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GuideWorks, LLC is the joint venture of Comcast and Gemstar-TV Guide International that was formed in April 2004 for the purpose of creating navigation software (also known as Interactive Program Guides) for digital cable television. Comcast owns a majority stake in the venture. The software developed by GuideWorks is widely deployed in Comcast ...
Meanwhile, some employees at SpinCo are bummed they might lose perks extended to Comcast employees — including tickets to the Universal theme parks and free broadband and cable TV in Comcast’s ...
Comcast is officially cutting the cord on most of its cable networks. The company announced a plan Wednesday that will offload the bulk of NBCUniversal’s financially challenged cable portfolio ...
The prototype of what would become TV Guide Magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), [5] who was the circulation director of MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities.
After Prevue's parent company, United Video Satellite Group, acquired the entertainment magazine TV Guide in 1998 (UVSG would in turn, be acquired by Gemstar the following year), the service was relaunched as TV Guide Channel (later TV Guide Network), which now featured full-length programs dealing with the entertainment industry, including ...
The new company doesn’t have a formal name yet — Comcast is simplycalling it “SpinCo” — a suitable label since employees’ heads are spinning with questions. And the questions aren ...
Comcast's cable television customers peaked in 2007, with about 24.8 million customers. [85] Comcast had lost customers every year since. However, the first quarterly gain in customers since their peak occurred in the fourth quarter of 2013. [86] As of the end of 2013, Comcast had a total of 21.7 million cable customers. [87]
Comcast is the first major media company to officially make the move to carve up up its business. Walt Disney has also considered spinning off its cable networks but ended up scrapping the plan.