Comcast TV Everywhere LAunching On Every Device Known To Man

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After a trial phase in 5000 homes, Comcast are launching TV Everywhere next month. Viewers who must also be subscribers, can watch Comcast shows on up to 3 internet enabled devices using the On Demand Online service. The Comcast TV Everywhere and On Demand Online are a response to the overwhelming success of internet tv.
Details of the new service have been disclosed by Comcast Interactive Media President Amy Banse, who talked about the initiative in an interview this week at the NewTeeVee Live 09 event in San Francisco.
The service will let existing Comcast subscribers view hit tv shows over the internet for no additional fees. Users will have to sign in online on either Fancast.com or Comcast.net websites to get authenticated as a genuine Comcast subscriber. Once signed up they will have access to online cable tv shows on demand content.Each subscriber can enable three devices to be used.
The advertising model is still being worked out, with Banse describing the upcoming launch as "the first inning" of how the business will work.
"If you're an HBO subscriber, you'll be able to watch Entourage on your laptop," she said, referring to the hit HBO series. She added that the trial shows people like the video quality, the user interface, having access to content they watch on TV, and, in particular, being able to watch on-demand content.
Before Banse's comments, there had been speculation among industry observers that the service would only work if the user was on a Comcast broadband connection, which would have limited its appeal. There are reports that using the service at home will contribute to a user's monthly download limit.
Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for consumer technology at the NPD Group, said that TV Everywhere — "everywhere as long as you're a Comcast subscriber" — is a reaction to the explosion of watching TV shows on the web, such as on Hulu.com.
Rubin noted that Hulu "has been aggressive about keeping its programming confined to the PC and off of TV." He referred to the trend among a number of major online video providers, such as Netflix and YouTube, to make their content available on TV sets through set-top boxes or electronics built into the TV.
By offering its cable channels to subscribers online, Rubin said, "Comcast can preserve its subscription revenue and add value to a subscription." This strategy "absolutely makes sense from a cable perspective," he added, and, for those who are already paying for a subscription, this kind of on-demand availability "is a nice bonus."
Although many disagree with cable prices. Existing subscribers can only be happy that for no additional cost they have mobile access to hit tv streams at home or on the move.

Youtube has already dabbled with offering a selection of videos in high definition. But previously the HD content was shown in 720p resolution, now YouTube have announced that users can upload and watch content in full 1080p HD resolution at 50 fps (frames per second). A selection of 1080p test videos are on the site for anyone that has a fast pc/broadband connection.
A year ago Youtube introduced 720p videos. Since then the number of full HD camcorders has grown and much more of YouTube's content has been uploaded as 1080p, though it wasn't viewable as such. The Google owned site is planning to re-encode all of this previously created videos so that viewers will be able to take advantage of its original resolution.


YouTube is not be the first video sharing website to offer full HD, but it will almost certainly be the one that brings HD to the publics attention. YouTube has recently become eager to present commercial content and compete with the likes of Hulu, a joint venture of three major broadcast networks. Last spring, YouTube began to offer some premium content from Hollywood; the term "premium" should be used loosely, however, since the pickings have been slim. In September, the Wall Street Journal reported [subscription required] that YouTube was in serious talks with major film studios to stream movies on a rental basis.
The increase in quality is around 30% in picture density from the previous 720p hd streams. Company product manager Hunter Walk announced the news at the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco.
The move to 1080p should support those initiatives. It is possible that YouTube could stream videos in Blu-ray quality for paid content. For regular users, full HD meana you can show your granny falling over on a big screen without losing quality. There is a downside though of course. At present YouTube are still limiting user-generated content to 10 minutes in length. Although because of the enormous video size that needs uploading, the current 2GB file-size limit may be increased.