Comcast, Starz think downloads.(Starz Entertainment)

Multichannel News, October, 2006 by Spangler, Todd

By Todd Spangler Top Cabler, Premium Net Consider Internet Movie Moves Comcast could be about to flip the switch on an Internet movie-download service, though it might be limited just to horror flicks at first. The nation's largest cable-system operator will launch a service by the end of this month that will let subscribers download movies over the Internet and view them on computers or on set-top boxes, according to gadget blog Gizmodo.

As part of the service, Comcast will temporarily suspend the 6 Megabit-per-second bandwidth restriction it places on broadband customers to make movie downloads as fast as possible, Gizmodo reported. An executive with an existing movie-download service said Comcast is developing such a platform, but...

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