Comcast is launching a reside TV streaming service to rival Sling, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Reside TV and all the remaining. It’s known as Now TV and it has one thing rivals lack, a particularly engaging price ticket. Now TV contains 60 reside channels and a Peacock subscription all for $20 every month.
There’s a slight catch. Now TV will solely be out there to Comcast Xfinity Web clients and can function as an add-on to any pre-existing service plan. A bare-bones Comcast cable plan prices $50 to $60 every month and doesn’t embrace Web, so that is nonetheless an honest discount.
The platform offers entry to 40 premium cable channels, together with standouts like AMC, Discovery, A&E, IFC, The Historical past Channel, TLC, Lifetime and plenty of extra. It additionally comes with 20 hours of DVR storage and permits for 3 simultaneous streams. You additionally get 20 free ad-supported tv (FAST) channels, like NBC Information NOW, Sky Information and a slew of genre-based channels. The service has some obtrusive omissions, nevertheless, because it doesn’t function native broadcast TV or sports activities channels.
After all, Now TV additionally features a premium, although ad-supported, so you’ll be able to watch the the hangout comedy Grand Crew and almost 1,000 SNL episodes.
When the service launches in a number of weeks, it’ll be accessible by means of the Xfinity Stream app and supported devices like Xfinity flex, Amazon Hearth TV, iOS gadgets and Android gadgets. As for why Comcast would undercut rivals right here on worth, the cable arm of the corporate has been hit significantly exhausting by twine cutters, in simply the primary quarter of 2023.
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