Xfinity 3D was a

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channel owned by Comcast and available exclusively on their

Xfinity Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, doing business as Xfinity, is an American telecommunications company and division of Comcast Corporation used to market consumer cable television, internet, telephone, and wireless services provided by the c ...

digital cable television service. It launched on February 20, 2011.Comcast To Launch 24-Hour 'Xfinity 3D' Channel
''Multichannel News'' February 17, 2011 Comcast made the decision to discontinue the channel as of December 16, 2014.
"Comcast 3D Service" November 28, 2014

Programming

The first program to air was the

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game between the

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and the

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. It was followed by ''MTV World Stage:

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''. The channel also carried movies documenting African safaris, haunted castles, the depths of the ocean, the surface of the Sun, the age of dinosaurs and more, along with original programming about Chinese dragon dancing and rhythmic gymnastics. Xfinity 3D also had an on-demand channel sponsored by HBO. Xfinity 3D On Demand provided customers access to movies such as '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' and ''

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''. Other 3D titles that were available through the VOD service included '' Bolt'', '' Clash of the Titans'', '' Despicable Me'', ''

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'' and '' The Last Airbender''.

References

{{Comcast 3D television channels Defunct television networks in the United States Comcast subsidiaries Television channels and stations established in 2011 2011 establishments in the United States