NETFLIX FACING NEW CHALLENGE FROM COMCAST

As if Netflix didn’t have enough problems on its hands, it learned on Tuesday that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable service, plans to launch its own streaming service, offering, like Netflix, mostly TV reruns and older movies. The name for the service — Xfinity Streampix — may not roll off the tongue as easily as […]

COMCAST NOW OFFERS VOD FROM ALL NETWORKS

Throw away the TV guide. If you’re a Comcast subscriber, you’ll be able to watch many network television shows any time you wish. Comcast said on Wednesday that it has become the first cable-TV provider to offer programs from all four major television networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, on its video-on-demand service beginning the […]