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Comcast TV Everywhere WILL Work Outside The Home
According to a company interview this week...

When last we checked in with Comcast's Internet video "TV Everywhere" initiative, it was looking more like "TV in some places, some of the time," given there were hints the service wouldn't be available to customers who weren't using a Comcast cable modem for broadband access. The idea of course is to provide existing TV customers access to free Internet video so they won't cut the cord -- but as we've explored, if the industry screw things up it could have the exact opposite effect.

Comcast of course is currently engaged in a trial of the service with about 5,000 of their customers, and is set to launch the program next month. As noted above, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts recently suggested that the service would only work if you were on a Comcast broadband connection. But in an interview with NewTeeVee this week, Comcast's Amy Banse seems to dispel that notion, suggesting the service will work on up to three devices per household.

According to Banse, when it drops next month, you'll be able to use it "both in the home and out of the home," which suggests that Comcast either adjusted on the fly to criticism, or the planned improvements were ahead of schedule (both being good things). When the service launches next month, users will log in to either Comcast's Fancast website or the Comcast portal, download a video player created by Move Networks, and then gain access to Comcast's VOD library.

The proof will of course be in the pudding, and we'll have more next month. For those wondering, yes, the service does count against Comcast's 250 GB per month download cap.
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY

n2jtx

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NBC

After the takeover, I wonder if they will only allow people with Comcast service to watch NBC.
chsteiger
Premium Member
join:2003-10-03
Pasadena, TX

chsteiger

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Everwhere?

So when I'm in London I can watch my US TV shows? I bet not!

castsucks
@sbcglobal.net

castsucks

Anon

Re: Everwhere?

said by chsteiger:

So when I'm in London I can watch my US TV shows? I bet not!
I think a lot of them are on SKY1 and SKY1 HD as well SCI-FI UK and SCI-FI UK HD
mariod
join:2009-06-16

mariod

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Advertising Agrees

Saw a bus stop ad in Philly last night that said you could watch tv waiting for the bus.
The Q
join:2008-06-26
Collegeville, PA

The Q

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TV Everywhere

So "TV Everywhere" is really "TV Everywhere". How clever.