Comcast Previews New Multiview Experience on Xfinity X1

Comcast Previews New Multiview Experience on Xfinity X1, Brings Live Football and Baseball Together on the Same Screen

Xfinity has launched an early preview of a new multiview experience on X1, offering sports fans a new way to watch all the excitement of October’s biggest professional sports, football and playoff baseball, together on the same screen.

“Xfinity has always been the best place for live sports, and with new features like Odds Zone and enhanced 4K, it’s only getting better,” said Vito Forlenza, Vice President, Sports Entertainment. Comcast. “And now, with this early preview of multiview on X1, we can show customers a little bit of what’s to come in terms of future sports viewing innovations, all while making it easy for them to keep up with two of October’s most exciting events. We can’t wait to see how they respond and look forward to bringing more multiview experiences to them in the future.”

During the preview, Xfinity X1 customers can watch up to three live events at the same time, supporting two key scenarios:

Football Sunday: Customers can watch Sunday’s locally airing NFL games side-by-side on the same screen – no need to flip between channels to follow both games. Customers with NFL Redzone as part of their TV package will see a third mosaic featuring RedZone’s whip-around coverage alongside their local games, giving them a simple way to follow all the action happening across the league both locally and nationally.

Primetime Football & Playoff Baseball: With MLB baseball playoffs in full swing throughout October, customers won’t need to choose between watching a pivotal inning or the final two minutes. During the preview, they can also enjoy side-by-side coverage of NFL games and playoff baseball within the multiview experience, and never miss a major moment.

X1 customers with eligible devices can launch the multiview preview by saying “multiview” into their voice remote, or by finding it within the comprehensive sports destination on X1. Once in the multiview experience, customers can toggle between channels to switch audio and select any of the games to jump into full screen mode. During the preview, availability of multiview options could vary by market.

Xfinity plans to continue innovating its multiview experience, such as adding the ability to watch up to four live events at the same time, increasing the number of sports available, bringing the feature to more devices, and letting customers build their own multiview experience.