Comcast Launches WBAL 11 News ON DEMAND Throughout Central Maryland

Comcast Launches WBAL 11 News ON DEMAND Throughout Central Maryland

Customers Can Now Access Local News 24 Hours a Day From Local Affiliates of Three Major Networks in Baltimore, Md.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast and WBAL-TV 11 today announced a partnership in Baltimore to launch WBAL's news programs ON DEMAND throughout Central Maryland beginning Monday, October 17, 2005. Comcast is now one of the few markets in the country to offer news broadcasts from three different stations -- WBAL-TV NBC 11, WMAR-TV ABC 2 and WJZ-TV CBS 13 -- ON DEMAND.

Comcast Digital Cable customers will now be able to access local news programming from all three stations 24 hours a day at their convenience.

The news programming from WBAL, WMAR and WJZ is currently available ON DEMAND exclusively to Comcast Digital Cable customers in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, the City of Annapolis, Harford County and Howard County. Each news segment will be available to these customers ON DEMAND immediately after it airs live.

"By having news broadcasts from three major stations in Baltimore available ON DEMAND, Comcast is truly placing all important local news at the fingertips of our Digital Cable customers," said Barbara A. Gehrig, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Maryland-Delaware Region. "Through partnerships with WBAL, WMAR and WJZ, Comcast can deliver local news and information to our customers in a format that is convenient and easy for them to access."

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.4 million cable customers, 7.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.

The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast serves approximately 800,000 customers in Maryland and Delaware. Comcast, whose Maryland/Delaware Region offices are located in White Marsh, Maryland, employs more than 2,000 people in the Maryland/Delaware Region.

About ON DEMAND

Comcast ON DEMAND lets digital cable customers select from more than 3,500 program choices including children's shows, movies, sports, and other favorites at any hour of the day or night. Comcast has more than doubled the amount of VOD content over the last two years and recently announced that more than 1,500 movies a year from Starz will be provided at no additional charge (95 percent of On Demand programming is provided at no additional cost). Shows can be paused, rewound and fast-forwarded using the customer's existing remote control, and stored for up to 24 hours for repeat viewing.

Source: Comcast

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