Voice over IP
Methods of delivering voice communications and multimedia over IP networks
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| 2025 | Planned completion of the tax-free spin-off of cable networks, pending regulatory approval. Concurrent organizational changes include Donna Langley's promotion to head Entertainment & Studios and Matt Strauss becoming chairman. |
| February 4 2025 | Xfinity announced it will discontinue sponsorship of the NASCAR Xfinity Series after 2025, while maintaining its premier sponsorship of the NASCAR Cup Series. |
| 2024 | A patent lawsuit was filed, highlighting Google Voice's split-channel approach for pre-call data and voice efficiency. |
| 2024 |
Source-Connect
Source Elements received the NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the Remote Production category for the upcoming Source-Connect 4.
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| 2024 | Comcast signs a deal with Starlink to provide satellite-based connectivity to business customers in regions with limited network access. |
| November 20 2024 | Comcast officially approved the spin-off of its cable networks, creating a separate entity including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, and digital properties like Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. |
| October 31 2024 | Mike Cavanagh announced on the company's third-quarter earnings call that Comcast would consider spinning off its cable networks. |
| September 2024 | Marc Caputo reported that Comcast made a $50,000 donation to the anti-abortion PAC Florida Freedom Fund. |
| May 21 2024 | Comcast announced Xfinity StreamSaver, a streaming bundle combining Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ for Xfinity customers, promising over 30% savings. |
| April 2024 | Rogers announced a deeper technology partnership with Comcast and began rebranding its cable TV and internet products as 'Rogers Xfinity'. |
| March 9 2024 |
Google Meet
Samsung Smart TV compatibility for Google Meet was discontinued
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| January 2024 | Comcast agrees to stop using the 'Xfinity 10G Network' branding after BBB's ruling. |
| 2023 |
Source-Connect
Co-founder Rebekah Wilson was nominated for the Business Leader Award at the Rise Awards.
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| 2023 | Comcast and Disney agreed on a deal for Comcast to sell its 33% stake in Hulu, with the streaming service valued at $27.5 billion. Part of the proceeds were to be used for Comcast share buybacks. |
| December 20 2023 | Xfinity suffered a major data breach that exposed personal information of 35.8 million customers, including usernames, passwords, and security question answers. The breach was caused by a vulnerability in the Citrix software used by the company. |
| June 2023 | Comcast deployed the 10-gigabit service for selected Gigabit Pro fiber business customers. |
| 2022 | Xfinity Flex and XClass TV were brought under Comcast's Xumo joint venture with Charter Communications and rebranded as Xumo Stream Box and Xumo TV respectively. |
| 2022 | Comcast reported annual earnings of US$15.4 billion, representing a 6.2% decrease from the previous year, while simultaneously achieving a 4.3% increase in annual revenue. |
| 2022 | Revenue reaches $121.400 billion, but net income drops significantly to $5.370 billion, with 186,000 employees. |
| 2022 | Comcast announced it would provide up to $10,000 in travel money for employees in states with tight abortion restrictions to receive abortion care. |
| 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet launched compatibility with Android TV, replacing the Google Duo app
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| December 2022 | Comcast announced the trial of symmetric, 10-gigabit service using DOCSIS 4.0 technology. |
| December 2022 | Comcast achieved another reduction in total CO2e emissions, reaching 1,978 kilotonnes, demonstrating a consistent commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. |
| November 2022 | Comcast and Charter announced the joint venture would use the Xumo name, rebranding Xumo, Xfinity Flex, and XClass TV as Xumo Play, Xumo Stream Box, and Xumo TV respectively. |
| November 1 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet replaces Google Duo, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet and the original Meet app to be phased out.
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| October 18 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet offered compatibility with Samsung Smart TV
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| August 2022 |
Google Meet
The merger of Duo into Meet began, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet, and the Duo web app redirecting to the Google Meet web app.
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| August 1 2022 |
Optimum
Rebranding of SuddenLink to Optimum was completed, finalizing the brand's expanded geographic presence.
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| June 2022 |
Google Meet
Google announced the merger of Google Duo into Meet.
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| June 20 2022 | Comcast acquired Levl, an American-Israeli startup developing device authentication technology, for an estimated $50 million. The company subsequently announced plans to establish its first development center in Israel. |
| April 2022 |
Optimum
Altice USA announced plans to rebrand SuddenLink as Optimum, expanding the brand's footprint to eleven additional states.
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| April 2022 | Comcast and Charter Communications announced a joint venture to create a 'next-generation streaming platform', with Comcast contributing Xfinity Flex, XClass TV, and Xumo businesses. |
| January 2022 |
Google Meet
Google removed the temporarily extended advanced features for educators and workspace users, requiring a subscription to access premium features.
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| 2021 |
Optimum
Digital Trends published an assessment of Altice One, highlighting its strengths in centralizing internet connection, WiFi access, and streaming, while noting the need for additional WiFi extension devices.
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| 2021 |
Session Description Protocol
Latest SDP specification released as RFC 8866
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| 2021 |
Source-Connect
Source Elements was a finalist at the World Changing Ideas Awards.
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| 2021 | NBCSN (NBC Sports Network) was discontinued. |
| 2021 | Strong recovery with revenue increasing to $116.385 billion and workforce rebounding to 189,000 employees. |
| December 2021 | Comcast further reduced its total CO2e emissions to 2,071 kilotonnes, continuing its downward trend in carbon emissions. |
| November 2021 | Comcast signed a deal to carry the ACC Network after previous resistance. |
| October 2021 | Comcast launched XClass TV, a line of Hisense-manufactured smart TVs based on X1 platform, sold exclusively through Walmart. |
| October 19 2021 | Comcast announced 'XClass TV', a line of smart TVs manufactured by Hisense and powered by the X1 software platform used by its cable services. |
| June 2021 | The Supreme Court rejected Comcast's petition for review in an anti-trust lawsuit by Viamedia, Inc. |
| April 6 2021 |
Optimum
Acquisition of Morris Broadband closed, with plans to rebrand it under the Optimum name, marking the first Optimum system outside the New York area since 2011.
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| March 1 2021 |
Optimum
Altice USA announced its acquisition of Morris Broadband in North Carolina for $310 million.
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| February 2021 |
Google Meet
Google introduced 'Lyra', a new very low-bitrate codec for speech compression that can operate with network speeds as low as 3 kbit/s, developed using machine learning models trained on thousands of hours of voice data.
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| January 2021 | Google removed Google Voice support from the Hangouts mobile and desktop apps. |
| January 6 2021 | It is revealed that the Rule of Law Defense Fund, which Comcast previously supported, provided funding to the Save America March that led to the attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
| 2020 | Xfinity began sponsoring the Xfinity 500 race at Martinsville Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series. |
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