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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern will be the first school in the Midwest to use Xfinity On Campus, Comcast's new streaming service for students living in university housing.

Free cable streaming to debut for on-campus residents

September 8, 2014

Residential Services will offer more than 130 channels of free TV streaming for all on-campus residents beginning Fall Quarter through a partnership Northwestern has entered with Comcast. Students...

Northwestern to begin Xfinity On Campus pilot

April 22, 2014

Northwestern will begin offering a pilot program of Xfinity On Campus, a service under Comcast, to up to 700 students starting May 1, Residential Services officials said. Paul Riel, executive director...

Hulu Plus trial ends, Residential Services to launch Comcast pilot

April 14, 2014

After a pilot program that gave students free Hulu Plus accounts to replace NUTV ended March 31, Residential Services began the process of launching a new pilot using Comcast, set to begin in May. Paul...

A student watches a video using Hulu Plus on her laptop. Northwestern Residential Services has given some students Hulu Plus accounts as a replacement for NUTV, which was discontinued over the summer.
Ebony Calloway/The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern pilots Hulu Plus for residential students

February 4, 2014

Nearly 1,600 Northwestern students can now stream movies and television shows with free Hulu Plus accounts in a pilot program to test possible replacements for NUTV. NUTV, a cable streaming service,...

Northwestern still looking for NUTV’s replacement

October 15, 2013

Four weeks into the school year, Northwestern is still unsure as to how it will replace NUTV after deciding in May to stop funding it. NU Information Technology phased out NUTV, an online cable-streaming...

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