Benjamin is a business consultant, coach, designer, musician, artist, and writer, living in the remote mountains of Vermont. He has 20+ years experience in tech, an educational background in the arts, ...

“We’re playing offense with mobile … We’re fully integrating mobile into everything we do at Comcast Cable,” Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said during the cable giant’s Q1 2022 earnings call. Comcast is ...

In April 2016, Comcast said Xfinity cable customers would be able to forgo an expensive cable box before the end of the year and use a Roku box instead. The company missed that target, but the good ...

Roku on Tuesday announced that it is teaming up with Comcast to bring the cable company's Xfinity TV app to its family of media-streaming boxes. The app is in beta for now, but continues an ongoing ...

Question: why in an age of streaming services, smartphones and countless apps that can do just about anything do we still—in nearly all instances—need a cable box to sign up for a subscription and ...

Comcast’s Xfinity TV application launched into beta today on Roku, offering both live and on-demand programming, including local broadcast stations as well as public access and government channels. It ...

Could Comcast kill the cable box? TechCrunch reports the cable provider launched its new Xfinity TV app on Roku, featuring live and on-demand programming, including from local broadcast stations. And ...

The Xfinity Flex streaming box and remote is aimed at Comcast’s internet-only subscribers who want to watch video on the big screen. (Comcast Photo) Commentary: After subscribing to Comcast cable ...

An Apple TV can now be used to watch all of Comcast’s live, on demand and DVR programming. The cable behemoth’s subscribers just need to install the newly-released Xfinity Stream app on Apple’s ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...