Comcast launches video streaming on Xfinity TV App for iPad

US cable operator Comcast has launched video streaming on Xfinity TV app for iPad to enable customers to watch many of their top favourite TV programmes and movies On Demand directly on the iPad mobile digital device either at home or on-the-go. This new feature is available as part of an updated version of the Xfinity TV application, which is offered for free to Xfinity TV digital customers, and has been downloaded more than 1 million times since its launch in mid-November. With it, hundreds of TV programmes and movies are available for subscribers to stream directly to the iPad. Content from cable networks including HBO, Showtime, Starz, Encore, Cinemax and MoviePlex can be accessed free by Xfinity TV subscribers of those networks, in addition to hit programming from TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network and BBC America. Comcast plans to bring several more choices to the iPad in the weeks and months ahead. Top entertainment available on the iPad includes nearly 3,000 hours of hit TV shows or series like HBO's True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Big Love; Showtime's Dexter, Weeds and Californication; and Starz's Spartacus: Blood and Sand (season one) and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (prequel). Top movies in a variety of categories include popular films Alice in Wonderland, 2012, and The Hangover; kids' movies including G-Force and Monsters vs. Aliens; Oscar winners or nominees including An Education and The Blind Side; plus a variety of romantic comedies, dramas, thrillers and horror films. The Xfinity TV application is a mobile video player and a TV guide all in one as it also enables customers to search and browse through their TV and On Demand listings, programme their DVRs and change TV channels. Comcast will continue to enhance the application with many new features and releases planned in the coming months on as many devices as possible.