As more and more consumers move to cut the cord, Comcast is the latest major media company to announce its entrance into the streaming video business.
As Comcast's earnings report proves, the cable companies and broadcast networks who fear the Internet taking away precious cable subscribers have a lot to gain from the streaming viewing trend. Namely: A new place to profit off of content licensing.
CEO Eric Schmidt is flirting with broadcasters and their love child could be beautiful
The Justice Department's antitrust chief has a new job
Despite departure of Olympics guru Dick Ebersol, Comcast bids to keep the Games
"Statistically" no one is dropping cable, says Reed Hastings
ESPN is the new favorite
According to the press release, she' got "the perfect set of skills" to be a lobbyist
But does it make sense to compare the two?
New owner Comcast is less eager to pay huge sums to air the Games
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