Stream TV shows and clips from your PC, check out movie trailers and listings, and will soon even allow you to program your DVR recordings online.
Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) today launched a site called Fancast that enables users to watch, manage and find entertainment content wherever it is available, be it on TV, online, DVD or in theaters. On Fancast, users can also watch a slowly expanding library of FREE full TV episodes, clips and full-length movies from several broadcast networks and studio partners. You can find desired content across multiple platforms and create a personalized entertainment experience.
A cool upcoming feature is that users – Comcast subscribers I presume – will be able to program your DVR recordings in advance from your PC. You’ll also be able to set your VOD bookmarks from your computer. It will be as simple as logging onto the site and choosing the programs that you want to record.
Watch It
- Over 3,000 hours of streaming free, full-length content from networks — including CBS, NBC and Fox (provided by Hulu), MTV Networks and BET Networks — movie trailers, short videos and interviews
- Can’t find what you want to watch on Fancast? The site’s "Watch it" tool will tell users where they can get it, on Fancast, on television, online, On Demand, on DVD or in the theater.
- Fancast shows you what is on the TV line-up in your area no matter who your provider is.
Find It
- Need to decide what to watch tonight? On Fancast users can search for video content and entertainment information they’re looking for on over 11 million web pages including information on more than 50,000 television shows, 80,000 movies and 1.2 million people combining multiple sources of entertainment information.
- If users don’t know exactly what content they’re looking for, they can visit Fancast and discover new content through the site’s personalized recommendations based on what they have chosen in the past.
Manage It
- Want to control your DVR from the road? Coming soon in 2008, Fancast will enable users to program their DVR recordings in advance, from their computers, ensuring that they will never miss a show again.
- Want a more personalized viewing experience? Fancast’s "Watch List," will organize and catalog upcoming programming, set a personalized play list and send reminders to users about what they should watch in the future based on previous preferences.
Overall the site looks pretty slick and easy to use, but I’m not convinced that as is it’s better than any other video content destination. The only thing that will make it worth really using in my opinion is the VOD setup fro DVRs which apparently is still in the works and yet to be available.
I think I’ll stick with video streaming sites like QuickSilverScreen and the like until then.
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