Comcast Takes Aim At Netflix With 'Streampix'

Comcast -- looking to take a bite out of Netflix's hide -- is launching Xfinity Streampix, a new multiscreen subscription video service that provides movies and full series of past-season TV shows that will be included in several premium bundles and offered for $5 per month with other video packages.

To launch Streampix, the cable operator has cut licensing agreements with Disney-ABC Television Group (for TV shows only), NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Cookie Jar. Like Netflix's streaming-video service, Streampix will be available to customers in and outside the home on multiple devices including TVs (as a subscription VOD folder), computers and mobile devices. The new service is separate from the 75,000 TV shows and movies currently available to Comcast video subscribers on VOD, on XfinityTV.com and through the Xfinity TV app.