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Comcast looking to sell outlying markets

by Steven Kim, posted May 25th 2008 at 11:50PM

ComcastTimes are tough aoul over, and even cable giant Comcast isn't immune to a little tightening of the belt. Word coming out of Maine is that Comcast is looking to sell 46 of the markets on the outskirts of its footprint, mostly in Maine, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia and California. The move is about more than just the monies that will be generated by selling off its subscriber eyeballs, though. At a going rate of $3,000 - $4,500 per subscriber, that's not an insignificant chunk of change, either. By geographically concentrating its service areas, it should be cheaper to deliver services, including the all-important "triple play." If you're affected by this selloff, we're hoping your HD lineup won't suffer for it.

Charleston, WV NBC affiliate looking to broadcast news in HD

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 12th 2008 at 4:37PM

As local news stations slowly make the move to HD around the country, we're taken to a rather surprising locale to find what could be the next to take the high-def plunge. WSAZ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Charleston, West Virginia, is reportedly "planning a transition to broadcast its local news in high-definition," but a bit of consolidation has to go down first. The studio staffs in Huntington and Charleston will purportedly be merged into one, whereby the "Charleston studio will be controlled from Huntington." Unfortunately, eight Charleston-based employees will be losing their jobs in the process, and while we know the transition is imminent, a definitive timetable has yet to be established.

SuddenLink gifts West Virginia subscribers with four new HD channels

by Darren Murph, posted Feb 3rd 2008 at 4:09PM


SuddenLink customers in West Virginia have been longing for a more fleshed out HD lineup for some time now, and while things have been improving slowly (albeit surely), news of four newcomers all at once is quite thrilling. According to an anonymous tipster, HD junkies from Huntington to Morgantown can now enjoy ESPN2 HD, History Channel HD, MHD and TBS HD, which are placed on channels 774, 767, 762 and 798, respectively. Hang in there, Mountain Staters, things are lookin' up on the HD front.

Mountain Stage making HD debut on PBS

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 5th 2008 at 7:23AM

Fans of the live music radio show Mountain Stage are about to be brought even closer to the action, as it's making its HD debut this Tuesday. Starting on January 8th, viewers in West Virginia can catch the HD iteration of the program locally on WVPBS-TV, while viewers across the country will likely have access via their local PBS station. For a complete January schedule, be sure to give the read link a visit.

Comcast enhancing infrastructure, adding more HD options in Northeast

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 14th 2007 at 2:03PM

Comcast has been on quite the tear of late, and it seems it's not quite done for the year just yet. Apparently, the carrier will be making "infrastructure improvements to its Beaver Valley and Myersdale systems, which were acquired from Adelphia last year." Additionally, the North Hills / South Hills areas will be seeing unspecified "network upgrades" by next year, and the company's fiber network will be expanded from Morgantown, West Virginia to Myersdale in order to "launch its digital voice phone service." On the lineup front, users in the Pittsburgh region will reportedly gain History HD, USA HD, Sci-Fi HD, CW HD and Discovery HD, while customers in the ex-Adelphia sectors will receive Universal HD, HGTV HD, Food Network HD, A&E HD, National Geographic HD and MHD.




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