Major Comcast markets to get HDTV
By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/15/2002 3:30:00 AM
Comcast Cable Communications Inc. is launching high-definition television in several major markets, beginning with parts of Washington, D.C., this summer.
The cable company began offering HDTV in its hometown of Philadelphia late last year.
Comcast will offer HDTV to its cable subscribers in northern Virginia in mid-2002, to suburban Maryland in the second half of 2002 and to the city of Washington, D.C., in 2003.
Systems in Detroit and Indianapolis will also offer HDTV to customers this year.
Comcast plans to offer high-definition broadcasts from local television stations, as well as HDTV programming from premium cable networks Home Box Office and Showtime.
In Washington, Comcast will carry public broadcaster WETA's HDTV signal, as well as its own Comcast SportsNet.
The MSO may have some extra motivation to roll out high-definition programming because it is in the process of purchasing AT&T Broadband for $72 billion -- a deal that must be approved by federal regulators in Washington.
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