Comcast Celebrates Black History Month

During Black History Month and throughout the year, it’s our goal to both honor the past and find a way to celebrate history in the making by tapping into current, relevant and timely moments.

We recently partnered with Smithsonian Channel, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, MD and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. to co-host private screenings of Smithsonian Channel’s THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM. Presented through historians, business owners and individuals who experienced first-hand the phenomenon of “traveling while black” in pre-Civil Rights America, the film tells the story of Victor H. Green’s eponymously named travel guide that allowed African Americans to safely tour the country during a time of severe institutionalized racism. The film premieres Monday, February 25 at 8 p.m. on Smithsonian Channel.

Our Black Employee Network (BEN) also partnered with City Year D.C. for its annual MLK National Day of Service. The group beautified the historic Deanwood neighborhood in Northeast, D.C. including Ron Brown High School, IDEA Public Charter School, Kelly Miller Middle School and Deanwood Recreation Center. BEN is one of Comcast’s Employee Resource Groups and strives to engage, empower and develop all employees, while investing in the communities in which we live and work.

We also remain committed to delivering a wide array of programming by partnering with various independent networks. AFRO and CLEO TV recently launched on Xfinity TV to provide quality entertainment that highlights and features TV and movie content about African American and black communities. Additionally, this month, Xfinity On Demand highlights the New Renaissance of Black Entertainment in the new content experience:

• For the Culture: The New Renaissance – Collection features TV series, movies and music like The Hate U Give, BlacKkKlansman, America to Me, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story and Get Out. The collection offers Xfinity TV customers a curated look into programming that highlights the most timely and relevant cultural moments of today with nearly 1,000 hours of content from networks including Urban Movie Channel, Brown Sugar, AFRO, CLEO TV, Aspire, BET, TV One and many more.
• February Free Preview – X1 customers also have access to weekly free content in the Black Film & TV destination from various networks like HBO, BET, Urban Movie Channel and many more.

Xfinity X1 customers can explore content using their X1 Voice Remote or by downloading the Xfinity Stream app onto their smartphone or tablet.