BUZZ-Comcast rises after Peacock streaming service posts first ever profit

Comcast Corporation Class A

Comcast Corporation Class A

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** Shares of media and telecommunications company Comcast CMCSA.O gain 2.8% to $24.17 premarket

** Comcast's Peacock posts first-ever quarterly pre-tax profit of $189 mln

** Peacock adds 2 mln paid subscribers in Q2, nearly four times analyst estimates - Visible Alpha data

** Q2 revenue $29.94 bln and adj. EPS $1.04 beat estimates of $29.30 bln and 97 cents, respectively - data compiled by LSEG

** Up to last close, stock down 16% YTD