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Comcast switches on Skype on Xfinity in Boston and Seattle today, eight more metros this week
Author: Dave Adams
Now you can Skype on Xfinity, and beyond. Comcast’s re-branded cable arm is touting a new trick beginning today, with customers in Boston and Seattle among the first to have access to the new Skype on Xfinity videoconferencing service (Atlanta, Augusta, Ga., Chicago, Detroit, Harrisburg, Pa., Indianapolis, Miami and Pittsburgh will be online by the end of the week). Interested parties can add a $ 9.95 monthly fee to their Triple Play service to take advantage, enabling “free” (read: $ 10-per-month) instant messaging and video chatting services. That monthly fee will presumably cover the requisite all-in-one kit, which includes an adaptor, a “high-quality” camera and a spiffy new Skype-enabled remote control with an IM-friendly keyboard on the rear. Naturally, your bud on the other end doesn’t need any special equipment, unless of course they plan to chat through their HDMI-capable Comcast box as well. Eligible customers can hit up the source link past the break to sign up, and breeze through the attached PR for a bit more detail.
Comcast switches on Skype on Xfinity in Boston and Seattle today, eight more metros this week originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 May 2012 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mobile DTV ready to roll out, upgrading 20 major metros to portable TV by 2012
Author: Jon Mitchell
Slowly but surely, the biggest US cities are catching up to the rest of the world — just imagine, by this time next year, we might even have broadcast television beamed to our tablets and cell phones. That’s because the Mobile Content Venture formed from twelve media giants in April has just promised to start upgrading TV stations to deliver Mobile DTV (aka ATSC-M/H) around the country, with the intent of reaching 20 major markets and a total of 40 percent of the US population by “late 2011.” Each of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Detroit, Tampa, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Orlando, Portland, Cincinnati, Greenville, West Palm Beach, Birmingham and Knoxville can expect to have a pair of ad-supported TV channels before long, assuming citizens are willing and able to pick up hardware with a old-school RF antenna sticking out — and that whole “streaming” thing doesn’t take off. PR after the break.
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Mobile DTV ready to roll out, upgrading 20 major metros to portable TV by 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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