Windstream expands Kinetic TV streaming service

Nearly two months after initially launching its app-based streaming television product Kinetic TV, Windstream finally is expanding availability for the service.The company announced today that Kinetic TV is launching in Lincoln, Nebraska, and other markets across the state, including Adams, Clatonia, Cortland, Davey, Denton, Fairbury, Hallam, Hastings, Hickman, Malcolm, Martell, Pickrell, Wilber and York.Kinetic TV, which is built atop of MobiTV’s platform, is priced at $75 per month for Windstream’s broadband customers. The app is available for connected devices, smart TVs, PCs, tablets and smartphones. It features live TV, on-demand content, catch-up TV, DVR and recommendations. The Kinetic TV launch signals a shift away from traditional TV distribution for Windstream, a residential and business provider of video and broadband services across rural areas in 18 states. When Kinetic TV first launched in Georgia in February, Geoff Levy, senior vice president of marketing for Windstream, told FierceVideo that Windstream will continue to provide its traditional video service to existing customers, but all new sales will be made in the streaming service.