Xfinity TV News: Streaming Now Available on iPad App
Comcast's recent launch of the Xfinity TV App for iPad has literally transformed the way hundreds of thousands of our customers interact with their televisions. Since it was introduced in mid-November, the app has been downloaded more than one million times -- highlighting our customers' desire to experience their video entertainment with even greater flexibility. They are now using iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, and even laptops and desktops to search for programming across platforms and instantly find what they want to watch, set their DVRs, and even change channels on their TVs.
Today, we're rolling out the latest development in this TV evolution. We've launched an updated version of the app, initially for the iPad, on which Xfinity TV digital customers can stream hundreds of On Demand TV programs and movies for free. Subscribers of premium networks can view top programming from HBO, SHOWTIME, Starz, Encore, Cinemax and MoviePlex. There's also hit programming from TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and BBC America. In all, there's nearly 3,000 hours of video entertainment -- hit TV shows or series such as True Blood, Dexter and Boardwalk Empire; popular films including The Hangover, An Education and The Blind Side; plus a variety of kids' programming, romantic comedies, dramas and thrillers.
The app is designed to deliver an excellent viewing experience anywhere you can access a quality WiFi connection, and we plan to launch a 3G-enabled version in an upcoming release. Plus, we'll pack the video pipeline with thousands more choices in the weeks and months ahead. Our focus for this first version of video streaming was to take advantage of the larger screen and mobile capability of the iPad, and deliver an immersive video experience. We have many enhancements and feature updates planned for the coming months, and we'll also continue to evolve the video streaming feature based on customer feedback, including extending it to more handheld devices and platforms.
Comcast has 1,000 engineers -- part of Comcast's development team -- focused on enhancing the customer experience across platforms , including new personalization and other features to give our customers the ultimate in choice and control. In this fast-changing world, we think this is a very exciting time.
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Dave, we launched a new version of the Xfinity TV app for the iPad last week. Here is a link where you can learn more and read some frequently asked questions: http://tinyurl.com/6fjgdjg
So...how do you get this streaming to iPad to work? You know, like you advertised during the Superbowl?
There isn't an update in the app store.
I love to see how far things have come in the past 10 years. When I started at Scientific-Atlanta, VOD was all the rage :-)
Thanks, Mike. We're excited about it, too! We're working on Android and, yes, it counts against the cap.
Nice to see Comcast making this available to their customers, that have IPad's. Now we need to have this for the android tablets. Any word on when the android tablets will get this ??
Another question. Since Comcast has a data cap, does this streaming from Comcast count against that cap ?
Any plans to add a Hulu-style queue to the app to allow us to track our giant list of "what to watch eventually"?