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Editors Note: Byron Allen is founder, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios, one of the world’s largest privately held media companies. Allen, who is African American, contributed this to Deadline as his discrimination suit against Comcast, citing violations of the Civil Rights Act, heads toward a showdown in the U…

EXCLUSIVE: Heading towards a $20 billion showdown with Comcast at the U.S. Supreme Court this fall in his long running racial discrimination lawsuit against the media giant, Byron Allen today tore into the Brian Roberts-run behemoth and an 11th hour intervention by the Department of Justice "This is historic," the Ente…

Emphasizing the historic nature of the investment, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Universal Parks & Resorts head Tom Williams and Florida officials on Thursday announced plans for a new project called Epic Universe. The new park will be on a 750-acre site in Orlando, near the Orange Countty Convention Center. Surrounding…

An investment fund has beaten out a consortium that included Comcast and James Murdoch's new venture to buy a stake in Zee Entertainment, India's largest private broadcaster. Owners Essel Group sold an 11% stake in the Indian media group, which operates a slew of channels domestically as well as around the world, to…

Comcast said NBCUniversal’s highly anticipated entry into the streaming wars will launch in April 2020, a deadline that 500 dedicated employees are working steadily to try to meet. Executives offered the updated comments during a conference call with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter results, which were…

Comcast posted mixed-to-positive second-quarter results, delivering earnings of 78 cents a share, three cents better than Wall Street’s estimate, and revenue of $26.9 billion, short of estimates for $27.1 billion. NBCUniversal revenue slipped 1% to $8.2 billion, with adjusted EBITDA rising 8% to $2.3 billion on…

Amazon Music will be integrated for the first time by a pay-TV provider through a new deal with Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex services. The streaming music service will roll out on Comcast over the coming weeks on X1, which serves two-thirds of Comcast’s 21 million U.S. cable households, as well as on its…

Comcast has launched a feature enabling viewers with physical disabilities like spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the ability to navigate their television using only their eyes. Xfinity X1 eye control is a web-based remote for tablets and computers that pairs with an existing eye gaze system…

Call it a bundle within a bundle. Viacom’s Pluto TV, a free, ad-supported streaming offering with more than 100 live and curated channels from a range of programmers, is expanding to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform. Comcast, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, has said that X1 accounts for more than two-thirds of its total…

Comcast-backed Sky plans to double investment in originals over the next five years under the banner of new Europe-wide development and production label Sky Studios. The first production revealed for Sky Studios is Sky, HBO and Plan B six-part co-pro The Third Day with Jude Law. The banner will create new productions…

UPDATED with Byron Allen and Comcast statements: Byron Allen’s multibillion-dollar civil rights lawsuit claiming racial discrimination against Comcast is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a case claiming discrimination in contracting against Comcast in alleged violation…

It doesn’t seem that any suitor is out of the game yet but there has been persistent chatter over the past few weeks that WarnerMedia and Apple may have emerged as frontrunners to land J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company. Over the past couple of months, Abrams and his team had engaged with the two…