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United States : TV Everywhere App to Cellular Networks opened by Comcast [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) With help of Verizon Wireless's mobile network Comcast s TV Everywhere app is opening up beyond WiFi and access. Xfinity TV Go, an genuine app that offers access to dozens of live TV feeds and a large library of on-demand content, at present lets users stream and download video over any U.S. cellular data network. Along with other bug fixes and performance improvements, Comcast added cellular support to both its Xfinity TV Go app for qualified iOS devices as well as for Android gear (via Google Play) on August 25. Comcast customers who were moreover Verizon Wireless subscribers had earlier been able to stream and download video from the Xfinity TV Go app via Verizon Wireless's network, however that exclusive element between the MSO and the mobile carrier has since expired, therefore Comcast is at present allowing access to the app via all U.S. cellular networks, Comcast confirmed. The expansion has the prospective to increase accessibility and usage of the app, though consumers who stream and download over cell networks will require being wary of usage caps and data charges. Comcast is in addition alerting app users when they open up an updated version of the app. In the case of Xfinity TV Go for the iPad, users get the message: Great News! Now you can stream and download over WiFi or your cellular data network. (Data charges may apply) whereas accessing the app via cellular connections is now allowed, present content rights still prevent users from streaming or downloading video via the Xfinity TV Go app when they are travelling outside the United States. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |