Oakland University is making it more attractive to live in the dorms by offering students video service as part of their room and board. Comcast’s Xfinity On Campus service lets on-campus housing students watch live TV, on demand and recorded content on their IP-enabled devices, including laptops, tablets and smartphones.
Xfinity On Campus also provides an added benefit to compete with off-campus housing.
“Once considered primarily a commuter college, Oakland University is now attracting more students seeking to live on campus,” said Jason Gumbs, Comcast’s sales and marketing vice president in Michigan. “Dorm housing demand and availability are going up, and our service provides a value-add for students living on the Rochester campus.”
Xfinity On Campus offers more than 100 live channels including every major broadcast network, as well as channels like AMC, Bravo, ESPN, FX and MTV through Comcast’s Xfinity Stream app and portal. The service also includes access to thousands of current season TV shows and hit movies via Xfinity On Demand. While off campus, students can use the Xfinity Stream app to log in and access TV Everywhere programming that’s part of their subscription.
Students can also upgrade their Xfinity On Campus accounts to include a selection of premium channels, including HBO, Showtime and STARZ, as well as the Sports Entertainment Package.
Xfinity On Campus provides an opportunity to introduce a younger audience to Xfinity X1—
Comcast’s next-generation video product currently enjoyed by residential customers throughout the nation. Xfinity X1 delivers an immersive and personalized entertainment experience across all devices in an interface that is sleek, intuitive and makes search and discovery of content easier than ever.
Xfinity On Campus is easy and cost-effective for a university’s IT department to maintain. To register for the service, students can visit here, type in their school name and authenticate with their student user name and password. Once registered, students can watch their programming anytime by downloading the Xfinity Stream app or by visiting https://comca.st/2NE9B0u and logging in with their student credentials.
