Comcast’s Roku and Samsung TV apps will free customers from cable boxes

Later this year, Comcast Xfinity subscribers will no longer need an expensive cable box to watch video on their televisions. The cable giant will instead let subscribers stream video to connected TV devices, starting with Roku boxes, Roku-powered TVs, and Samsung Smart TVs. An “Xfinity TV Partner Program” will bring Comcast’s app to other devices that