HDTV Almanac - Comcast Makes Deal with CBS

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alfredpoor
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HDTV Almanac - Comcast Makes Deal with CBS

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In case you haven’t been following the story, Comcast wants NBC like a six year old girl wants a real live pony of her very own. Unfortunately, Comcast can’t just walk down to the paddock and plunk down billions of dollars and walk away with a major network. It seems that its competitors, Federal [...]

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Comcast Sucks

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I recently moved to another state and decided to try out Comcast after many years of DirecTV. In my humble opinion, Comcast is a sloppy mess compared to DirecTV. There's no hint of optimization or planning in the directory listings. The directory is shown in very large font, so large that sometimes only a single word appears in the directory for a show. Major network shows are separated in the listings by endless lists of obscure local sports events and foreign language shows. The NASA channel which is a great source of major events such as shuttle take offs, landings and space station construction is missing. Thumbs down.
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