Comcast sales reps to sell in Verizon stores, Bloomberg takes swing at NBC merger [Roundup]

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• If Comcast can’t make it in the wireless biz, who can? [Gigaom]
• New in Your Wireless Store: The Cable Guy [Media Decoder: New York Times] — “A pending $3.6 billion transfer of spectrum between cable companies and Verizon Wireless will give Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, a presence in select Verizon retail locations. Comcast salesmen will offer Verizon customers special offers on cellphones and other deals if they sign up for Comcast’s Xfinity service.”
• Bloomberg jabs at Comcast on anniversary of NBC deal approval [LA Times: Company Town]
• Verizon, Comcast Send Marketing Deals to FCC in Airwaves Review [Bloomberg]
• VIDEO: Comcast Xfinity Commercials Interrupt Giants Vs. 49ers Game (UPDATED) [Half Smokes] — in D.C. market

• Comcast’s Web-Slinging Set-Top Visits the FCC [Light Reading Cable]
• Comcast patents technology for recommending alternative TV programming to subscribers [FierceCable]
• Sprint, DirecTV ask FCC for Verizon cable deal info [Reuters via Yahoo Finance]
• Comcast & the FCC: Is the secret in their logos? [Philly Tech News] — Noting similarities in their logos
• Comcast Challenges FCC’s Decision on Tennis Channel Complaint [Broadcasting and Cable] — “Cable operator asks commission to reverse the ALJ’s finding that it had discriminated against the channel”
• As Seacrest Makes Deals, a Potential Role on ‘Today’ Still Looms [Media Decoder: New York Times] — More on the Ryan Seacrest negotiations with Comcast
• Comcast Spotlight exec heads to Viamedia [CED] –“Independent cable rep firm Viamedia announced that it has hired Brad Henderson as director of national sales.”
• This Major Catalyst Will Cause Time Warner To Outperform Comcast [TWXNews]
• Comcast Center says Thanks Gary [DC Sports Blog: Washington Post]
• Comcast flipping digital switch [The Post and Courier]
• Comcast Names Amy Lynch as Area Vice President of Comcast California’s Southwest Bay Area [PR Newswire: Sacramento Bee]
• Activists, Comcast tangle over accessiblity of low-income program [NewsWorks]
• Green Your Home with Xfinity Home Security [Comcast Voices] — Still pushing into security systems, seen as a related growth market

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