Comcast's internet growth makes up for cord-cutting cable TV defections

That helped overcome a loss of 33,000 video customers, compared with a gain of 80,000 a year earlier. Comcast is trying to retain cable-TV customers by offering smaller bundles of channels and rolling out its X1 platform, whose slick interface and voice-controlled remote make it easier to find programming and access Netflix and YouTube. But the cable giant faces an increasingly competitive landscape, with new online services like AT&T Inc.'s DirecTV Now offering fewer channels at lower prices