4KUniverse Comes To Comcast Xfinity TV Subscribers
Comcast cable TV customers with a 4K or 8K UHD TV got some good news with world that the 4KUniverse channel is coming as a general entertainment streaming service to their service package. The 4K/HDR specialty channel is to launch across Comcast’s entertainment platforms later…
Study: Top Traditional Pay TV Subscriber Losses Slowed Slightly In 2021
The largest U.S. pay-TV services cumulatively dropped about 4,690,000 net video subscribers in 2021, compared to a loss of 4,870,000 in the year prior. That was the finding of a new study from the Leichtman Research Group, which also found that these top pay-TV providers,…
`The Walking Dead’ To Live On In New `Isle Of The Dead’ Series
The Walking Dead fans can rest in the comfort that there will be life after the death of the popular post-apocalyptic series. AMC Networks announced that it has greenlit a new incarnation of the mega-popular zombie series starring popular apparently surviving characters, Negan and Maggie,…
Apple TV+ App Coming Soon To Comcast’s Xfinity Devices In The U.S.
Comcast and Apple announced Monday that they are launching the premium streaming app Apple TV+ across Comcast’s U.S. cable entertainment device platforms. The news means the popular streaming app will be accessible in coming days on Xfinity devices including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and XClass…
Comcast Officially Launches Retail Hisense XClass 4K UHD TVs
Confirming leaked reports, Comcast officially announced Tuesday the introduction of its private-label 4K UHD XClass TVs, manufactured by Hisense and sold through Walmart Stores and Walmart.com nationwide. The giant cable TV multi-system operator is integrating the XClass TVs with its X1 broadband/conditional access technology as…
Testing Begins For Sending NextGen TV Channels Over Cable Systems
Good news for those who can’t (or won’t) use over-the-air TV antennas and aren’t ready to cut the cord — tests have begun for transmitting NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) signals over cable TV platforms. Broadcasters supporting the ATSC 3.0 Phoenix, Arizona Model Market project for…
LRG: Percentage Of Pay-TV Homes Drops To 75%
The percentage of TV households that still subscribe to some form of pay-TV (cable, satellite, telco, or internet delivered) has declined to 75% nationwide from 87% in 2009, according to a new study published this week by the Leichtman Research Group (LRG). For the pleasure…
Comcast, Netflix Reach Xfinity Bundling Agreement
Those who subscribe to Comcast Xfinity video services are about to get a little bonus through an expansion of a deal between the giant U.S. cable multi-system operator and the ubiquitous over-the-top streaming service Netflix. On Friday, Comcast and Netflix revealed a new agreement giving…
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