Comcast launched Xfinity On Campus, a service that lets college...
Comcast launched Xfinity On Campus, a service that lets college students watch live TV and on-demand content on IP-enabled devices while on campus. The service will be available this fall at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia; Drexel University in Philadelphia;…
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Emerson College in Boston; Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts; and the University of Delaware, Comcast said Thursday in a news release (http://bit.ly/1AANHeM). The service is included in room and board expenses at on-campus housing, it said. Other schools will test the program this fall, it said. Xfinity On Campus offers about 80 live cable channels, Comcast said. Students also can access the service off campus using a university credential “to authenticate and access online programming that’s part of their subscription via TV Everywhere websites and apps such as WatchESPN and FXNOW,” it said.