Netflix has been throwing out some pitches to cable companies to bundle it’s streaming video package with the bundles. It looks like Comcast has declined the offer. Comcast has actually been doing a trial with TiVo in the San Francisco’s market to see if they would buy a TiVo premiere DVR access to the Xfinity ON Demand library without the use of a cable set top box. With Comcast off the market that still leaves a few other companies that might be interested like Verizon or Cox Communications. Although the biggest issue with bundling the streaming service from Netflix is the fact that all of these cable companies have an on-demand service. So with the streaming services already set up from these companies there is no real reason for companies like Comcast to make a partnership with them. It looks like this TiVo DVR test that Comcast is doing which makes more sense because it is giving a Comcast product to the consumers that have a TiVo DVR, so you are able to access the content of Comcast.
