[Ripclawe]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...ediadecodernyt

Comcast Introduces On-Demand Web TV Service By BRIAN STELTER Comcast’s vision for TV viewing on the Internet is now accessible to its customers across the country. The company announced on Tuesday that the service it calls On Demand Online is now available to “any Comcast customer with a digital cable and Internet subscription.” The service lets customers watch thousands of TV episodes and some movies via their Web browsers. As a growing number of people watch television online, Comcast and other cable operators have scrambled to establish so-called streaming Web sites. The sites assert that it does not matter what screen people watch “NCIS” or “The Closer” on, as long as they pay a cable subscription and are counted by Nielsen. Time Warner Cable’s version of the concept is “TV Everywhere.” The sites rely on authentication to restrict access to paying customers only. Comcast customers will log in via Comcast.net or Fancast.com. Thanks to authentication, the cable operators say the Web sites will include premium shows that aren’t accessible on Hulu, the leading site for free TV viewing. On Comcast’s site, officially called “Fancast XFINITY TV,” customers will be able to view every episode of “The Sopranos” and the most recent season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” both on HBO. Other network partners include A&E, AMC, CBS, Discovery, History, TLC and TNT. Although it is available nationwide, “XFINITY” will remain in beta, Comcast said, so it can gather feedback from users. Sites like Hulu typically only show one commercial during each ad break. Comcast has experimented with heavier ad loads on the service, and executives say there is evidence that online viewers will still watch. During the company’s authentication trial of 5,000 users last summer, CBS and Warner Bros. put online “Two and a Half Men,” a series that had never been legally streamed, with 14 of the same commercial spots that had appeared on TV the night before, or about seven minutes worth. The executives were pleased to see that the watch-through rate was above average.

[Copernicus]

I just logged onto xfinity's site for the firs time since they just released their android app to stream content (apparently im LTTP).

Holy hell, did they APE, in it's entirety, Netflix's site. It's beyond hilarious.

[IGotBillySoSpooked]

Netflix's 2009 design or the current design?

[NoRéN]

I just logged onto xfinity's site for the firs time since they just released their android app to stream content (apparently im LTTP). Holy hell, did they APE, in it's entirety, Netflix's site. It's beyond hilarious.

I hope not the current design.

[Leona Lewis]

Holy bump, Batman!

[Copernicus]

I hope not the current design.

Yup, the shitty wall of covers that randomly change.

[RBH]

2+ year bump :lol