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Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) regularly issues news about its activities as a global media and technology company. Its announcements cover developments across broadband connectivity, media and entertainment, advertising technology, and corporate actions. Investors and observers following CMCSA news can see how the company’s connectivity, content, and experiences businesses evolve over time.
A significant portion of Comcast’s recent news focuses on broadband and network expansion. Press releases describe projects that extend Comcast’s fiber-rich or converged networks to unserved or underserved homes and businesses in various U.S. communities. These updates often highlight partnerships with state or local agencies, grants or public funding, and the introduction of Xfinity Internet, mobile, entertainment, and home security services to new areas. News items also discuss infrastructure upgrades in public and affordable housing, aimed at providing high-speed, symmetrical Internet and strong WiFi coverage.
Another key theme in Comcast news is media, streaming, and advertising innovation. Announcements from NBCUniversal and FreeWheel describe initiatives such as agentic AI-powered cross-platform media buying for premium video inventory and exclusive partnerships to provide ad-serving and marketplace access for free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. These stories illustrate how Comcast’s media and advertising technology businesses are using data and AI to change how premium video advertising is planned and executed.
Comcast-related news also includes updates on joint ventures and platforms, such as Xumo, the streaming joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications. Releases describe new identity and data solutions for advertisers across Xumo’s streaming inventory, emphasizing privacy-focused audience targeting and measurement. In addition, corporate news covers events such as the separation of Versant Media Group, Inc. into an independent public company, along with associated stock distributions to Comcast shareholders.
By reviewing the CMCSA news feed, readers can track developments in Comcast’s connectivity buildouts, digital equity initiatives, streaming and advertising technology, and capital markets activity. This page brings together these categories of news so that investors, analysts, and industry watchers can monitor how Comcast’s businesses and strategies are reflected in its public announcements.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) committed $2.5 million in grants to Lead for America and Partners for Rural Impact to expand digital opportunity in rural Arkansas, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia on November 18, 2025. The funding is part of Comcast’s $1 billion Project UP initiative and will place more than 24 American Connection Corps members as digital navigators to help residents get online, use devices, and build digital skills.
Comcast noted Xfinity’s high-speed network currently reaches 5.2 million rural households in 952 counties. PRI will also develop a comprehensive digital portal with training, funding, data, and coaching for rural leaders.
Universal Ads (CMCSA) announced a study on November 18, 2025 showing that combining streaming TV and social media ads boosts metrics for emerging brands. Key measured results: up to 2.8x unaided brand recall versus social-only exposure, a 24% lift in purchase intent when adding streaming TV, a 33% lift in purchase intent from two streaming TV ads vs one social ad, 5x unaided recall when pairing streaming TV with social video, and 2.3x higher brand perception lift for emerging versus well-known brands.
The study used >430 participants in lab and in-home settings with biometric tracking and post-exposure surveys, and highlights Universal Ads' position making streaming TV accessible and measurable for smaller advertisers.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) opened a new 1,400-square-foot Xfinity Store in Noblesville, Indiana on November 13, 2025, at 12919 Campus Parkway.
The store serves as a local tech hub offering sales and in-person support for Xfinity Internet, Xfinity X1, Xfinity Mobile, Xfinity Voice, Xfinity Home and device sales from Apple, Samsung, Google, LG, and Motorola. It provides bill payment, account management, equipment pickup/return, and hands-on demos of Xfinity Pro to optimize home WiFi.
Store hours are Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.. For more information call 1-800-Xfinity or visit www.xfinity.com.
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) joined the William Penn Foundation and four other funders to award $8.35 million to 19 Philadelphia-area nonprofits to expand workforce training and placement. The coalition’s grants will directly help more than 4,100 jobseekers and engage 116 employers, funding wraparound supports such as stipends, transportation, childcare, case management, and employer cohorts.
This deployment is part of a broader $20 million public-private effort that includes a prior $10 million City commitment and aligns funding to three targeted sectors: enterprise digital solutions, materials machining and fabrication, and biomedical and life sciences.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) honored longtime Citrus County Chronicle journalist Nancy Kennedy as a Champion of Change on Nov 6, 2025
The surprise ceremony in Inverness included elected leaders and family; Citrus County declared Nov 4, 2025 as "Nancy Kennedy Day." Comcast donated $10,000 to YaYAS of Citrus County and fulfilled items from the group's wish list in her name. Comcast also highlighted a regional infrastructure commitment of $8 million to expand high-speed internet access across Citrus County communities.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) honored longtime Citrus County Chronicle journalist Nancy Kennedy as a Champion of Change on Nov 6, 2025
The surprise ceremony in Inverness included elected leaders and family; Citrus County declared Nov 4, 2025 as "Nancy Kennedy Day." Comcast donated $10,000 to YaYAS of Citrus County and fulfilled items from the group's wish list in her name. Comcast also highlighted a regional infrastructure commitment of $8 million to expand high-speed internet access across Citrus County communities.
VERSANT (NYSE:VSNT) will host its inaugural Investor Day on December 4, 2025 in New York City as it prepares to spin off from Comcast and become an independent, publicly traded media company. The event will be webcast live on www.CMCSA.com.
Senior leaders scheduled to present include CEO Mark Lazarus, COO/CFO Anand Kini, and other members of VERSANT’s leadership team. Presentations will cover VERSANT’s vision, strategy, business model and financial priorities, and outline priorities across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment.
The company said its portfolio will include brands such as USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, Golf Channel and digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, SportsEngine.
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) announced that Xfinity released a new short film starring Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard to promote Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good, which opens in theaters on November 21, 2025. The short, part of Xfinity’s new “Imagine That” brand platform, highlights Xfinity’s Internet, mobile, entertainment, and smart home products and features creative collaboration with Universal, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, and Framestore.
Customers can access the short film and behind-the-scenes content by saying “Wicked: For Good” into their Xfinity voice remote or view a 60-second spot in theaters.
Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) announced that Steve Croney will become Chief Executive Officer of its Connectivity & Platforms division effective January 1, 2026, succeeding Dave Watson. Croney will oversee Comcast’s residential and commercial connectivity businesses, including broadband, wireless and entertainment distribution platforms.
Dave Watson will become Vice Chairman of Comcast Corporation to advise the company and lead strategic initiatives. Croney currently serves as COO of Connectivity & Platforms and previously served as CFO of the division; he has led a new go-to-market strategy, national packaging and pricing, business reorganization, product launches, market expansion, network evolution, and use of AI and data to improve customer experience and operations.
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per share. The dividend is payable on February 4, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2026. Shareholders who want automatic updates can subscribe to the company’s e-mail alerts.