Comcast Xfinity Customers Gain Access to HBO and Showtime on Roku

December 20, 2014 - 10:03 -- RokuGuide

Comcast Xfinity Customers Gain Access to HBO and Showtime on RokuComcast announced this week that their Xfinity subscribers can now access the HBO GO and Showtime Anytime channels on Roku devices. After several months of negotiations, Comcast has agreed to authenticate these apps "for subscribers whose subscriptions entitle them to access the content and services" on those apps.

HBO subscribers have the ability to watch every episode of every season of HBO's top original series, as well as HBO original movies, on the Roku HBO GO channel. Likewise, Showtime subscribers have on-demand access to current and past seasons of Showtime original series, as well as over 150 movies and sports, comedy, and After Hours videos. Showtime Anytime also carries both the East Coast and West Coast live streams of the Showtime feeds for those who want to watch on a TV without a cable or satellite box.

More information on each channel can be found here:
HBO GO
Showtime Anytime