WHY THIS MATTERS:Comcast's northeast deployments follow rollouts in Houston; Kansas City; San Francisco and most of the Bay Area in California; Seattle and southwest Washington; Colorado; and Oregon.
WHY THIS MATTERS:The carriage agreement adds an important programming partner to the sports-oriented virtual MVPD's OTT lineup. Among virtual MVPDs, YouTube TV has a deal with CBS, but Sling TV and DirecTV Now currently do not.