Comcast To Launch Streaming Video Service Later This Summer

Comcast is launching a $15-a-month streaming service, Stream, starting later this summer, Matt Strauss, general manager-Comcast Cable video services, said in a company blog post Sunday. Through Stream, Comcast's Xfinity Internet customers will be able to watch live streaming video from close to a dozen networks, as well as numerous on-demand movies and TV shows, on their mobile devices, Strauss said. Stream -- which will be accessed through Comcast's Xfinity TV app -- also will have a cloud-based DVR service for recording and viewing. The Stream rollout will start in Boston late this summer and expand to the Chicago and Seattle markets next, with Comcast expecting it to be available across its coverage area by early 2016, Strauss said.