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Q: Netflix's Internet video service is adding more marquee attractions as it braces for a new competitive threat from cable-TV provider Comcast Corp. 
  
 As part of an effort to offer more exclusive material, Netflix locked up the right to show "The Artist" and other movies from The Weinstein Co. before the films are released to leading pay-TV channels such as Showtime and HBO. 
  
 Just a few hours after Tuesday's announcement about that multiyear deal, Comcast unveiled plans to undercut Netflix with a less expensive version of a service that will stream old TV series and movies to devices with high-speed Internet connections. 
  
 The Comcast service, called Xfinity Streampix, will be available this week to the company's subscribers. It will cost $5 per month, below Netflix's $8 monthly price for its Internet-streaming service. Some Comcast customers who pay for multiple services, including high-speed Internet access and phone, will get Streampix at no additional cost. 
  
 Although it appears Netflix's library is more extensive, Streampix could be good enough for some households looking to supplement their cable-TV service with a package that has on-demand video on computers and mobile devices. 
  
 That possibility apparently unnerved some investors who have long worried about Netflix losing its early lead in Internet video as more rivals enter the market. Netflix's stock lost $4.45, or 3.7 percent, to close Tuesday at $117.40. 
  
 Comcast, which is based in Philadelphia, will join two other large companies, Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., already offering video streaming services. Earlier this month, Verizon Communications Inc. announced that it is teaming up with Redbox's DVD rental-kiosk network to introduce an Internet video service later this year. The pricing for the Verizon-Redbox venture hasn't been disclosed. 
  
 Netflix, which is based in Los Gatos, Calif., also offers a DVD-by-mail rental service. But that has been losing millions of customers in recent months as the company has intensified its focus on the streaming service. 
  
 Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said that he views cable TV as his company's biggest worry. So far, Hastings has identified Time Warner Inc.'s HBO channel as Netflix's toughest competition, but that could change if a cable provider such as Comcast can develop a compelling service. 
  
 By countering Netflix, Comcast hopes to hold on to customers, many of whom have been canceling their cable subscriptions to save money. Some of those former subscribers have been able to get their entertainment fixes from Netflix, whose Internet streaming service began this year with 21.7 million U.S. subscribers. 
  
 Comcast, by contrast, had 22.3 million video subscribers after losing 459,000 customers last year. 
  
 Based on the line-up included in Tuesday's announcement, Streampix will have much of the video already available on Netflix. The list of overlapping selections includes the past seasons of popular TV series such as "The Office" and "Lost" and older movies such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Big Lebowski." 
  
 Recently, Netflix has been trying to differentiate itself by buying the rights to more original series _ a strategy that has worked well for HBO and CBS Corp.'s Showtime. 
  
 The licensing agreement with Weinstein marks another step in Netflix's push to hone its competitive edge. 
  
 Getting the streaming rights to critically acclaimed fare such as "The Artist," which is nominated for 10 Academy Awards, also may help Netflix keep its subscribers happy as other popular selections disappear from the service's video library. Netflix will lose the rights to stream many movies from Walt Disney Co. and other studios when a three-year licensing deal with the Starz Entertainment channel expires next week. 
  
 The Weinstein agreement will give Netflix some movies within a year of their release in movie theaters. Besides "The Artist," the deal covers foreign-language movies, documentaries and other films in the Weinstein vault. Financial terms weren't disclosed. ||||| This post has been corrected, as indicated below. 
  
 With an eye toward holding onto current subscribers and attracting new ones who may be tempted by Netflix, Comcast Corp. is rolling out a new subscription streaming service that boasts a mix of TV re-runs and older films. 
  
 Called Xfinity Streampix, the service launches this week and allows users to watch content on televisions and Internet-connected digital devices like smartphones. 
  
 It will be free to customers who get their video, Internet and phone service from Comcast. People who get only their TV from the company will pay $5 per month. Netflix streaming costs $8 per month. 
  
 While the new service inevitably drew comparisons to Netflix, and spurred a 3% drop in that company's stock Tuesday, there are notable differences. Comcast's initial agreements with Walt Disney Co., Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., and NBC Universal (which the cable giant owns) provide it with less content than Netflix currently offers. 
  
 Xfinity Streampix users will get access to television shows like "30 Rock" and "Grey's Anatomy" and films like "Brokeback Mountain" and "Ocean's Eleven," but can't watch TV shows like "Mad Men" and movies like "Drive" that are exclusively on Netflix. 
  
 In addition, while anyone with an Internet connection and a digital device can access Netflix, Xfinity Streampix is available only to the people who live in areas covered by Comcast. Currently, there are 23.2 million homes that have Comcast television service, including many in San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento. Los Angeles is not part of the Comcast footprint, which also covers Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami and Houston. 
  
 "We have no plans to take this outside our footprint," Marcien Jenckes, Comcast's general manager of video services, said in an interview. "It is not at all our intention to compete with Netflix." 
  
 Among cable companies, Comcast has been the most aggressive in adding new services to respond to the explosion of portable devices while trying to retain its core customers. 
  
 "This is an extension of our strategy to give consumers the content that they love where and when they want it," Jenckes said. "This just makes our existing subscriptions more valuable." 
  
 Netflix is not the only threat. The service could make Comcast more attractive, in the company's service areas, than subscriptions offered by satellite companies Dish Network and DirecTV and telephone companies Verizon and AT&T. 
  
 This new service adds to the more than 75,000 TV shows and movies currently available on Comcast's Xfinity On Demand service. Users pay for each film or episode through that more traditional video on-demand offering, which features more recent movies than the subscription package. 
  
 [For the record, 3:18 p.m. Feb. 21: An earlier version of this post said that 52.5 million homes have Comcast television service. In fact, Comcast has 22.3 million subscribers. The service is potentially available to 52.5 million homes in the regions served by the cable operator.] 
  
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 Photo: Brad Pitt and George Clooney in "Ocean's Eleven." Credit: Bob Marshak / Warner Bros. |||||
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The competition to offer streamed movies and TV shows over the Internet got even more crowded today as Comcast announced its version, reports the Los Angeles Times. The cable provider's Xfinity Streampix will be available only to Comcast customers for $5 month—it's free for some, depending on their current package—compared to Netflix's fee of $8 a month. Sample fare: 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, Ocean's 11, Brokeback Mountain. With the service limited to Comcast homes, the company says it is not trying to compete against Netflix. But "it is nevertheless a shot across the bow of the upstart web streamer—threatening to take away some of its subscribers," notes the Wall Street Journal. Netflix has the better library, and that gap got even bigger today with a deal to get first dibs on movies from the Weinstein Co. such as The Artist, notes AP.