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Comcast to Launch Xfinity Flex: A New Streaming Platform for Xfinity Internet Customers
Comcast (News - Alert) today announced the launch of Xfinity Flex, a new service that
provides Xfinity Internet-only customers the ability to use their
television and voice control to manage all of the connected devices in
their home, and enjoy many of their favorite entertainment experiences
on the big screen. Available to all Xfinity Internet customers across
the country starting next week, the Xfinity Flex service is packaged
with an Internet-connected, 4K HDR (News - Alert) streaming TV device which comes with
Comcast's award-winning
voice remote, one integrated guide for accessing popular streaming
video and music choices, as well as Comcast's home WiFi (News - Alert), mobile,
security, and automation services.
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"Xfinity Flex will deepen our relationship with a certain segment of our
Internet customers and provide them with real value," said Matt Strauss,
Executive Vice President, Xfinity Services for Comcast Cable. "For just
five dollars a month, we can offer these customers an affordable,
flexible, and differentiated platform that includes thousands of free
movies and shows for online streaming, an integrated guide for accessing
their favorite apps and connected home devices, and the ease of
navigating and managing all of it with our voice remote."
Xfinity Flex comes with more than 10,000 free online movies and TV
shows-including live streaming TV-from ESPN3, Xumo, Pluto, Tubi TV,
Cheddar, YouTube (News - Alert), and more. The Xfinity Flex box features an itegrated
guide and voice control, enabling customers to easily browse and access
programming across apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, and
Showtime, rent and purchase movies and shows from the digital store,
access their digital lockers across platforms by pairing their account
with Movies Anywhere, or listen to music from Pandora (News - Alert), iHeartRadio, and
XITE. And soon, Xfinity Flex customers will be able to easily upgrade to
the full Xfinity X1 cable service right from the guide, which offers
hundreds of live channels, tens of thousands of on demand titles, and a
cloud DVR.
As more connected devices, streaming choices, and smart home services
come online, Xfinity Flex will provide customers with an easy way to
better manage, control and enjoy the connected home as it continues to
grow. With Xfinity
X1, Comcast has taken the complexity out of TV and the digital home
for Xfinity TV customers by uniting traditional and streaming
entertainment, high-speed data, and home automation on the TV. Xfinity
Flex gives Xfinity Internet customers some of these same features,
enabling them to easily access their entertainment, find their WiFi
password, see what devices are connected to their network, set parental
controls, and even pause
WiFi access on their home network. They also can use voice control to
access their camera
feeds, arm or disarm their home security system and find their Xfinity
Mobile phone-all on the TV.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology
company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and
Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States' largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers under
the Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It
also provides wireless and security and automation services to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global
and operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and
Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations,
television station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides communications
services, including residential high-speed internet, phone, and wireless
services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and
entertainment networks, produces original content, and has exclusive
content rights. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com
for more information.
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