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Comcast subscribers just got an unexpected Groundhog Day present: the cable provider’s Xfinity TV iPad app just got a 3,000 hour boost of on-demand shows and films from HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and more. Giddyup.
While the app itself is free, you’ll should be a premium subscriber to access all that premium content. It’s open season, though, on the elemental cable goods from the four networks-TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, and BBC America-which might be bundled into the feature. Also take into accout: it’s Wi-Fi only for now, although a 3G version is outwardly inside the works , which include more content partners.
Let’s hope so! Because while I like having the ability to enjoy the fruits of my pricey cable bill on multiple screens, I’m going to need to enjoy all of it. Except maybe Skins. That one I will be able to do without.
COMCAST LAUNCHES VIDEO STREAMING ON XFINITY TV APP FOR IPAD
Nearly 3,000 Hours of films and TV Shows Including HBO, SHOWTIME®, Starz, Encore, Cinemax and MoviePlex Available Without cost to Subscribers;
App Exceeds One Million Downloads
PHILADELPHIA – February 2, 2011 – Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) today announced its Xfinity® TV service now enables customers to observe lots of their top favorite TV programs and flicks On Demand directly on the iPad®mobile digital device either at home or on-the-go. This new feature is out there as element of an updated version of the Xfinity TV app, that’s offered free of charge to Xfinity TV digital customers, and has been downloaded a couple of million times since its launch in mid-November. With it, hundreds of TV programs and flicks are available in for subscribers to stream directly to the iPad.
Content from premium cable networks including HBO, SHOWTIME, Starz, Encore, Cinemax and MoviePlex would be accessed free by Xfinity TV subscribers of those networks with the swipe of a fingertip, besides hit programming from TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and BBC America. Today’s selection of accessible programming and films is simply the beginning – Comcast plans to bring thousands more choices to the iPad inside the weeks and months ahead.
” The Xfinity TV app with video streaming is a part of our ongoing effort to deliver great entertainment experiences for our customers on all screens and devices,” said Matt Strauss, Senior Vp and General Manager, Comcast Interactive Media. ” We now have an aggressive development plan to introduce even more features inside the coming months that enable customers to more richly watch, control, and personalize their entertainment experience.”
Top entertainment available on the iPad today includes nearly 3,000 hours of hit TV shows or series like: HBO’s True Blood(every episode from all three seasons), Boardwalk Empire and huge Love; Showtime’s Dexter®, Weeds, Californication (every episode from first three seasons plus new episodes from season four); and Starz’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand (season one) and Spartacus: Gods of the sector (prequel). Top movies in various categories include popular films Alice in Wonderlandand The Hangover; kids’ movies including G-Force and Monsters vs. Aliens; Oscar® winners or nominees including An Education and The Blind Side; plus quite a few romantic comedies, dramas, thrillers and horror films.
The Xfinity TV app is a mobile video player and a TV guide multi function – it also enables customers to easily search and read through their TV and On Demand listings, program their DVRs and change TV channels. Comcast’s development team will continue to reinforce the app with many new features and releases planned inside the coming months on as many devices as possible.
The Xfinity TV app is another example of the Company’s larger commitment to deliver more choice and control to its customers through its Xfinity services, including 150,000 online entertainment choices through Xfinity TV (atwww.XfinityTV.com) in addition as other applications that enable customers to program a DVR from the web or a mobile device, and cross-platform features like Caller ID to the TV and PC.
To learn more concerning the Xfinity TV app for iPad, please visit www.xfinity.com/tvapp.
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