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 […]
Xfinity Instant TV Eyes Q3 Launch
Those of you who have been paying attention to the television content space will remember a Comcast service called Stream that launched in select cities in 2015. Apparently, the city tests have gone well because Comcast plans to relaunch the streaming service, under a new name, and make it available anywhere that Comcast is available […]
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 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 […]
DISH Network Compared to Comcast Xfinity
Cable or satellite? An inescapable question when moving to a new house in . Choosing your television provider is an important decision and it shouldn’t be taken lightly. Cable vs. satellite really means DISH vs. Comcast Xfinity, but the truth is that DISH provides superior service with more channels for a better value. Value The […]