Reducing its reliance on MSO-supplied set-top boxes just a smidge, Comcast this week launched the beta version of its Xfinity Stream app for 2017 and 2018 Samsung smart TVs that supports the service ...

Comcast has apparently started testing its own web-connected cable boxes in an Augusta, Georgia pilot program, according to the Wall Street Journal. The project is referred to as “Xcalibur” internally ...

The Xumo Stream Box era is underway at Comcast. The operator announced Tuesday that it has launched the Xumo Stream Box for no added cost to broadband customers who don't take Comcast's traditional ...

It's being hailed as the greatest Wimbledon final in history. This is a tennis tournament that has been played since 1877, and supposedly yesterday's five-set match between Roger Federer and Rafael ...

Comcast is making a push into gaming by partnering with Amazon to bring that company’s gaming platform Luna to its X1 set-top boxes and Xumo Stream Box, the companies told The Desk on Thursday.

Both companies hope the Stream Box will become a ‘cable box’ for the streaming era as pay TV continues its decline. Both companies hope the Stream Box will become a ‘cable box’ for the streaming era ...

[Edit 3:30pm June 15: A Comcast representative writes to say that the Xumo Stream Box will only be offered to Charter and Comcast customers this year, while a Xumo TV (powered by the same Xumo-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cable giant Comcast, hoping to build a new bridge to the streaming-centric video landscape, this week announced the availability ...

Just got off the phone with Comcast adding a new TV package w/HD. Asked the guy about HDMI and was informed that Comast's non-DVR boxes, have HDMI but it "it will not work", only DVR boxes will work ...

The mother of a friend of ours recently had to get her Comcast cable box replaced. It led to an interesting conversation, he said. My mom has been having big problems with Comcast and, apparently, ...

Comcast has sued the FCC over its refusal to give the cable operator a waiver on a new rule concerning set-top boxes. At issue is a new rule that requires set-top box functions to be separate from ...