Cable behemoth Comcast announced back in April a new service that they have been calling Xfinity Mobile. The wireless service is designed to offer unlimited data plans for Comcast customers that can be as cheap as $45 per month, if you are a subscriber of Comcast’s X1 package. The service is now available to the […]
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Comcast’s 2017 Watchathon Breaks Records
Comcast has been hosting an annual “Watchathon” event since 2013, in an effort to drive up interest in their Xfinity TV services. The Watchathon is always timed to occur a few weeks before the premier of major TV series to convince more viewers to tune in. The popularity of binge-watching has helped the Watchathon event […]
Comcast Hopes xFi Will Change WiFi
Comcast is set to officially launch it’s xFi cloud-powered home WiFi service and management platform in March of 2017. The service had a soft launch in January and will now be rebranded to xFi for its official full-service launch. During their Q1 earnings call, Comcast revealed that the service will launch already supporting millions of […]
The Comcast Xfinity Watchathon Expands To Netflix
Comcast is holding its fifth annual Watchathon week from April 3rd through April 9th! Every year Comcast hosts, what they call, the Xfinity Watchathon—a free video-on-demand (VOD) binge fest. This year, for the first time, Netflix will be included in the all-access promo. The Watchathon is a promotion designed to convince current Xfinity customers to […]
Comcast Now Offers Prepaid Internet Services
In the crowded internet service provider space, companies are getting creative in an attempt to stand out. Comcast recently introduced prepaid internet services, and plans to offer prepaid video services by the end of 2017. The new service, called Xfinity Prepaid Internet, was initially tested in select markets like Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, Florida and Indiana […]
Comcast Brings Its Tech ETA Feature To The Masses
The arrival windows that service technicians give customers are notoriously long, and over time that has had a severely negative impact on customer satisfaction. No company knows this better than Comcast, who has been working hard to reverse a rather negative reputation around their customer service. Comcast recently released a new tool that is designed […]
Comcast Rolls Out New Stream TV App
Comcast is finally updating their Xfinity TV mobile device app with a new one called Xfinity Stream. The new app isn’t just delivering a new user-interface but a multitude of new features for Xfinitiy subscribers including: live-TV access, on-demand programming, DVR recordings, filtering content with critical scores as well as Common Sense Media ratings, and […]
Comcast Teams Up With Roku For New Xfinity App
Comcast introduced their Xfinity TV Partner Program about nine months ago. When they launched the program Comcast focused on their new Samsung smart television partnership as the flagship deal for the program, but they also mentioned that an application for the Roku platform was in the works. Nine months later, the time has come and […]
Comcast Introduces New Service To Fix Home WiFi Issues
Comcast is, without question, one of the major players in the broadcasting space. While they already have a foothold in many people’s living rooms, they now want to expand to the rest of the home. At CES 2017, Comcast announced a new product that they are calling Gateway smart-home hubs. These hubs are designed to […]
Video-on-Demand Advertising Views Are Growing
While 2016 has been a tough year in many aspects, the video-on-demand (VOD) services provider space is flourishing like never before. A broad view of the space shows a clear rise in subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix and Hulu, but a more nuanced analysis shows a surprising jump in ad revenue from set-top boxes. FreeWheel, […]
