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Industry Moves: Schiller Leaves Glam To Head Sales For Comcast Interactive

Mar 2, 2009 9:23 AM

Industry vet Scott Schiller is joining Comcast Interactive Media (NSDQ: CMCSA) as SVP-advertising sales, responsible for Fancast, Fandango, Movies.com and Plaxo. Schiller is leaving ad network Glam Media, where he was promoted to EVP-global marketing last September. Schiller will be based in New York but will build a national sales…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Companies, Comcast, comcast interactive media, fancast, scott schiller

Comcast Adds Downloads To Fancast; Mobile App Is Coming

Sep 3, 2008 5:39 PM

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is getting ready to launch Fancast Mobile, a mobile application which will allow users to watch live programming on your phone, and schedule recordings on your DVR, reports Gizmodo..Comcast has been talking about this possibility for a while now. There’s not too many details on the mobile…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Mobile, Companies, Comcast, fancast

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Former Yahoo Exec Karin Gilford Joining Comcast As SVP of Fancast

Jul 17, 2008 11:30 AM

Karin Gilford, the former GM of Entertainment at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) who left earlier this week, is joining Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) as we reported earlier. Now her position there is official: she is joining as as SVP of Fancast and Online Entertainment. Gilford will build and manage Fancast, the online…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Comcast, Yahoo, fancast, karin gilford

CES: Comcast’s Roberts On The Road Map And Improving Customer Service; More On Fancast

Jan 14, 2008 7:00 PM

Ken Li from *Reuters* and I were the only reporters to meet with Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) chairman and CEO Brian Roberts just after his CES keynote. He brushed off a question from Ken about the disconnect between what Comcast is doing and how the market sees the company, explaining: “Today’s…

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Posted In: Companies, Comcast, amy banse, brian roberts, fancast

Comcast Opens Up Its Fancast Video Site; Adds TV Shows

Jan 7, 2008 11:41 PM

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) launched its much-touted video portal Fancast in beta in August last year...it was a slightly buggy version without the promised TV shows and other longer form video. Now at CES, it is relaunching it and adding TV shows from NBC, CBS (NYSE: CBS), Fox, the Hulu JV, …

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Posted In: Companies, Comcast, Hulu, fancast

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