(Reuters) - Comcast ( CMCSA ) expects broadband subscriber losses to be a little over 100,000 in the fourth quarter, said Dave Watson, president and CEO of Comcast Cable ( CMCSA ) at the UBS Global Media and Communications conference on Monday.

Shares of the company fell 5.5% in early trading as Wall Street analysts had forecast a loss of 64,400 broadband subscribers in the quarter, according to Visible Alpha.

(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)