Comcast customers will get price ‘adjustments’

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Comcast continued to shed cable subscribers in the later part of 2019 and is now planning price “adjustments” for existing customers.

• Comcast reported a loss of 149,000 cable subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2019.
• Despite that, the company announced to investors it will implement price hikes on cable bundles starting early 2020.
• In late 2019, there were reports that Comcast was contacting existing customers to lock them into cable contracts, presumably as a way to head off further defectors.
• Meanwhile, broadband customers represented a better than expected 442,000 subscriber gain for Comcast in Q4.
• Broadband subscriptions are typically required for users to access streaming services, including NBCUniversal’s Peacock service set for a July launch.
• The company’s rather late entry into the streaming wars will have a free, ad supported version with limited content.
• A $4.99 a month plan will unlock added content while a $9.99 per month plan will remove ads.
• Comcast will offer its own Xfinity subscribers the $4.99 plan for free, while they can upgrade and remove ads for an additional $4.99 (it has also signed a deal with Cox cable to bring the service to its subscribers under a similar arrangement).