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Over $315,000 in grants were given to eight nonprofit groups across South Florida as part of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Project Innovation program.

Over $315,000 in grants were given to eight nonprofit groups across South Florida as part of Comcast NBCUniversal’s Project Innovation program.

Comcast announced Tuesday that it has awarded $1 million in grants to 100 small minority-owned businesses in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund. The recipients were chosen from among thousands of small businesses in South Florida owned by people of color, including Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Indigenous owners, among others, that applied for the $10,000…

It has been a hard two years for small businesses because of the pandemic and Comcast Rise is helping with $10,000 grants to businesses based on three pillars of tech, marketing or advertising and minority-owned businesses. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

Comcast RISE, an initiative aimed at empowering small, minority-owned businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be offering $10,000 grants to eligible businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Comcast RISE, an initiative aimed at empowering small, minority-owned businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be offering $10,000 grants to eligible businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In total, the Comcast RISE Investment Fund will be committing $1 million in grants to small, minority-owned businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward. The company will be selecting 100 small businesses across both counties…

President Joe Biden announced plans to nominate Comcast executive David L. Cohen to serve as ambassador to Canada.

Who are Sikh Americans? Join Kiran Kaur Gill, Executive Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, for a conversation on the contributions of Sikh’s in the United States — and educational programs offered to raise awareness and uplift the Sikh American voice.

Bruce Lee is considered to be the most influential martial artist of all time. Join Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, for a conversation with host Tetiana Anderson on how she’s carrying on her father’s legacy of creativity, equality and innovation to inspire people around the world.

Bruce Lee is considered to be the most influential martial artist of all time. Join Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, for a conversation with host Tetiana Anderson on how she’s carrying on her father’s legacy of creativity, equality and innovation to inspire people around the world.

Asian American representation in media has made great strides, but the fight for more visibility on screen continues

Officials in Texas say seven people have been injured in a natural gas explosion near Houston. News outlets report Comcast workers struck a gas line while working in Klein on Friday. CenterPoint Energy crews arrived to fix the line. Those crews struck a larger, 6-inch gas line that sparked the explosion. All seven people injured are CenterPoint workers, including one...

Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school, because of an unspecified Verizon network issue

In a push to bring journalism education to underrepresented groups, NBCUniversal is partnering with 17 historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and colleges with significant Latino, Asian, Black, Indigenous and tribal populations with NBCU Academy.

NBCU Academy promises to offer students from a wide array of racial and economic backgrounds on-campus training, online programs, scholarships and chances for interaction with NBC News Group journalists.

A growing segment of corporate America’s biggest names have denounced last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol by devotees of President Donald Trump who sought to overturn Joe Biden’s election as president, with many saying they will halt or suspend political donations.

Comcast and Byron Allen have settled a long-running a long-running racial discrimination dispute, and the cable giant will add three of the black media mogul’s channels to its cable packages

Media giant Comcast announced Monday that it is donating $100 million to battle the “complex issue” of systemic racism, sexism and homophobia in America. Brian L. Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast Corp., didn’t specifically cite ongoing protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but said that “acts of violence against” the African American community are clearly...

Some Comcast subscribers may have to wait up to two weeks to get access to NBC’s streaming video service Peacock on their cable boxes, according to an NBC spokesperson.

Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts said Wednesday the nation’s largest cable provider and owner of NBCUniversal has committed $500 million to support employees as coronavirus quarantines temporarily shut down business units.