Customers Can Enjoy MLB Playoffs, Presidential Primary Season, WFFF & WVNY in HD

Customers Can Enjoy MLB Playoffs, Presidential Primary Season, WFFF & WVNY in HD

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, Vermont's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, today announced the availability of WFFF (FOX) and WVNY (ABC) along with TBS and CNN in High-Definition (HD), adding four more of the most compelling channels to its already extensive HD lineup in the Green Mountain State.

Dan Blakeman, Vice President of Comcast's Vermont system, said that the following channels launched in Vermont at no additional cost:

   -- WVNY HD (ABC) Channel 722 - WVNY HD airs ABC primetime, late night and      sports programming in crystal clear HD.  Programs that ABC makes      available in HD include hits such as Desperate Housewives, Grey's      Anatomy, Saturday Night College Football and Good Morning America.   -- WFFF HD (FOX/CW) Channel 744 - WFFF HD combines FOX and CW programming      in full HD picture and clarity.  Football fans can now enjoy NFL games      from FOX in HD as well throughout the season.   -- TBS HD Channel 761 - TBS HD delivers 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.  In      addition to the baseball playoffs, 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 HD Channel 760 - CNN 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 in Vermont," said Dan Blakeman, Vice President of Comcast's Vermont system. "The addition of WFFF HD, WVNY HD, 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 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."

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 nearly 200 HD selections at any given time. In Vermont, Comcast offers 20 HD channels and services, including CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, CW, PBS, NESN HD, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD, MOJO, TBS HD, CNN HD, TNT HD, HD Theater, NFL Network HD, Starz HD, HBO HD, Cinemax HD, Showtime 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 cable 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 several more HD networks in Vermont 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 http://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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