By Matt Strauss, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Video Services for Comcast Cable in TV
The way we watch TV has become more personal than ever. I like to watch live on the big screen in my living room. My kids, on the other hand, prefer to catch up with their favorite shows on their laptops, on demand.
As this diversity in preferences continues to grow, we’ve added new features and offerings to try and meet the needs of everyone who loves TV.
We’ve created skinny bundles like Internet Plus and developed services that cater to students, like Xfinity on Campus.
We’re announcing a beta test of a new streaming cable service that furthers our goal to provide TV choices for everyone.
It’s unlike anything we’ve ever offered: no extra device or additional equipment required…or even a TV. And it’s called Stream.
With Stream, Xfinity Internet customers can watch live TV from about a dozen networks - including all the major broadcast nets and HBO - on laptops, tablets and phones in their home.
It includes thousands of on demand movies and shows to watch home or away and even comes with access to TV Everywhere and a cloud DVR so you can record all your favorites and watch them later.
Stream will be available to our Xfinity Internet customers for only $15 per month and will first launch in Boston at the end of the summer.
We’ll take it to Chicago and Seattle next, with plans to make it available everywhere in our footprint by early 2016. To find out when Stream is available in your area just email us here.
Getting started is easy and doesn’t even require a phone call or a visit from a technician.
Xfinity Internet customers can just sign-up online, download our Xfinity TV app and start watching. It’s that simple.
We want to make ordering Stream as easy as buying a song online. And make tuning in to a show as simple as opening an email.
It’s an exciting time to be a TV fan – there is more quality content than ever and seemingly limitless ways to keep up with all the shows and movies people are talking about.
We’ll continue to experiment by creating offerings like Stream, so that users can choose the service that works best for them.
So if you love TV and spend most of your time with the screen in your lap as opposed to the one on the wall, Stream may just be the thing for you.
