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Comcast launches new X1 service in Utah to compete in innovative industry

July 31, 2013 /

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The X1 platform is agnostic, so smartphones or iPhones, iPads or tablets can access more than 45,000 programs.

The idea behind the technology was to take television and the Internet, which were "fragmented" before, and provide a "centralized place to access everything," Strauss said.

Subscribers can use motions and voice commands from their iPhone to signal their TV to switch channels. Split-screen technology from Comcast allows a viewer to watch one sports game while browsing the scores of others that are playing simultaneously.

By Whitney Evans

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