Comcast and AT&T Suspend Donations to Members of Congress Who Tried to Overturn Election

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell are upbeat the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will go forward as planned and said advertisers are optimistic as well, based on what they’re seeing.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorComcast said fourth-quarter profit increased thanks to customer interest in broadband and wireless services, even as it grappled with a downturn in performance at its large NBCUniversal entertainment conglomerate spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.The Philadelphia cable giant said net income came to $3.38 billion, or 73 cents a share, up from $3.16 billion, or 68 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 2.4% to $27.7 billion.

NBCU’s streaming service Peacock has hit 33 million signups across the U.S. to date, parent Comcast said Thursday.

Also Read: Could WWE Network-Peacock Deal Set the Stage for Comcast Buying WWE?“Outstanding performance at Cable drove very strong fourth quarter results for our company. We added 538,000 net new broadband customers and delivered Adjusted EBITDA growth of over 12%.

EXCLUSIVE: Comcast’s Xfinity TV has expanded distribution of AspireTV, a cable network focused on Black culture and urban lifestyle, putting it in millions of new homes.

Comcast’s European giant Sky has announced a major slate of films and TV series falling under its "Sky Originals" banner that it says is its biggest lineup to date. Among the new high-end scripted dramas announced are series from noted writers Paul Abbott (Shameless, No Offence), David Farr (The Night Manager) and Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, The Batman) in Wolfe, The Midwich Cuckoos and Extinction, respectively.

Comcast's European pay TV giant Sky has set an ambitious target to increase the diversity of its workforce. The company on Thursday announced that 20 percent of its employees in the U.K.

The Mission Continues, a charity that organizes veterans to volunteer in their communities. The Mission Continues shared photos on Twitter of volunteers receiving their donated lunches, as well as a photo of a note from Meghan and Harry.

Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky has further expanded its array of studio content deals, signing a pact with StudioCanal. Under the arrangement, StudioCanal's upcoming releases —such as Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci drama Supernova, JoJo Moyes adaptation The Last Letter From Your Lover, female action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake, and Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy starrer The Electrical Life of Louis Wain —will be added to Sky's platform following their theatrical release.

Donald Trump‘s reputation for stiffing his workers precedes him. Whether it’s workers building his casinos, brokers selling his properties, or waiters serving his meals, the president bails before a bill can ever reach him.

Naman Ramachandran Giant streamer Netflix was the second largest TV group in Europe by revenue in 2020, according to new data from research firm Ampere Analysis.Comcast, which owns pay TV operator Sky’s European operations, remains the leader with a 12% market share by revenue. However, with a 6.1% share, Netflix has leapfrogged German public broadcaster ARD.

Comcast, AT&T, Hallmark and Facebook are joining the list of companies that are rearranging their political contributions and business relationships to distance themselves from President Trump and the G.O.P. the week after supporters of the president rioted at the U.S.

AT&T, the parent company of WarnerMedia, and Comcast, parent company of NBCUniversal, are the latest corporations to halt political contributions to lawmakers who objected to the certification of the electoral vote last week in favor of Joe Biden, an event that was at the center of the siege of the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

Watch: Kate Hudson keen to reconcile with estranged familyBy Elise SoléKate Hudson is opening up about her not-so-famous family members and their complicated relationship. In a 8 January episode of the podcast “Sibling Revelry” which she hosts with her brother Oliver Hudson, the 41-year-old actress, whose mother is Goldie Hawn, appeared nostalgic for her estranged father, musician Bill Hudson, who divorced Hawn in 1980 after four years of marriage.

that their drama was "very real, very ugly, and incredibly intense. So, their recent dynamic is a drastic change from where they were."Fast forward to today, the relationship is much better than it was.

Kate Hudson is hoping to get closer to her extended family in 2021. The actress opened up about wanting to «connect» with estranged father Bill Hudson's children during the latest episode of her podcast with brother Oliver Hudson.«You know what I’ve been thinking about lately? Dad,» Kate said when talking about New Year's resolutions.

Kate Hudson is putting family first.

Millions of President Trump's supporters who had the false hope that the election could be overturned by Congress were "lied to," Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, told "America's Newsroom" Friday.

Steve Clarke Few media watchers in the U.K. were surprised that Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky these past 13 years, is finally quitting two years after Comcast acquired the U.K.-based pay-TV giant.There’s been a steady exodus of senior execs from Sky since the U.S.