Comcast launches $20 stay TV streaming service with 60 channels

Comcast is launching a stay TV streaming service to rival Sling, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Reside TV and all the remaining. It’s referred to as Now TV and it has one thing opponents lack, an especially enticing price ticket. Now TV contains 60 stay channels and a Peacock subscription all for $20 every month.

There’s a slight catch. Now TV will solely be accessible 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 a good cut price.

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 lots 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 evident omissions, nonetheless, because it doesn’t characteristic 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 practically 1,000 SNL episodes.

When the service launches in just a few weeks, it’ll be accessible by means of the Xfinity Stream app and supported devices like Xfinity flex, Amazon Fireplace TV, iOS units and Android units. As for why Comcast would undercut opponents right here on worth, the cable arm of the corporate has been hit significantly laborious by wire cutters, in simply the primary quarter of 2023.

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