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Peacock, the streaming service being rolled out by NBCUniversal and Comcast, will arrive April 15 on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Flex video platforms before a national launch on July 15. It will come in three versions: a free, ad-supported one; a more robust, ad-supported one that will be free to Comcast and Cox Cable…

ViacomCBS and Comcast have set a wide-ranging carriage renewal that includes conventional elements like retransmission but also breaks new ground by bringing streaming service CBS All Access to Comcast set-top boxes. The companies said Wednesday the deal will extend retransmission consent of 23 CBS-owned television…

EXCLUSIVE: A short film reuniting the creature from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, is premiering Thursday on NBC, Syfy and on the website of Comcast Xfinity. You can watch it above. Titled A Holiday Reunion, the film has a running time of a bit more…

MGM-owned Epix has reached an expanded carriage deal with Comcast that will extend the premium network’s reach by adding it to the provider’s premium channel package. The new pact takes effect December 10. The new deal supplements Epix’s existing availability on an a la carte basis, swapping Epix for Starz in the…

DAZN, the Europe-based sports streaming outfit led by former ESPN president John Skipper, has set a distribution deal with Comcast, its first such agreement with a major U.S. operator. The service will be available to Comcast customers on Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. Comcast this week said it was making Flex available…

Comcast is offering its internet-only customers free access to Xfinity Flex, its streaming-centric gateway to 10,000-plus movies and TV shows. The service used to cost $5 a month. The company said these customers will also get Peacock, the newly named streaming offering powered by NBCUniversal content launching next…

Amazon Music will be integrated for the first time by a pay-TV provider through a new deal with Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex services. The streaming music service will roll out on Comcast over the coming weeks on X1, which serves two-thirds of Comcast’s 21 million U.S. cable households, as well as on its…

Comcast has launched a feature enabling viewers with physical disabilities like spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the ability to navigate their television using only their eyes. Xfinity X1 eye control is a web-based remote for tablets and computers that pairs with an existing eye gaze system…

Call it a bundle within a bundle. Viacom’s Pluto TV, a free, ad-supported streaming offering with more than 100 live and curated channels from a range of programmers, is expanding to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform. Comcast, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, has said that X1 accounts for more than two-thirds of its total…

Comcast and Amazon have announced that Prime Video service will launch over the next week on Comcast's Xfinity X1 platform, a higher tier of service that is now the choice of most of the company’s 22 million video subscribers. Prime joins Netflix, YouTube, TubiTV and a host of other digital offerings alongside…

Comcast and the Fox Networks Group have settled a high-profile carriage dispute over the Big Ten Network ahead of the September 1 end of the current contract and on the eve of college football season. Under the new deal, Comcast will continue carrying the network and the companies also reached an agreement for Comcast…

FX is expanding the scope of its ad-free programming hub, FX+, making it available to all of its 90 million U.S. subscribers. Previously, it had been an add-on option only for Comcast and Cox cable customers. The announcement came as the Fox-owned (for now) network kicked off its day of presentations at TCA summer…