Xfinity ‘Watchathon’ opens up a killer catalog, for a week

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Attention, couch potatoes: Get ready for some good old-fashioned binge viewing. Comcast today announced plans for a “Watchathon” week — opening up its library of premium on-demand content to (almost) all Xfinity TV subscribers, even if they don’t subscribe to premium channels. That means you have a week to catch up on shows including Game… Read More…

No Comcast bandwidth cap for on-demand Xbox video

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Comcast is releasing a few more details on its promised Xfinity TV for Xbox 360 service with what might be an unexpected plus: video streaming to an Xbox through the service won’t count against Comcast’s monthly 250GB broadband cap. In an updated FAQ on the Comcast site, Comcast notes the cap won’t apply because, “the… Read More…

Comcast expands Xfinity Home service, announces plans for learning thermostat

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Comcast is rolling out its Xfinity Home residential security, energy and automation service in Washington state today, and simultaneously taking steps to turn the system into more of a technology platform — announcing a deal with energy management firm EcoFactor to offer a cloud-based learning thermostat service to Xfinity Home users. The Xfinity Home service includes… Read More…

Sneak Peek: Comcast Xfinity on Microsoft’s Xbox Live

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Comcast’s Xfinity app for Xbox Live is still ”coming soon,” but Microsoft gave a sneak preview on Monday as part of the TechForum event on the company’s Redmond campus. It’s part of an ongoing effort by Microsoft to make the Xbox 360 more of a multipurpose entertainment device, expanding beyond its roots as a game console…. Read More…

Comcast and Verizon Wireless join forces, test combo deal

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A wireless plan and home cable service — the peanut butter and chocolate of digital communications and entertainment? Verizon Wireless and Comcast are betting on it. The companies will start selling each other’s services for the first time Tuesday under a new partnership, rolling out initially in the Pacific Northwest. Comcast representatives will sell Xfinity packages… Read More…

Q&A: How Comcast is adjusting to our changing TV habits

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How are people actually using the web and mobile apps to interact with traditional television content? What’s next for the set-top box? And why isn’t Comcast supporting the Kindle Fire out of the gate? Those are some of the topics we discussed this week with Tom Blaxland, senior director of product management for Comcast Interactive… Read More…

Comcast shows next-gen Xfinity TV interface, gets help from your Facebook friends

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The rise of free online alternatives to traditional cable television means the big cable operators will need to roll out user-experience innovations to keep those users in the fold. Cable giant Comcast is showing where it’s headed — demonstrating a next-generation Xfinity TV interface that incorporates and tries to improve upon approaches from the traditional… Read More…

Comcast Xfinity app expands video on-demand to iPhone, iPod … but only over WiFi for now

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Comcast has updated its Xfinity TV app to bring streaming on-demand programs to the iPhone and iPod touch, adding a capability that was introduced for the iPad in February. The feature gives Comcast subscribers a new way to watch programs, but for now they’ll still need to be within range of a WiFi connection. The… Read More…