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When it comes to cable TV, Boston is practically Comcast Corp.'s town. So it's a good bet that Comcast is planning to make a big splash Monday at The Cable Show, the annual gathering of the cable television industry, which is being held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Running through Wednesday and expected to draw more than 13,000 attendees, the event is the perfect opportunity for Comcast to reveal, as is widely expected within the cable industry, that Boston will be the first major city to get the company's newest gee-whiz technology: its next-generation combination...

A new service from cable television giant Comcast Corp. could turn the home TV into a home data center, tracking everything from business appointments to household security. Comcast demonstrated the service, called Project Dayview, Monday during the opening day of The Cable Show 2012, the industry's biggest trade event. "It's your own personal welcome screen," said Neil Smit, chief executive of Comcast Cable. "It's tying your entire life together. " At the Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, Comcast also confirmed Boston would be the first US city to see full-scale...

GREENBERG . (Max on Comcast) Another darkly comic portrait of a narcissist from writer-director Noah Baumbach (“The Squid and the Whale,’’ “Margot at the Wedding’’), this lets Ben Stiller shade his satiric-dolt persona into dramatic territory as a self-absorbed lost boy in his 40s. Not everyone’s cup of hemlock, but it’s Baumbach’s leanest, most confident movie yet — possibly his best. With Greta Gerwig. (R; runs through July 14) TY BURR HEAD OF STATE . (Max on Comcast)

A new service from cable television giant Comcast Corp. could turn the home TV into a home data center, tracking everything from business appointments to household security. Comcast demonstrated the service, called Project Dayview, Monday during the opening day of The Cable Show 2012, the industry's biggest trade event. "It's your own personal welcome screen," said Neil Smit, chief executive of Comcast Cable. "It's tying your entire life together. " At the Convention & Exhibition Center on Monday, Comcast also confirmed Boston would be the first US city to see full-scale deployment of X1, a...

PHILADELPHIA - In a bad year for cable stocks, Comcast's fall has been downright ugly. Shares of the nation's largest cable operator tumbled to a 20-month low yesterday after it disclosed this year's cable revenue growth and cash flow will come in lower than expected. It said consumers were balking at increasing their spending in a slowing economy and phone companies had stepped up competition. Meanwhile, Comcast also raised its capital spending to push advanced digital set-top boxes and its digital services.

Comcast and the NFL Network are going back to court, with the nation's largest cable company claiming the league is violating a contract over which the sides are already embroiled in a lawsuit. The complaint, filed with the New York State Supreme Court yesterday, asks for unspecified damages because of NFL officials' efforts to encourage customers to switch from Comcast and other large cable providers to television services that carry the network as part of basic programming.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino is urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny a proposal to allow Verizon Wireless Inc. and Comcast Corp. to jointly market each other's products or to require that the Verizon FiOS network be brought to Boston and other communities. According to the plan before the FCC, Verizon Wireless would pay $3.9 billion to buy large segments of the wireless spectrum from Comcast - the largest cable provider in Greater Boston - Time Warner Cable Inc., and Bright House Networks.

WASHINGTON - The Tennis Channel is accusing Comcast Corp. of discriminating against its cable TV network by relegating it to a premium sports tier that reaches only a small number of subscribers, even as Comcast-owned sports channels get much wider distribution. In a complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the Tennis Channel charges Comcast with violating rules that prohibit such operators from favoring channels they own over those from other firms. The Tennis Channel reaches about 2.6 million homes through Comcast.

Comcast Corp. officials stepped up their campaign yesterday opposing the City of Boston’s petition to the Federal Communications Commission for control over the price of basic cable service. Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants the federal agency to reverse a 2002 decision that stripped the city’s authority to regulate cable television rates, saying Comcast does not face effective competition and has raised its rates several times since deregulation began. The city’s May 9 petition states that “the failed promise of effective competition has left the majority of subscribers in the city...

NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. on Friday said its new method of managing Internet traffic may sometimes result in slower Web surfing for subscribers who use their cable modem the most, yet the company has not received a single customer complaint in trial runs in five areas. The new system is set to replace the current one, which drew a sanction from the Federal Communications Commission. Comcast said the new system kicks in only when Net traffic approaches congestion. It then identifies a customer's bandwidth and slows down their Internet traffic...

When it comes to cable TV, Boston is practically Comcast Corp.'s town. So it's a good bet that Comcast is planning to make a big splash Monday at The Cable Show, the annual gathering of the cable television industry, which is being held at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Running through Wednesday and expected to draw more than 13,000 attendees, the event is the perfect opportunity for Comcast to reveal, as is widely expected within the cable industry, that Boston will be the first major city to get the company's newest gee-whiz technology: its next-generation combination...

Comcast Corp. said it has begun the national roll-out of a new feature that will enable its Xfinity TV customers to make high-definition Skype video calls from their HDTVs while watching a favorite show. One possible scenario: Celtics fans confer with one another during a play-off basketball game. The fan continues to watch the game, but can also simultaneously video-chat with a pal. The chat is viewed in a box that takes up a small portion of the TV screen. With Skype on Xfinity, customers are able to make and receive video calls from their TV in HD picture quality,...

Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit. That limit, however, is very high, starting at 300 gigabytes for basic Internet plans. Only 1 percent of U.S. Internet users use that much data in a month, according a measurement firm. Comcast Corp. said Thursday that it will test charging $10 for every 50 gigabytes over that limit. Comcast has previously limited use to 250 gigabytes per month, but hasn't charged those who exceed that limit.

Comcast Corp. said its Xfinity TV customers can now access ESPN live streaming content via the WatchESPN app and on Comcast's XfinityTV.com , something that could be of interest to sports fans as the National Basketball Association play-offs heat up and the Major League baseball season heads into the summer. Customers who receive ESPN's networks as part of their Xfinity video subscription can now stream games as well as associated coverage live from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and ESPNU from their iPads,...

Residents on Wednesday may weigh in on what they think of their Comcast cable TV service. The city will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. in the aldermen's chamber at City Hall. Mayor Robert J. Dolan is in negotiations with Comcast to extend a 10-year licensing agreement, which expires July 1. State law requires a public hearing to solicit input from consumers to evalute the current level of service and future needs. The city is looking to sustain Melrose TV 3, the community access channel, and a station at Melrose High School, Dolan said.

Science from Scientists, a 10-year-old Boston education nonprofit, has received $650,000 from iRobot Corp., Google Inc., Comcast Corp., and others, and is launching a television program on Friday meant to boost science and math education in the state. "The Dr. Erika Show," hosted by Science from Scientists founder Erika Ebbel Angle and airing on the Comcast On Demand video service, focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math -- known as the STEM subjects. The show launched Friday at a STEM panel at iRobot headquarters in Bedford that included...

The town's cable access station recently advised residents of a change that Comcast made to its local channel lineup. Burlington Cable Access Television's government access channel on Comcast has switched from Channel 10 to 99, according to Jennifer Dodge, executive director of the station. The change is being made because WWDP, the Boston-area broadcast station that carries the ShopNBC network, is exercising its rights under Federal Communications Commission rules to be carried on the same channel it uses for noncable broadcasts.John Laidler