A national business organization is pressing a federal appeal of Maryland’s tax on digital advertising while online advertisers have mounted a so-far successful challenge in state court.

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Comcast Business today announced a nearly $5 million investment in the expansion of its fiber-based network in Baltimore, saying it would reach more than 2,000 additional businesses and benefit hundreds more. The company said the expansion would deploy additional miles of ...

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Comcast is paying one of the biggest fines ever levied on a cable company after regulators said it illegally billed customers for unwanted equipment and services. In a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, Comcast is agreeing to pay $2.3 ...

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NEW YORK — This year marked a turning point for Comcast, the cable giant: It now has more Internet than TV customers. And it’s trying out how to charge you for the amount of data you use, much the way ...

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NEW YORK — What killed Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable? Regulators’ desire to protect the Internet video industry that is reshaping TV. A combination of the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would have put ...

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NBCUniversal will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by unpaid interns who worked on "Saturday Night Live" and other shows who claim they are owed wages, according to court documents.

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Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, won $7.5 million in damages from wireless carrier Sprint Corp. for infringing telecommunications patents after a four-day federal jury trial. Comcast had asked for $16.5 million.

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Comcast Corp. accused companies criticizing its $45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable Inc. of “extortionate” demands and cited video streamer Netflix Inc. and programmer Discovery Communications Inc. as examples.

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Representatives from Comcast and Baltimore’s tech community gathered with area officials to launch Internet Essentials’ fourth year, in hopes that more residents will take advantage of the program.

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(AP) The basketball arena at the University of Maryland has been renamed the Xfinity Center. The arena was previously known as Comcast Center. Xfinity is Comcast’s high-speed Internet brand. Comcast owns naming rights to the arena and has the right ...

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