Vito Forlenza of Comcast Cable: World Cup a sign that live streaming is here to stay

Vito Forlenza, Senior Director, TV Everywhere Content & Product Strategy, Comcast Cable, stated World Cup a sign that live streaming is here to stay. “On Xfinity TV, we broke more records than Germany’s Miroslav Klose,” he said. In total, there were more than 13 million live streams, of World Cup matches by Xfinity TV customers either via Xfinity TV Go or Watch ESPN. This equals approximately 90,000 live streams for every hour of World Cup match coverage.The U.S. vs. Belgium match had 834,000 live streams from Xfinity customers through Xfinity TV Go and via WatchESPN and beat the previous live streaming record (USA vs. Germany) by 22%.The top 5 most-streamed matches of the World Cup by Xfinity TV customers were: U.S. vs. Belgium, U.S. vs. Germany, Argentina vs. Netherlands, Germany vs. Brazil and Argentina vs. Switzerland.