iPad News: Xfinity Brings Comcast Streaming Content to the iPad

Posted Feb 1, 2011 at 11:17PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: iPad News Tags: news, streaming television, streaming video

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Netflix has added millions of new subscribers with its Watch Instantly streaming video feature, but soon there will be even more options for watching content on your mobile devices. On Tuesday, Comcast debuted its Xfinity TV app, which offers nearly 3,000 hours of video on demand for subscribers with iPads or iPhones. While the choices in TV and movie content are limited to 10 cable networks at the moment, more will be added later. Networks currently on board are HBO, Showtime, TNT, Encore, MoviePlex, TBS, Cartoon Network, BBC America, Starz, and Cinemax. Watching via the iPad requires a Wi-Fi connection, as well as a subscription to the premium channels. I’m not a Comcast customer, so I’m hoping Time Warner will introduce something like this next.

This is definitely an idea whose time has come, but the main problem in getting all of your favorite shows live on your iPad is the dinosaurs who run the network channels and have reacted to the idea of streaming content for mobile devices rather like the movie industry reacted to the invention of the videotape recorder. Hollywood came around when they saw the money to be made off video, and hopefully the networks will wise up soon. Download the Xfinity app free here.

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