Comments on: Comcast Launches Fancast: Part TV Guide, Part Hulu

By: Comcast To Trial New Network Management Technique

Comcast To Trial New Network Management Technique — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:38:21 +0000

[...] to existing customers; layering on other online services (such as the recently-acquired plaxo, and recently-launched Fancast); and bundling TV, Internet and voice (the triple play) to users to achieve higher [...]

By: Viacom Spreads Its Video Love to Everyone But YouTube

Viacom Spreads Its Video Love to Everyone But YouTube — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:21:24 +0000

[...] and CBS videos), imeem, GoFish, and MeeVee. They join AOL, Bebo, Joost, MSN, and Comcast’s Fancast in gaining access to Viacom’s video [...]

By: Anony

Anony — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:47:22 +0000

This seems very cool!

Also check out a full listing of all On Demand Movies, sorted by rating to easier find movies to watch
http://ondemand.dothepapdance.com/

By: CanCar

CanCar — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:43:40 +0000

Gladiator Picture will be a collection of pictures of the 2000 film, Gladiator. You have probably been searching high and low for pictures or clips related to the Gladiator but have yet to run across a site that has nothing but… well your search has ended.

By: Lior

Lior — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:52:03 +0000

Watch full episodes and create your personalized channel at http://www.tv3o.com

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:54:33 +0000

If you don’t have access to hulu, you can watch all the videos on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/apps/a.....6443058041

And chat with your friends while watching.

By: David Evans

David Evans — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:44:33 +0000

If Project Infinity is to succeed, Comcast must deliver a better value proposition for the content producers than the one it had on the table before regarding on demand content. That business model, which is essentially to pay them for their content once and use it – and charge for it – as many times as possible - has resulted in few takers and only about 300 on demand titles accessible via their TV platform. It’s a pretty cool concept if the studios play ball, but how this all gets sorted will make or break its success, regardless of how many eyeballs Fancast attracts. Let’s hope that Project Infinity does not come to be known as the length of time needed to make that happen.
For more on this, see my blog: http://www.thecatalystcode.com.....-new-plan/

By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:15:22 +0000

So if this has everything from Hulu, why visit Hulu? Other than a better interface, of course.

By: other

other — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:31:48 +0000

oh, in that case, you don’t really have a point. It’s like if Microsoft got on the open source wagon and then you said THE OTHERS STILL NEED TOO - Microsoft themselves getting on would be the “revolution”

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:57:24 +0000

[...] wishes it could be. (http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2008/01/comcast_fancast 1/8, http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....-part-hulu [...]

By: Adrian Keys

Adrian Keys — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:47:24 +0000

I think you misunderstood my point. Comcast is getting on board but the others who don’t will pay the price.

By: IPTV

IPTV — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:43:20 +0000

This site supports Comcast Broadband business…but what about the cable side? It does not take much imagination to see Fancast be available from the same Panasonic TV that will make some Google offering available in the Spring. That definitiely would impact the cable business. Maybe Comcast has decided that is ok…sot the $70/month for cable and the $40/month for bb get combined to $100/month for both?

More interesting than its impact on consumers will be the impact on those content providers that Comcast pays to have their content (ESPN etc) and on those content providers that pay Comcast for cable carriage (QVC & HSN etc).

The Comcast and other cableco role as gatekeeper/tollbooth for cable and broadband is not necessarily weakened by this.

By: Tim Kilroy

Tim Kilroy — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:24:57 +0000

This is a really interesting position for Comcast. Combine this with their Pivot mobile service, and you have a rich media experience on PC/TV/Mobile. This is cool stuff. They have been very hush hush about this. I think that this eventually means bad things for some of the mobile TV players (MobiTV…watch out) and this provides real competition to network websites, Joost, and even iTunes. Comcast should never be underestimated.

By: EH

EH — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:55:13 +0000

All of these stories have started to bore me to tears now that I have hooked up my Playstation 3’s media player to my torrent-downloading PC.

By: other

other — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:48:47 +0000

““If you only watch a few shows and can now watch through this why pay for cable?”

The cable guys have crying for a long time. We are not there yet but in time they will need to join the revolution or pay the ultimate price.”

Uh, this IS the revolution - comcast is one of the biggest cable companies in America.

By: other

other — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:48:03 +0000

Dunder Mifflinfinity.

By: Alexander Muse

Alexander Muse — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:30:33 +0000

We sold them the FanCast name more than a year ago, they were fairly hush, hush on their strategy. Interesting…

By: Adrian Keys

Adrian Keys — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:17:25 +0000

“If you only watch a few shows and can now watch through this why pay for cable?”

The cable guys have crying for a long time. We are not there yet but in time they will need to join the revolution or pay the ultimate price.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:51:56 +0000

So this is Hulu and Joost all in one site. Why go or use either of their services now with this?

If you only watch a few shows and can now watch through this why pay for cable?