Comcast to launch Xfinity Streampix streaming video service, challenge Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (update)

[![][1]][2]It was only a matter of time, right? The _Wall Street Journa_l reports that Comcast is rolling out a VOD competitor for [Amazon][3], [Netflix][4] and [Hulu][5] so it can grab a slice of the streaming video pie. Called Xfinity Streampix, it brings shows from NBC and ABC, along with movies from Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Scheduled to launch this Thursday, the service will be rolled in for free with some existing cable packages and available on its own for $4.99 a month. For your five bucks, you get access to a back catalog of shows and movies on any internet-capable device, though, naturally we don't know exactly how much content will be available when it goes live. What we do know is that price point puts Streampix well beneath the $7.99 asking price of its competition, so here's hoping a VOD price war ensues.

**Update:** Check out the official PR after the break for more details, including a list of the content coming to Streampix and Comcast's plans to bring VOD to the Xbox 360 and Android.

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