Baseball Fans and News Junkies Cheer as Comcast Launches TBS and CNN in High- Definition Format

Baseball Fans and News Junkies Cheer as Comcast Launches TBS and CNN in High- Definition Format

Comcast Customers Can Watch MLB Playoffs and Presidential Primary Season in HD

BOSTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, today announced the simultaneous launches of TBS and CNN in High-Definition (HD), adding two more of the most popular cable channels to its already extensive HD lineup in Massachusetts and most of New Hampshire.

The launch of TBS in HD will deliver Major League Baseball fans a front row seat to all 27 potential games of the American and National League Division Series and National League Championship Series. The roll out of CNN HD will allow news and political junkies to watch the presidential primary season heat up in crystal clear HD.

TBS in HD offers a diverse mix of high-quality sports and variety programming, with a focus on comedy. In addition to Major League Baseball's Division Series and National League Championship Series coverage, viewers can watch the network's hit original series in HD, such as My Boys, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, 10 Items or Less and The Bill Engvall Show, along with viewer favorites like The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Friends, Sex and the City, King of Queens and Seinfeld.

CNN in HD is one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Viewers will now be able to catch all of the latest news headlines and hit programs in HD, including Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Situation Room, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360.

"We are committed to providing the best HD programming on the market," said Randy Waddell, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Comcast's NorthCentral Division. "The addition of TBS HD and CNN HD, combined with our already extensive HD lineup and more than 150 hours of HD ON DEMAND content, delivers our customers with the ultimate viewing experience. And as other networks begin to offer their content in HD, we look forward to expanding our already robust offerings to provide unparalleled entertainment for our customers."

"In providing more HD networks, our affiliates are able to provide a more robust choice in programming that gives an enhanced viewing experience for their customers," said Coleman Breland, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Turner Network Sales.

With today's announcement, Comcast continues its industry-leading pace of HD expansion, offering the most HD viewing choices and setting the standard for true HD quality.

To bring customers the most HD viewing choices, Comcast delivers 200 HD selections at any given time. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Comcast offers 28 HD channels and services, including CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, PBS, CW, NESN HD, Versus/Golf Channel HD, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, MOJO, A&E HD, HGTV HD, Food Network HD, TBS HD, CNN HD, TNT HD, HD Theater, Universal HD, National Geographic HD, MHD, NFL Network HD, HBO HD, Cinemax HD, Showtime HD, Starz HD and Comcast SportsNet's New England Celtics Games. Plus, Comcast provides more than 150 hours of HD ON DEMAND programming, allowing Digital Cable customers with an HDTV and HD-capable set-top box to pause, rewind and fast- forward their favorite movies and shows in crystal clear HD whenever it's most convenient. Comcast expects to add more HD networks and boost the amount of HD ON DEMAND content by the end of the year.

Comcast also offers the best HD picture quality, according to an independent survey conducted this spring. According to the results, two out of three satellite customers expressed a preference for Comcast's HD signal, saying Comcast had the better HD picture quality in side-by-side comparisons.

For more information about Comcast's HDTV service, customers can call 1- 800-COMCAST or visit www.comcast.com.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) (NASDAQ:CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 12.4 million high-speed Internet customers and 3.5 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, Comcast SportsNet and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast 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's New England regions serve 2.6 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut and New York and employ nearly 7,000 individuals.

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CONTACT: Marc Goodman of Comcast, +1-617-562-4305,
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Web site: http://www.comcast.com/

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