COMCAST ANNOUNCES MILESTONE IN TV VIEWING:
Customers WATCH 20 BILLION ENTERTAINMENT Options When Needed
Comcast Launches Xfinity When Needed Honours To Identify Most-Seen Artists and Programs: The Hangover, South Park and Beyonc� Earn Top Honors
PHILADELPHIA May 25, 2011 Comcast, among the nation's leading companies of entertainment, information and communications items and services, today introduced that it is clients have viewed 20 billion entertainment options When Needed because the service released in 2003 a business first in television (TV). Comcast remembers this milestone using the launch from the Xfinity When Needed Honours, praising the very best-carrying out movies, TV series, musical artists along with other programming as based on what clients viewed probably the most about the service.
"When Needed was the very first technology to provide an incredible number of our clients immediate access to entertainment options to look at on the schedule," stated Marcien Jenckes, Senior V . P . and Gm of Video Services, Comcast. "By looking into making an enormous library of content readily available for free having a click from the remote, When Needed was an immediate hit and is constantly on the drive viewership. The service is a major influence within the adoption of your time-moved viewing, that has now become mainstream."
When Needed: THEN And Today
Comcast released When Needed to 1 / 2 of its customer base eight years back with 740 movies, music videos and cartoons from a number of content companies. Currently available to twenty million clients, When Needed usage is constantly on the explode with roughly 350 million programs seen every month. Through the years, both the amount of entertainment sights and options about the service have elevated significantly:
Entertainment Sights (Overall) Entertainment Options
2003: 200 million entertainment sights 2003: <1,000 entertainment options
2005: 1 billion entertainment sights 2005: 3,500 entertainment options
2007: 5 billion entertainment sights 2007: 13,000 entertainment options
2009: 14 billion entertainment sights 2009: 17,000 entertainment options
2011: 20 billion entertainment sights (up to now) 2011: 25,000 entertainment options
Comcast is creating new personalization tools including a "Watchlist" where clients can help to save and track a common shows and films across platforms watching 1000's of these online at XfinityTV.com and with the Xfinity TV application about the iPad�, iPhone� and ipod device touch�, anytime, anywhere. Clients may also begin using these products and Android -powered products like a handheld remote control to locate things to watch, alter the funnel instantly, start When Needed game titles about the TV, program DVRs to record Television shows and films and sort content depending on different filters, key phrases or game titles.
XFINITY When Needed Honours
With 20 billion sights up to now, Xfinity When Needed supplies a pulse on which customers are watching. Listed here are the all-time, most-seen era movies, TV series, musical artists along with other programming about the service, and readers from the Xfinity When Needed Honours:
Overall Most-Seen Era Movies:
1. The Hangover (Warner Bros.)
2. The Blind Side* (Warner Bros.)
3. Couples Retreat* (Universal)
Please visit addendum for many-seen era movies by genre: action, comedy, drama, horror, indie and youngsters.
Overall Most-Seen TV Series:
1. South Park (Comedy Central)
2. Entourage (Cinemax)
3. Sex and also the City (Cinemax)
Please visit addendum for many-seen TV series by genre: comedy, drama, reality and youngsters in addition to sports and special three dimensional programming.
Overall Most-Seen Musical Artists:
1. Beyonc�
2. Chris Brown
3. Ciara
Please visit addendum for many-seen musical artists by genre: country, stylish hop, pop, R&B and rock.
Comcast Xfinity TV clients can view several films and artists this month on Xfinity When Needed underneath the Top Chioces 20 Billion folder. Clients may also watch a lot more than 60,000 TV and movie entertainment options across Xfinity When Needed, online at XfinityTV.com as well as on the iPad, ipod device touch and apple iphone with the Xfinity TV application.
