Mediagazer: Comcast Q2 earnings: $21.7B in revenue, a 2.1% increase YoY; high-speed internet revenue rose 9.3% YoY with 260K new broadband customers; NBCU revenue was flat (Business Wire)

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Business Wire:

Comcast Q2 earnings: $21.7B in revenue, a 2.1% increase YoY; high-speed internet revenue rose 9.3% YoY with 260K new broadband customers; NBCU revenue was flat — Consolidated 2nd Quarter 2018 Highlights: — Consolidated Revenue Increased 2.1%; Net Income Attributable to Comcast Increased 27.6%; Adjusted EBITDA Increased 4.8%

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Stewart Clarke / Variety:

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

NBC News begins its experiment with a streaming news network with “Space is Awesome”, a special report on space, to air Friday on NBCNews.com and other outlets — A countdown is about to begin. NBC News is getting ready to launch a special report on space that could also serve …

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Kate Lamb / The Guardian:

Inside Indonesia's “buzzer teams”, filled with political supporters and students who post thousands of times a day to create religious and political divides — ‘Buzzer teams’ are a growing part of politics, helping to churn up religious and racial divides

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Cheddar has signed deals to make its programming available on WOW! and the National Cable Television Cooperative, which represents 840 small cable operators — The company behind a financial news-focused streaming network for millennials is cutting deals with small cable operators

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