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Byron Allen, who has been locked in a legal dispute with Comcast that has reached all the way to the Supreme Court, didn’t mince words in his response to the company’s latest executive shuffle. David Cohen, who has steered Comcast’s diversity efforts and faced blame from Allen and others who say the company mistreated…

David Cohen, a key adviser to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and a notable fundraiser for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, has announced his plan to step down from his operational role at the company. He will end his operational responsibilities as of January 1, 2020, transitioning from Senior EVP to Senior…

Following the path established by their peers in the media business, Comcast and NBCUniversal have scheduled an investor event as they look to detail their strategy for entering the streaming arena. On January 16, executives will present details about Peacock, the NBCU service launching next April. The event will be…

Sky is to develop a major new UK studio for TV and film productions at Elstree with the backing of its parent company Comcast. The cost of the investment was not disclosed. The British broadcaster will open Sky Studios Elstree by 2022 and it will work in collaboration with Elstree Studios, the famous home of films…

EXCLUSIVE: A short film reuniting the creature from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, is premiering Thursday on NBC, Syfy and on the website of Comcast Xfinity. You can watch it above. Titled A Holiday Reunion, the film has a running time of a bit more…

Turns out Dwyane Wade knows how to shut down the opposition off the court as well as he did back in his Miami Heat days. In an emotional and no-holds-barred series of social media posts, the NBA legend eviscerated the recent departure (aka he’s says “fired”) of his spouse Gabrielle Union from America's Got Talent and…

EXCLUSIVE: Comcast-owned Sky News is being questioned by Ofcom after wrongly identifying the man who fell from a Kenya Airways flight as it came into land at Heathrow Airport in June. The British media regulator is assessing the report, first published on November 12, in which Sky News said it had solved the mystery…

Comcast is facing an antitrust lawsuit from a Denver regional sports network, which claims that the cable giant is using its market power to try to extract much more favorable terms that would put it out of business. Altitude Sports and Entertainment, which produces and telecasts games from the the Colorado Avalanche…

BT Sport has fought off competition from Comcast’s Sky to keep hold of exclusive UK television rights to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League until 2024. BT Sport has been the home of the elite soccer competitions since 2015 and has retained the rights in a deal worth £1.2BN ($1.5BN), which works out at…

UPDATED, 9:05 AM: Byron Allen’s racial discrimination case against Comcast came before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, as some of the justices questioned what a plaintiff has to show in a pleading to survive beyond its initial stages. At issue is whether Allen’s $20 billion lawsuit should have survived beyond the…

Less than a week before Comcast and Department of Justice lawyers will face off against Byron Allen in the Supreme Court in the Entertainment Studios boss' $20 billion discrimination lawsuit against the NBCUniverisal owner, a prominent member of Congress now wants the telecommunications giant brought down to…

EXCLUSIVE: True Royalty TV, the streaming service dedicated to documenting the lives of royal families around the world, has spoken to high-profile industry players as it bids to raise $12M to expand its library content. Deadline understands that the company has held exploratory talks with Disney, Viacom and ITV among…