Comcast ON DEMAND

Television has a brand new schedule

Forget TV schedules. With ON DEMAND, programs start when you say so. A movie at 12:15. HBO’s hot new show at 7:06. Kids shows that start when you need them to. Do-it-yourself programming at 7:00 am. It’s all up to you.

Video Library

Movies. Music Videos. Cable TV shows. Special Interest and children’s programs from a continuously updated library. You can choose from hundreds of shows and movies for free, or order movies for a charge comparable to what you might pay at the video store. And all movies are yours to control for 24 hours, with no return trip to the video store required.

Pick a show. Play it whenever.

ON DEMAND is as simple as picking a program and pressing play. You just go to your digital cable menu, select ON DEMAND, and enjoy.

You can pick a show whenever you’re ready. After the show starts, you can pause, rewind, or fast-forward. Play it again and again.

Comcast ON DEMAND Highlights:

In markets where available, if you have digital cable, you have ON DEMAND.

Growing content Library:

  • Currently offer more than 3,000 programs ON DEMAND and expect to see that grow 10,000 to 20,000 programs over time.
  • Comcast’s agreement with Sony/MGM allows us to add hundreds of movies and hours of television shows from their library, offered free to you.
  • In an average month, you will have access to a total of 50 films and 75 hours of television programs from Sony and MGM.


Approximately two-thirds of ON DEMAND programs are available free.

  • Classic TV shows like The Partridge Family, Diff’rent Strokes, and The Three Stooges.
  • Kids’ and teens’ programming, includes Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nickelodeon, Noggin, The N and PBS Kids (Barney, Teletubbies)
  • Free hit movies.
  • News and information, including (in select markets) NBC and CBS local and national news and segments of CNN’s Larry King Live, People in the News, and CNNfn Financial news.
  • Fitness Shows, Music, including: pop, rock alternative, dance and R&B videos; country videos from GAC (Great American Country); live concert performances.
  • Sports, including: NFL Network On Demand, NBA TV On Demand and college sports programming.
  • The cutting Edge, including Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim”, short films from Atom Television; Anime Network; highlights form G4techtv.
  • More than 70 hours of programming from Discovery Networks, including American Chopper, Trading Spaces, The Jeff Corwin Experience and The Croc Hunter.
  • Programming from your favorite cable networks, including BBC America; Comedy Central; Court TV; Do It Yourself; E!; Fine Living; Golf Channel; National Geographic; NBA TV; NFL Network; Oxygen; Outdoor Life Network; Speed Channel; Style; Sundance Channel; TBS; Wisdom TV; and more.


Premium content from HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, The Movie Channel and STARZ! is available at no additional cost beyond a monthly subscription to that premium service.

Customers are embracing ON DEMAND.

  • More than 72 million programs viewed in December 2004 (up from 40 million in June 2004, and triple the usage in December 2003). More than 567 million ON DEMAND programs were viewed in all of 2004.
  • In its first week, NFL Network on Demand had 600,000 views. In its first month, it had 2.9 million views. Through the end of November 2004, it had more than 4 million views.
  • In Philadelphia (where ON DEMAND has been available since late 2002), 77% of Digital Cable customers have used the service in the past 90 days. More than 64% of Digital Cable customers have used it in the past month.
  • On average, homes with ON DEMAND are using the service 23 times per month.