After a few months in beta, Comcast is taking the wraps on Fancast, its online video service. At first glance, it looks similar to Hulu (Comcast-owned ThePlatform is helping power Hulu), with full shows available from NBC, CBS, Fox, Bravo, FX and more. But Fancast also has some nifty additions, like a TiVo-like personalization feature that asks you a few questions and then suggests upcoming shows you might want to watch on your cable system (hmmm, it’s suggesting I watch “The Bad News Bears” tonight on TNT.) And coming soon, you’ll be able to program your DVR via the site. Fancast also plans to add in-depth content on movies and TV shows, a la IMDb, which could be migrated to a set-top box in the future.

Updated: The other big announcement from Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts is “Project Infinity.” The centerpiece is a new high-speed internet service called “wideband” that promises that users can download an entire high-definition movie in four minutes instead of as long as six hours with DSL. Plus, Comcast is planning to offer a huge menu of on-demand films — ultimately 6,000, up from its current 300 — along with 1,000 clips of HDTV video. Here’s the Project Infinity press release and the Fancast release.


