While neighboring giants AT&T and Dish Network reported slight slowdowns in pay TV losses for the first quarter, Comcast saw an acceleration as 491,000 subscribers cut the cord, compared to 409,000 a year ago. The operator’s year to date losses total 1.5 million, bringing its total video footprint crashing to 19.35 million. Unfortunately for Comcast, Peacock’s performance couldn’t sugarcoat the sustained cable TV exodus, with the streaming service clocking up 42 million sign-ups one year after launch, while registering a loss of $277 million in Q1 2021, an alarming $218 million increase over the previous year period attributable to Peacock alone. Peacock was primarily to blame for Comcast’s higher programming and production expenses in the quarter, due to new licensing…