Comcast Offering Streaming on IPad, Android Tablets (AAPL, CMCSA, GOOG)

As part of its efforts to expand its reach to customers not sitting in front of their TV's, Comcast CMCSA announced that it will offer streaming on Apple's AAPL iPad, as well as tablets run by Google's GOOG Android operating systems. “Live streaming and the play now feature on our Xfinity TV app are two important pieces of our strategy to deliver any content to any device, any time,” said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast Corporation. “Comcast has a series of upcoming online enhancements and app releases that are part of a much larger effort to reinvent how customers interact with their entertainment on TV, online and on mobile devices.” Shares of Comcast are flat on the day, trading at $22.44 on back of this news.