Comcast Launches HDTV In San Francisco Bay Area

9-Jun-03

More Than 800,000 Cable Households Now Have Access To Five Channels Of High-Definition Television ProgrammingComcast, the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider, launched high-definition television (HDTV) in the San Francisco Bay Area June 3, giving customers access to high-definition television programming from KNTV (NBC), KGO (ABC), KQED (PBS), HBO, and Showtime.Comcast now makes high-definition television available to more than 800,000 cable households in 64 cities throughout the Bay Area, including upgraded areas in the cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland; and Marin County and East Bay cities including Hayward and Union City.""Comcast is working hard to provide our customers in the Bay Area with the latest television technology and the most compelling television programming available,"" said John Vonk, Vice President of Marketing for Comcast's Western Division. ""Comcast is investing hundreds of millions of dollars, across the state of California this year to upgrade our networks so we can provide our customers with advanced services like digital cable, high-speed Internet service, high-definition television, and more.""Comcast customers who have an HDTV-ready television set now will be able to rent a digital set-top converter that includes an HDTV tuner, for as little as $5.00 per month, which will allow them to view channels broadcast in high-definition. Comcast HDTV customers will continue to be able to view standard analog and digital channels on their HDTV sets. Comcast also has launched HDTV to over 250,000 households in the greater Sacramento, California area and to about 500,000 households in Southern California, including parts of Los Angeles.For more information about Comcast HDTV, visit www.comcast.com.

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