Vermont communities -- Brattleboro, Rutland and Bennington, the company announced.
  • Despite year of financial heartache, San Francisco's Pride celebration still alive Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 6:17AMAs San Francisco prepares to rally under the banner of “In Pride We Trust” at the 41st annual gay pride parade, organizers of what’s billed as the planet’s largest LGBT celebration are marching to another tune this year. After a city audit last year revealed a looming cloud of debt left hovering over the event by previous festivities, San Francisco Pride underwent substantial structural changes ...
  • In new 'World,' no more analog Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 12:06AMComcast is very close to saying adios to analog in the Fredericksburg area. Those who receive an analog signal directly to their TV sets will have to get and install set-top boxes and adapters from Comcast in order to continue receiving service....
  • Reducing 4G/LTE Testing Time with Trial Acceleration Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 10:20PMComcast Demos 1 Gbps, New IP-enabled STBs, Cloud-base Program Guide Tweet At The Cable Show in Chicago, Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts showcased a 1 Gbps DOCSIS connection.
  • Comcast Cable Show 2011 demo features 1Gbps cable modem speeds, new Xfinity TV UI Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 10:04PMAs promised, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts treated Cable Show 2011 attendees to a quick demo of the company's latest and greatest tech earlier today. The presentation consisted of the new Xfinity TV platform with all its cloud processing and internet content from Facebook and others , as well as a speed test running on a Comcast cable modem that broke through the 1Gbps speed barrier on the ...
  • Comcast chief Brian Roberts unveils next generation Xfinity TV system Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 4:48PMComcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts is linking TVs to the cloud. On Thursday, at the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. conference in Chicago, Roberts unveiled the latest generation of the Philadelphia cable giant's Xfinity TV system. The upgrade boasts a...
  • Comcast achieves 1-billion bit download speeds Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 10:35AMCHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Comcast Corp. Chairman Brian Roberts on Thursday demonstrated broadband download speeds of more than 1 billion bits per second, in front of a gathering at the NCTA Cable Show in Chicago. Roberts showed a video of himself downloading 23 half-hour episodes of the NBC series "30 Rock" in 1 minute and 39 seconds. He also demonstrated a Comcast electronic guide that allows ...
  • Skype Video-Calling Will Require Comcast Customers to Think Different About TV Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 1:34PMA new partnership between Comcast and Skype will let Comcast subscribers place video calls through their television sets. The new service will require some setup -- customers will need to install Comcast-provided equipment including an adapter box, video camera, and special remote with a QWERTY keyboard that connects to the service.
  • Intel processors land in Comcast set-top boxes Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 7:53AMIntel has begun to make so-called systems on chips -- devices that combine the functions of multiple chips into one piece of silicon -- to try to win customers in consumer electronics.
  • Comcast, Facebook and Intel join together to give enhanced TV experience Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 2:37AMSari N. Kent Three media giants band together to give viewers a new way to watch TV. Comcast, Facebook and Intel are partnering up to give viewers what they call a “next generation TV experience.” Translation? That means they plan to make viewers' TV screens more interactive through the use of Internet features and apps, reports HollywoodReporter.com . "This new experience transforms the way ...
  • Comcast to show off new Xfinity TV guide with Facebook tie-ins, Intel CPU Thursday (video) Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 5:04PMThanks to one of our readers getting an early install, we've already dug deep into Comcast's next generation Xfinity TV DVR, but on Thursday Brian Roberts will show it off in full (along with "new broadband speeds") at the 2011 NCTA Cable Show . According to the press release the new guide that blends internet content with TV broadcasts will include customizations and sharing tied to Facebook ...
  • Find shows on the go with these cable, satellite TV and video streaming apps Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:06PMAs media companies convene in Chicago this week at The Cable Show and discuss how to reach consumers on any device of their choosing, we are showcasing the best ways to access programming from leading cable, satellite TV and streaming media companies today.
  • Comcast Taps Facebook for Enhanced TV Experience Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:49AMGeorg Szalai "This new experience transforms the way consumers watch television with a new guide and user interface that makes the TV screen more interactive, personal and social," the cable giant said. read more
  • Intel-Based Set-Top Box Powers Comcasts Next-Generation Xfinity* TV Experience Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:26AMToday at The Cable Show, Intel Corporation announced that ...
