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Comcast
makes
over 2
dozen
more
entertainment
networks
and
subscription
video
services
available
for free
AFRO,
Aspire
TV,
Brown
Sugar,
Cinelatino,
Kanal D
Drama,
Kocowa,
RCN
Novelas,
REVOLT,
TV One
and
ViendoMovies
Are
Among
Additional
Choices
Xfinity
Customers
Can
Access
At No
Extra
Cost
PHILADELPHIA
-
Comcast
today
announced
it is
making
on
demand
programming
from
more
than two
dozen
more
entertainment
networks
and
subscription
video
services
available
for its
Xfinity
X1 and
Flex
customers
to enjoy
for free
in the
coming
weeks.
“All
year
round,
we
provide
our
customers
with a
wide
variety
of
diverse
and
in-language
programming
and
we're
happy to
work
with our
partners
to make
a
selection
available
for
free,”
said
Rebecca
Heap,
Senior
Vice
President,
Video &
Entertainment,
Comcast
Cable.
Xfinity
customers
with X1
and Flex
can
simply
say
“Free”
into
their
Xfinity
Voice
remote
to
explore
the
range of
on
demand
programming
currently
available
at no
additional
cost,
including:
•
African
American
Networks
and
Subscription
Video
Services:
AFRO,
Aspire
TV,
Black
News
Channel,
Brown
Sugar,
Impact
Network,
kweliTV,
REVOLT,
The
Africa
Channel
and TV
One.
• Latino
Networks
and
Subscription
Video
Services:
CBeebies,
Cinelatino,
Cine
Sony,
Cinema
Dinamita
MX,
Kanal D
Drama,
Kids
Central
en
español,
Pantaya,
RCN
Novelas,
Universo,
ViendoMovies
and Vme
Kids.
•
International
Networks
and
Subscription
Video
Services:
Filipino
On
Demand,
GMA
Pinoy,
Hi-YAH!,
KOCOWA
(all
programs
subtitled
in
English)
and
TV5MONDE.
Comcast
currently
offers
its
customers
access
to 160
independent
networks,
100 of
which
are
targeted
to
diverse
audiences.
Additionally,
its
customers
have
access
to
20,000
hours of
diverse
on
demand
and
online
programming
accessible
across
Xfinity
video
platforms,
including
in
specially
curated
destinations
for
Black
Film and
TV,
Latino,
Asian
American
Film and
TV and
International.
The
above
programming
partners
join a
broad
range of
other
premium
networks
and
subscription
video
services
making
on
demand
programming
available
free for
Xfinity
TV and
Internet
customers.
Beyond
free
entertainment,
Comcast
has
undertaken
a
comprehensive
COVID-19
response
inclusive
of
opening
Xfinity
WiFi
hotspots
located
in
business
and
outdoor
locations
across
the
country
to
anyone
who
needs
them for
free
(including
non-Xfinity
Internet
subscribers),
pausing
data
plans,
creating
a
COVID-19
news
destination
and a
K-12
education
destination
on X1
and
Flex,
and
making
its
Internet
Essentials
program
free for
new
families
for the
first 60
days of
enrollment.
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