Comcast to Launch “Xfinity Stream” App on February 28 to All Xfinity TV Subscribers
February 14 2017 - 1:00PM
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In Home: Watch Entire TV Line-Up on Phones,
Tablets & Laptops; On-the-Go: 200+ Live Channels, Remote DVR
Access and 40,000 On Demand Titles
Successor to the Xfinity TV App Brings Xfinity
X1 Functionality Including a Spanish Guide, Filtering, Music
Channels and Common Sense Media Ratings
Comcast today announced plans to launch “Xfinity Stream,” an app
available to all Xfinity TV customers at no additional cost on
devices in and out of the home. The app, which can be downloaded by
Xfinity TV customers without charge, will allow users to watch
their entire TV line-up on phones, tablets and laptops in the home,
and when they’re on-the-go, to tune-in to more than 200 live
channels, access and program their DVR and watch 40,000 on demand
titles.
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Comcast today announced plans to launch
"Xfinity Stream," an app available to all Xfinity TV customers at
no additional cost on devices in and out of the home. (Photo:
Business Wire)
“We’re focused on creating the best entertainment experiences
across platforms and continuing to give Xfinity TV customers more
choice in how, when and where they access their content,” said Matt
Strauss, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Video and
Entertainment Services at Comcast Cable. “With the Xfinity Stream
app, we are giving customers access to the best content in and out
of the home with a growing list of advanced features and
capabilities that make the mobile experience nearly identical to
the cable experience they enjoy at home.”
The Xfinity Stream app, the successor to the Xfinity TV app,
includes the ability to switch to a Spanish guide, favorite channel
filtering, music channels and Common Sense Media reviews and
ratings, offering users an X1-like experience for customers’
phones, tablets and laptops in and out of the home.
- Live TV and Xfinity On Demand:
In addition to becoming an additional screen in the home for
Xfinity TV cable customers to access live and on demand
programming, Xfinity Stream also gives them access to more than 200
live channels over the Internet outside the home, including sports
networks such as ESPN, Fox Sports and NBC Sports; news networks
such as Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and BBC World News; kids networks like
Nick Jr., Disney Channel and Sprout; 50 Music Choice channels, as
well as a host of other top cable and premium networks. The app
also offers more than 40,000 on demand movies and TV shows to
stream on the go, as well as thousands of download choices for
offline viewing.
- DVR Recordings On the Go:
Xfinity TV customers can take their entire DVR collection with them
to stream on the go, or even download to watch while offline. They
can also use the app to set recordings remotely.
- First Screen Experiences on
Devices: The Xfinity Stream app will bring an X1-like
experience to customers with new and enhanced features like the
ability to search content by categories such as audience or critics
score, stream 50+ Music Choice channels in-the-home and on-the-go,
access Common Sense Media ratings and reviews and customize their
parental controls per device.
- Spanish Guide and Accessibility
Enhancements: Comcast’s bi-cultural customers will have the
option to navigate the app in their language of choice - Spanish or
English – as well as enable English programming that offers a
secondary audio feed in Spanish. Those customers with vision
impairments can also enable video description - a narration track
included between the natural pauses in dialogue that describes the
visual elements – on select movies and TV shows.
Customers will be able to download the Xfinity Stream app for
iOS and Android devices on February 28. Customers who have already
installed the latest version of the Xfinity TV app on their devices
will see it transition to the Stream app through an app update on
February 28.
About Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed
Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the
XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses.
Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network
that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings
customers personalized video, communications and home management
offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media
and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
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