About The Editor

Tom Blaxland

Head of Product Development

Tom Blaxland serves as Head of Product for Fancast.com, responsible for creating all the features and refining the user experience of the site. Tom directs a team of designers, information architects, engineers and support staff to make the big and complex website that Fancast is, extremely simple and easy to use.

Tom's favorite TV shows are currently "Weeds," "Lost," "Top Gear" and "Flight of the Conchords"...though having a three-year-old son, all he really gets to watch is "Yo Gabba Gabba."

Mr. Blaxland is a graduate of Temple University's Fox School of Business where he received his Bachelor of Business Management.

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Editor Archive

Giving Thanks
Well it’s that time of year again...time for a little reflection on the year that was. We’ve had a great run in 2009 here and I’d like... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Nov 24th, 2009 | 5:46PM 0
Celebrating Fall TV with a Bang
Fall TV is here: you can smell it in the air. The leaves are turning, the new shows are debuting and cliffhangers from the spring will now b... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Sep 22nd, 2009 | 9:07AM 5
Comcast TV…Meet Fancast!
A few months ago we noticed what may have been obvious to our customers, that we here at Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) had built and were ... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Aug 20th, 2009 | 6:18AM 4
Discovery Joins Comcast’s On Demand Online Trial
Discovery Channel to Join Comcast’s Nationwide On Demand Online Trial Beginning This Week With Some of Network's Most Popular Shows and Wo... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Aug 13th, 2009 | 10:25AM 0
Fancast Trivia Featured on Mashable
Mashable has a nice article on social media marketing titled "10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media". Number 3 on the list features o... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Aug 12th, 2009 | 7:53AM 0
On Demand Online Technical Trial Has Begun With 5,000 Users
Today Comcast announced during an earnings call that it had started a technical trial of On Demand Online. On Fancast and Comcast.net, five ... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Aug 6th, 2009 | 10:40AM 0
Fancast Leads in Video Engagement
A few weeks ago, in a post about Fancast’s New Video Player, I wrote that our video engagement numbers are “through the roof!” Many fo... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 30th, 2009 | 4:29PM 0
Comscore Ranks Fancast as Top Non-Portal in TV Category
At Fancast we use industry metrics to see how we are doing compared to other TV sites. The big players here (ComScore, Nielsen and newcomer ... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 16th, 2009 | 9:02AM 0
17 More Networks Join On Demand Online Trial on Fancast
Comcast Adds 17 More Cable Networks to On Demand Online Trial Content from A&E, AMC, BBC America, DIY Network, Fine Living Network, F... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 14th, 2009 | 4:16PM 1
CBS Joins On Demand Online Technical Trial on Fancast
CBS to Participate in Comcast's On Demand Online Nationwide Trial As the First Broadcaster to Participate, CBS Agrees to Test Standards a... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 14th, 2009 | 8:06AM 0
HBO Joining Comcast On Demand Online
Home Box Office and Comcast to Launch HBO® and Cinemax® On Broadband for the First Time Nationally Through On Demand Online The HBO and... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 13th, 2009 | 4:21PM 0
Starz Joining Comcast On Demand Online Technical Trial
Starz Entertainment to Join Comcast’s On Demand Online Trial Adds 300 Movies and Original Programming with More to Come, Including HD; ... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Jul 10th, 2009 | 10:19PM 1
Fancast’s New Video Player
Ed. Note: Every few weeks, Fancast’s Head of Product, Tom Blaxland blogs about the latest and greatest Fancast site updates and innovation... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Jun 30th, 2009 | 9:52PM 2
TNT & TBS Coming Soon In On Demand Online Technical Trial
Comcast and Time Warner Develop Principles for "TV Everywhere Model" Comcast to Begin National Technical Trial of "On Demand Online" N... More

Coming Soon | Product | Tom Blaxland | Jun 24th, 2009 | 9:45AM 0
Fancast: Now Serving One Year of Video
Ed. Note: Every few weeks, Fancast’s Head of Product, Tom Blaxland blogs about the latest and greatest Fancast site updates and innovation... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Apr 16th, 2009 | 2:37PM 0
FANCAST hearts TEEVEE (just as much as you do)
Ed. Note: Starting this week, Fancast’s Head of Product, Tom Blaxland will begin blogging about the latest and greatest Fancast site updat... More

Product | Tom Blaxland | Mar 26th, 2009 | 3:32PM 1

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