Fancast: How’d I Miss That?
Sunday, February 17th, 2008I am a long-time subscriber to Comcast as my cable provider and a fairly heavy user of its on-demand system. I also pride myself in being one of the myriad beta users of hulu and generally being aware of online media entertainment options.
So I was really surprised when I found out about the new Fancast online entertainment venture by Comcast–not from my cable provider–but rather from Whitney Matheson at Pop Candy. As Whitney notes in her write-up of the site: “Here, you can search TV listings; watch films and TV shows; connect with programs on iTunes, Netflix, Fandango and other sites; get recommendations; and more. … also [the site] plays video from CBS.com, Hulu, Viacom networks”.
I have to totally concur with Matheson’s response of in essence: “What took someone so long to come up with a venture like this?”
Honestly I am already spoiled by online video demand options, given that I get disappointed when the online options don’t carry a show I want to see. Am I the only person mystified as to why that great 2000-2004 NBC series, Ed, is not on demand already?
If you happen to come by on Saturday for a post only to find nothing, I apologize for the delay.