Comcast debuts Fancast to compete in video downloads

FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Service offers more than 3,000 digital titles for rent or purchase

By Todd Spangler of Multichannel News -- Video Business, 9/4/2008

SEPT. 5 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Comcast over the Labor Day weekend quietly launched the Fancast Store, an electronic storefront that offers more than 3,000 digital downloads of TV shows and movies for rent or purchase.

The move puts Comcast’s Fancast digital entertainment portal into direct competition with the likes of Apple’s iTunes and Amazon.com.

The strategy is to supplement the thousands of Fancast’s free-to-watch, ad-supported episodes and movies with paid downloads. Comcast executives have said their goal for Fancast is to build it into a destination where consumers can find any TV and entertainment content they’re looking for, regardless of release window.

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