It looks like Comcast is moving to reach out to cord cutters with a new live TV streaming service. The service, named Xfinity Instant TV, will be priced as low as $15 a month to roughly $40 a month, sources told Reuters. It will include local broadcast networks as well the ability to add add-on packages like Sports with channels like ESPN and a Spanish language package with channels such as Telemundo and Univision (similar to how Sling TV offers their add-ons).
Xfinity Instant TV is expected to be available sometime in the third quarter. It will not be a national service, but will be available to more than 50 million homes within Comcast’s footprint, which includes cities such as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
Comcast has already been testing a $15-a-month streaming video service called Stream. This service as been available as a trial run in Boston and Chicago, sources told Reuters. Xfinity Instant TV is said to be a revamped version of that service and will be rolled out nationwide in Comcast’s territories.
Comcast seems to want to keep up with their main competitors Dish’s Sling TV and AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW. Both have seen great success with their live TV streaming services and it appears Comcast wants in on the action.
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