Comcast added 477,000 broadband users in first quarter

Comcast has added 477,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter of 2020. Revenue from the broadband business rose 9.3 percent to $5 billion.
Comcast has launched Xfinity xFiComcast lost 409,000 video customers, more than the 149,000 video customers it lost in the fourth quarter.

Comcast reported first-quarter revenue of $26.61 billion.

British pay-TV group Sky, which had early exposure to the coronavirus in Europe, generated revenue of $4.52 billion.

Comcast’s NBCUniversal segment, which includes NBC Entertainment and Universal Pictures, reported revenue of $7.73 billion, down 7 percent from a year earlier.

Comcast said its revenue at the filmed entertainment unit fell 22.5 percent from a year earlier; revenue at theme parks fell 31.9 percent. Broadcast television revenue was up 8.8 percent.

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