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Comcast Corp. announced several promotions in its Comcast Cable business, including in its National Customer Operations, Legal, Revenue Assurance & Business Operations, Sales & Marketing and Technology & Product departments. Comcast Cable is noted the following promotions. In Sales & Marketing, Suzanne McFadden has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing & Strategy. Suzanne leads product and acquisition marketing for the residential services provided under the Xfinity brand. In Legal, Gerard J. Lewis, Jr. has been promoted to Chief Privacy Officer, Comcast Corp. and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel. He leads the team within the Comcast Cable Law Department responsible for technology, licensing, non-patent intellectual property and business information and privacy matters. In his role as corporate Chief Privacy Officer, he will be responsible for providing coordination and guidance for the company's overall privacy interests. In Revenue Assurance & Business Operations, Joel M. Hartstein has been promoted to Vice President of Revenue Assurance & Business Operations. In this role, he works closely with the division finance teams to help develop the strategy and manage the execution of revenue assurance plans. In Technology & Product, Slade Mitchell has been promoted to Vice President of Architecture for Technology and Product. In this role, Slade will continue to provide architectural solutions and guidance to Comcast's X1 cloud-enabled video platform, as well as other projects and programs within Comcast. In National Customer Operations, Melinda Lindsley has been promoted to Vice President for Strategic Process Engineering & Delivery in National Customer Operations. In this role, Melinda is responsible for managing the business process design across the company's product portfolio with a specialized focus on the employee and customer experience. Kevin F. Rhatigan has been promoted to Vice President for Strategic Process Engineering & Delivery in National Customer Operations. In this role, Kevin is responsible for managing the business process design across the company's product portfolio with a specialized focus on the employee and customer experience. Meena J. Soleiman has been promoted to Vice President of Business Operations in National Customer Operations. In this role, she has financial and administrative leadership for field technical operations, national business process engineering and oversight of strategic capital investment within the operations. In addition to these financial responsibilities, Meena also is involved in refocusing the operational performance of Comcast's service centers.

Comcast Corporation Chairman and CEO showed the first 3+Gbps broadband connection by opening an email and downloading a 4K Ultra HD video file to a PC in a matter of seconds at NCTA's. In addition to the 3+Gbps download Comcast will demonstrate the public U.S. based delivery of 4K Ultra HD video over its existing fiber/HFC network at the NCTA show. An emerging video standard, 4K Ultra HD video offers a display resolution four times greater than present 1080p high-definition standard and offers one of the highest quality pictures possible.

ARRIS Group, Inc. announced that Comcast will be launching the ARRIS XG1 gateway in third quarter to deliver its next-generation X1 television experience. The gateway is based on the RDK platform software from Comcast, which simplifies the development of third-party applications and tools that are central to the X1 experience. The ARRIS XG1 is the next-generation gateway behind the Comcast X1 experience. It's designed to be the hub of the new IP-connected home, combining powerful hardware and software to deliver multiscreen, DVR, cool apps, and more, while reducing energy use and maintenance. These features are becoming increasingly relevant in the face of new global media consumption trends. According to a recent study by Motorola Home (prior to its acquisition by ARRIS), global consumers are watching more TV than ever (19 hours per week), nearly a third of which is recorded (29% of all content), on multiple screens (55% of consumers using multiscreen devices). The ARRIS XG1 launch marks the company's continued support for the RDK ecosystem, closely following its CES announcement of the first RDK-based whole-home network and entertainment gateway. Comcast X1 is a revolutionary entertainment platform that seamlessly merges entertainment with the rest of consumers' digital lives. Utilizing advancements made possible by the cloud and Comcast's extensive technology network, X1 combines customized apps, social media features and traditional video services to deliver a personalised and dynamic TV entertainment experience.