Comcast Rolls Out Online TV Service

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has launched Fancast XFINITY TV, a new on-demand online service that provides access to thousands of hours of cable shows, movies and independently produced content free of charge to Comcast customers.

Through Fancast XFINITY TV, as a benefit of their cable subscription, Comcast customers have access to thousands of titles from the cable channels in their subscription packages at no additional cost through Fancast XFINITY TV. Beginning today, any Comcast customer with a digital cable and Internet subscription can log on to comcast.net or fancast.com, sign-in with their Comcast email user name and password and watch subscription content at no charge.

"Fancast XFINITY TV is a win for consumers and content producers," said Matt Bond, the executive VP of content acquisition for Comcast Cable. "We’re giving customers access to content they love in new ways and opening up new opportunities for established and independent producers to make their content available on demand. This new service brings consumers many movies and TV shows that have never been available online before."

"This is a beta product only, but the consumer feedback has been great so far," added Amy Banse, the president of Comcast Interactive Media. "We look forward to more feedback as we make it available to even more customers. We think Fancast XFINITY TV gets us one step closer to our multiplatform goal and is just the beginning of delivering an entirely new TV viewing experience."