Furthermore, at the end of June, Comcast will kick-off a contest to celebrate 20 billion Xfinity When Needed sights. Newcomers can sign-up for that contest online to go in for an opportunity to win a great prize package with a walk-on role on NBC's 30 Rock along with a Universal Orlando Resort vacation and tickets to some Universal Pictures Premiere and after-party. Other awards include 50" HDTVs, plus weekly awards. The contest finishes on This summer 31, 2011.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (world wide web.comcast.com) is among the nation's leading companies of entertainment, information and communications items and services. Comcast is primarily active in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable as well as in the event, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports along with other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is among the nation's biggest video, high-speed Internet and phone companies to residential and business clients. Comcast may be the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which is the owner of and works entertainment and news cable systems, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast systems, local television station groups, television production procedures, a significant film company and amusement parks.
ADDENDUM:
Xfinity When Needed Award Those who win
Most-Seen Era Movies:
Overall Movie:
The Hangover (Warner Bros.)
The Blind Side* (Warner Bros.)
Couples Retreat* (Universal)
Action Movie:
Taken (twentieth century Fox)
It of Eli* (Warner Bros.)
Avatar (twentieth century Fox)
Comedy Movie:
The Hangover (Warner Bros.)
Couples Retreat* (Universal)
He's Simply Not That Into You* (Warner Bros./New Line Cinema)
Drama Movie:
The Blind Side* (Warner Bros.)
Gran Torino* (Warner Bros.)
Twilight* (Summit Entertainment)
Horror Movie:
1408 (Warner Bros.)
The Final House about the Left* (Universal)
The Wolfman* (Universal)
Indie Movie:
Great Things** (Magnolia)
The Killer Inside Me** (IFC)
Centurion** (Magnolia)
Kids/Family Movie:
Alvin and also the Chipmunks (twentieth century Fox)
Evening in the Museum (twentieth century Fox)
Alvin and also the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (twentieth century Fox)
Most-Seen Musical Artists:
Overall Musical Artist:
Beyonc�
Chris Brown
Ciara
Country Musical Artist:
Taylor Quick
Barbara Underwood
Rascal Flatts
Stylish Hop Musical Artist:
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Bow Wow
Pop Musical Artist:
Michael Jackson
Attacking Young Boys
Britney Warrior spears
R&B Musical Artist:
Beyonc�
Chris Brown
Ciara
Rock Musical Artist:
Eco-friendly Day
Aventura
Nickelback
Most-Seen TV Series:
Overall TV Series:
South Park (Comedy Central)
Entourage (Cinemax)
Sex and also the City (Cinemax)
Comedy TV Series:
South Park (Comedy Central)
Entourage (Cinemax)
Sex and also the City (Cinemax)
Drama TV Series:
The Sopranos (Cinemax)
NCIS (CBS)
CSI (CBS)
Reality TV Series:
Intervention (A&E)
Survivor (CBS)
Real Life (MTV)
Overall Kids Series:
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
Tom and Jerry (Cartoon Network)
Caillou (Sprout)
Animated Kids Series:
Age: < 7
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
Tom and Jerry (Cartoon Network)
Caillou (Sprout)
Age: 7+
Ben 10 (Cartoon Network)
Naruto (Cartoon Network)
Dragon Ball Z (Cartoon Network)
Live-Action Kids Series:
Age: < 7
Barney and Buddies (Sprout)
Sesame Street (Sprout)
Teletubbies (Sprout)
Age: 7+
iCarly (Nickelodeon)
Hannah Montana (Disney Funnel)
Drake &lifier Josh (Nickelodeon)
Overall Sports Programming:
National football league Game Highlights (National football league)
Finest Hits (Cinemax)
World Championship Boxing (Cinemax)
Overall three dimensional Programming:
Yule Log three dimensional (iND)
NOTE: Xfinity When Needed Honours were granted to galleries with video-on-demand movie privileges.
*Signifies the film was on Xfinity When Needed within 24 hours because the DVD release.
**Signifies the film was on Xfinity When Needed within 24 hours because the theatrical release.
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