More details on Comcast's On Demand Online internet TV offering
By Darren Murph 
posted Feb 24th 2009 7:59AM
posted Feb 24th 2009 7:59AM
We heard late last week that Time Warner Cable and Comcast were looking to bring more online content to their loyal customers, and now the latter is bursting at the seems to tell us more. The company pinged us to say that "essentially, it is working with programmers (cable networks) to try to bring more content that is currently not online to the web," and while it's obviously early in the process, the initiative is being called On Demand Online for now. Basically, it's about bringing on-demand content to the web, and ultimately, anywhere you want to watch. Comcast will be utilizing technology from thePlatform, and while it's not going into detail just yet, it seems pretty stoked about the challenge of bringing new content to the web. We only hope that this doesn't slip into any sort of "exclusive" deal that limits content that would've otherwise been shot for free to all, but we guess only time will tell.Read - PCWorld
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I think this new Vod online project is a waste of time, Comcast should worry about losing more customers and adding more HD Channels then worrying about Vod that would turn more people away from their company in the long run.
The Weather Channel HD should be on Comcast's number 1 priority list right now!
This way you'll be able to hit your download cap THAT much quicker, and Comcrap charging you extra fees each month.
I guarantee you data from Comcast's On Demand will not count towards your cap while any other source of video will.
This is why we have to fight tooth and nail for net neutrality people.
This is seriously stupid. Comcast imposes caps on their Internet data service. This would have to be restricted to low-definition content as under their network throttling you would only get 75% of your bandwidth. For someone on their 6Mbps service, the resulting best-throttled condition will not support high-definition.
Of course being a non-cable TV subscriber such as I am, I really do not even know if their VOD even offerd HD, and low-def isn't something I'd be interested in regardless of how it is transported.
Seems or seams? Does anyone proofread your posts?