--- title: Comcast Is Launching a Streaming TV Service Called Stream description: For $15 a month it will provide access on tablets, laptops and smartphones to both live TV and on-demand shows and movies. canonical: https://time.com/3954987/comcast-online-streaming-tv-stream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-13T04:19:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:10:48.838Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Comcast is Launching a Streaming TV Service Called Stream og:description: It will cost $15 a month and offer both live TV and on-demand movies and shows og:url: https://time.com/3954987/comcast-online-streaming-tv-stream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Comcast is Launching a Streaming TV Service Called Stream twitter:description: It will cost $15 a month and offer both live TV and on-demand movies and shows twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Comcast Is Launching an Online-TV Service Called Stream > Sponsored content. 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It’s called Stream, aptly enough, and for $15 a month it will provide access on tablets, laptops and smartphones to live television from “about a dozen networks” and “thousands of on-demand movies and shows,” Matt Strauss, an executive vice president at Comcast, [stated in a press release](http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/a-new-streaming-tv-service-from-comcast "undefined"). The company is launching a beta version of the service in Boston toward the end of the summer, followed by a soft rollout in Chicago and Seattle. They say it’ll be available everywhere by early next year. 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