Is Comcast's Stream a sign that the cable industry is tired of swimming upstream?

For $15 a month the web-based add-on will feature the major broadcast networks and PBS and HBO - and might signal the end of the old-fashioned cable landscape

Will traditional cable die the death of a thousand cuts? Comcast said late on Sunday it would begin selling a web-based service called Stream, with content from the major broadcast networks and PBS and HBO. The programming will be available as a $15 add-on to Comcast's internet-only package.

Comcast's offering is just the latest in a series of smaller, cheaper video packages. Some still use a cable box, like Comcast's own Internet Plus and Verizon's contentious - and possibly contract-breaking - plan to offer a do-it-yourself cable bundle. But others are adopting the popular web-based model pioneered by Netflix.