Microsoft Meets Apple iOS with Comcast App
[This article originally appeared on Beet.tv.]
Microsoft has integrated several of its its media platform componenents into the Comcast xFinity app for Apple iOS devices.
The app allows Comcast cable subscribers to access a range of cable fare on their iPhone and iPad.
Last week at the Streaming Media East conference, we spoke with Microsoft's David Sayed, marketing manager for the Media Platform group, about the collaboration. Sayed also gave us a demo of the app.
The xFinity app was created by Comcast's thePlatform unit, and was first announced last month.
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