Comcast NBCUniversal Makes Additional $1 Million Cash Donation to Hurricane Relief Efforts, Bringing Total Contributions to...
September 18 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which has impacted Florida
and nearby areas with such devastation, Comcast NBCUniversal today
announced it’s making an additional donation of $1 million in
cash to support relief efforts. This brings the company’s direct
cash contributions to $2.5 million. These cash donations, combined
with in-kind support and funds raised through local
NBCUniversal telethons for both hurricanes Irma and Harvey,
raise Comcast NBCUniversal’s total contributions to
almost $20 million. The giving includes a previous cash
donation of $1.5 million to the American Red Cross, the Hurricane
Harvey Relief Fund established by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner,
and J.J. Watt’s Houston Flood Relief Fund. The company has
also donated $12 million in advertising time on Xfinity TV to
run public service announcements about relief efforts and has
raised over $5 million for the American Red Cross from
contributions made during local phone banks and telethons that
aired on NBC and Telemundo owned stations and the Telemundo network
earlier this month.
“The devastation from hurricanes Harvey and Irma is
heartbreaking,” said Dave Watson, Senior Executive Vice President
of Comcast Corporation and President and CEO of Comcast Cable.
“With nearly $20 million in contributions for relief
efforts, today’s additional cash pledge of $1
million is another step in our company’s commitment to
providing a combination of financial and additional resources to
assist the massive relief efforts as our communities, customers,
and employees recover from these unprecedented storms.”
Comcast also has launched an On Demand feature on Xfinity TV
that makes it easy for the company’s more than 22 million video
customers to support hurricane relief by either saying “Hurricane
Relief” into their Xfinity X1 voice remote or clicking on the
“Donate Now” screen and choosing to donate in the amount of either
$1, $5 or $10. This donation feature will be available through
September 30, and the amount will appear on a customer’s bill as
“Hurricane Relief Donation” with 100 percent of the donations going
to the American Red Cross, the United Way, the Hurricane Harvey
Relief Fund and the Florida Disaster Fund. In addition,
Comcast has opened up thousands of Xfinity WiFi hotspots at shops,
parks, and businesses in Houston, Florida, Georgia, and South
Carolina to non-Xfinity customers and relief workers for free to
help them stay connected.
Several NBCUniversal networks, including NBC, Bravo, Oxygen, E!,
and Universo, also broadcast “Hand in Hand: A Benefit for
Hurricane Relief” on September 12. This special, which also
appeared on other networks, was filmed in several cities across the
country, including on the Universal Lot in Los Angeles, raised over
$44 million by the media industry in the first day alone.
With the app and website still collecting donations, the total
raised from the telethon is expected to continue to grow.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
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