Yesterday, Comcast made new announcements about our expansion of Internet Essentials, the largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program in the country. Along with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative, we introduced a pilot program to attack the digital divide for public housing residents. Through the pilot, eligibility for Internet […]
Comcast Acquires Philly Tech Startup OneTwoSee
Comcast announced today that Philly tech startup OneTwoSee has joined the family! OneTwoSee provides real time sports stats and analytics, and has played an integral role in reengineering our X1 sports app. Initially launched to help fans check scores, standings, and schedules for games, OneTwoSee helped transform the sports app into an interactive and immersive […]
Comcast & Cristo Rey: Partnering to Build the Workforce of 2020
By: John R. McConnell, Founder and President of Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Fourteen year-old Jay Lloyd walked through the main doors of the Comcast Center at 1700 JKF Boulevard on September 4, 2012 for his first day of work. Overwhelmed with mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement, he entered the skyscraper for the first […]
Karen Dougherty Buchholz Honored by Philadelphia Magazine with 2016 Trailblazer Award
Comcast Corporation is pleased to announce Karen Dougherty Buchholz, Senior Vice President of Administration, was named the 2016 Philadelphia Magazine Trailblazer. The annual Philadelphia Magazine Trailblazer Award honors extraordinary women leaders in the Greater Philadelphia region. Karen’s passion for spearheading big, complicated projects, including constructing the Comcast Center in 2008 and the new Comcast Innovation […]
A Renewed Commitment to our Hometown
By David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Corporation Earlier today, Philadelphia City Council unanimously approved a renewal of our cable TV franchise that allows Comcast to offer cable television to customers in Philadelphia for the next 15 years. Comcast renews hundreds of franchise agreements with municipalities across the country each […]