  • Intel-Based Set-Top Box Powers Comcast’s Next-Generation Xfinity* TV Experience Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:19AMCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at The Cable Show, Intel Corporation announced that its Intel® CE media processors are helping power Comcast’s next-generation Xfinity TV experience which uses a new guide and user interface to make the television more interactive, personal and social. The Intel-based set-top box, designed and developed by Pace, enables Comcast to deliver services that are easier ...
  • Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian L. Roberts to Unveil Next Generation Television Experience and New Broadband Speeds Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:08AMPHILADELPHIA & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) today announced that it is working with leading technology and content providers to deliver the company’s next-generation Xfinity® TV experience. This new experience transforms the way consumers watch television with a new guide and user interface that makes the TV screen more interactive, personal and social ...
  • Timbers MatchDay: Colorado at Timbers Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 8:05AMColorado at Timbers When/where: 7:30 p.m. today at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland.
  • Microsoft's Xbox Live TV Service Seems Pointless Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 3:09PMMaybe we're missing something here, but it seems like the forthcoming live TV service that Microsoft announced on Monday at E3 is basically a way to get TV on your TV.
  • Cable Show 2011: Roberts to Unveil Comcast's Next-Generation Video Product Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 12:32PMCEO to stage demo during general session Thursday, June...
  • Your guide to the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 2:37AMAGENDA What: 27th Philadelphia International Cycling Championship When: Sunday, 9 a.m. for men's race (approximate finish time 3:10 p.m.); 9:10 for women's race (approximate finish time 11:30 a.m.)
  • Beaverton student goes out in spelling bee’s fourth round Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 7:36PMBeaverton middle-schooler Katie Fo was tripped up Thursday morning by the word “linguipotence,” going out in the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s fourth round. Fo, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Beaverton’s Whitford Middle School, made it through the first three rounds and ...
  • BRIEFLY: June 1 Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 9:40AMRead about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
  • MatchDay: D.C. United at Timbers Sunday, May 29, 2011 @ 8:05AMD.C. United at Timbers When/where: 2 p.m. today at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland.
  • 2011 Hurricane Guide: Several Collier road projects in works as summer arrives Saturday, May 28, 2011 @ 11:16PMAs construction continues to move ahead on several Collier County roads, transportation officials are prepared for the 2011 hurricane season. Several roads will be under construction in Collier County during hurricane season 2011.
  • Comcast testing all-IPTV to help TV on tablets, Xbox 360 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 9:33PMComcast revealed Wednesday that it was testing a TV-over-IP system for its network. A dry run on MIT's grounds in the fall would prove it can deliver its regular TV service using Internet protocol in a way that would simplify delivering it beyond TV sets. The move as cast by the Wall Street Journal would simplify watching real-time broadcasts on tablets like the iPad, Xbox 360s, and other ...
  • Laptops and Game Consoles Could Replace Set-Top Boxes in Comcast Test Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 7:55PMCable giant proposes to beat AT&T's U-Verse and other rivals with their own technology for regular and on-demand programming.
  • Sports on the air Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 11:10PMTV TODAY
  • 'Go the F- to Sleep': Camden prof's #1 Amazon rank made in Philly Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 12:49PMAdam Mansbach's kiddie book for adults is No. 1 on Amazon.com, thanks, he says, to an April talk he did at Philly's National Museum of American Jewish History.
  • How 3D content works: Blu-ray vs. broadcast Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 1:08PMNot all 3D is the same. Knowing how to get the best 3D content for your TV will ensure your TV looks its 3D best.
  • NIMBYs Blocking Civic Improvement Is Sad S.F. Tradition Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 7:21PMOn April 21, Richmond District landscape architect Kathy Howard warned members of the Board of Supervisors about a new kind of urban blight: Out-of-towners, she wrote in a letter, planned to erect "monsters in our neighborhoods permanently." "This is not a NIMBY issue," Howard insisted, e...
  • TV Guide Net Hits Road With 'Nail Files' Mobile Spa Tour Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 9:26AMTV Guide Network is backing its upcoming original series Nail Files with an 11-city mobile-spa tour. It kicks off Saturday, May 14, at North Point Mall in Alpharetta, Ga.
  • After 10 years, I'm done waiting for TiVo Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 7:03PMI can't remember the last time I watched TV without TiVo. But the time has finally come. I gave up on TiVo when TiVo gave up on me.
  • Logitech Harmony 1100 Advanced Universal Remote Review Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 11:32AMA good friend of mine needed a universal remote with RF to control his new media room. All of his A/V equipment is behind his couch in the back of the room. He needed the remote for a few months and looked to me for a good tech-solution and a good deal as well. I [...]