Comcast Launches ON DEMAND Service in Dallas Area; Customers Now Can Enjoy Unprecedented Choice and Control in Home Entertainment

Comcast Launches ON DEMAND Service in Dallas Area; Customers Now Can Enjoy Unprecedented Choice and Control in Home Entertainment

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider, today announced the launch of its ON DEMAND service, bringing nearly 300,000 customers in the Dallas area the opportunity to select from more than 1,200 programming hours from leading networks anytime they want to order.

ON DEMAND offers Comcast Digital Cable customers more control than ever before, with the ability to choose from movies, music, sports, news, instructional and entertainment programming and more. In addition, viewers can rewind, fast forward and pause programs, and can store most selections for up to 24 hours from the time of ordering, so they can watch shows whenever and however often they like. An interactive, on-screen programming guide makes selecting from the library of ON DEMAND content quick and easy.

"Comcast is committed to bringing our customers more ways to enjoy television on their terms -- what they want to watch when they want to watch it," said Mike Cleland, Comcast's Area Vice President. "ON DEMAND gives viewers the freedom to enjoy more viewing options than ever before, from today's hottest movies and music to informative and instructional programming, from the latest news and sports to classic entertainment for the whole family. It's a whole new way to watch TV -- now customers' favorite shows will follow their schedules."

The vast majority of ON DEMAND programming -- including shows from popular networks like Anime Network, BBC America, BET, Cartoon Network, Court TV the Golf Channel, Fine Living, Food Network, the Golf Channel, HGTV, Outdoor Life Network and the NFL Network -- is available at no additional charge over the cost of Comcast Digital Cable service. In addition, customers can order hit films for $3.99 each, and movie library titles for $2.99, as well as premium programming from HBO, Showtime, Cinemax and Starz!, if they subscribe to these services.

Comcast also offers more Hispanic viewing choices with ON DEMAND en espanol. Customers can choose from more than 100 hours of Hispanic programming any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week from leading networks like Cine Latino, Discovery en Espanol, Musica, Gol TV and more. ON DEMAND en espanol is a companion service that complement Comcast's CableLatino and Selecto Hispanic programming packages.

In addition to ON DEMAND, customers who subscribe to Comcast Digital Cable can receive more than 245 channels, including dozens of commercial-free premium movie channels, 45 channels of commercial-free music and more.

ON DEMAND is currently offered in Addison, Allen, Arlington, Bedford, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Cockrell Hill, Colleyville, Coppell, Dalworthington Gardens, DeSoto, Double Oak, Euless, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Hebron, Highland Village, Hutchins, Irving, Lancaster, Lewisville, McKinney, Murphy, Pantego, Parker, Point Royal, Princeton, Rowlett, Sachse, St. Paul, Southfork, Stonebridge Ranch, Sunnyvale, The Colony and Wylie.

Other cities scheduled for first quarter 2005 include Dallas, Mesquite, Plano and Richardson.

For more information about Comcast's products and services, please call 1-800-COMCAST or visit the company's Web site at http://www.comcast.com/ .

About Comcast Cable

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. With a presence in 22 of the top 25 United States markets, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, Digital Cable, high-speed Internet and telephone services, Comcast is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 59,000 employees serve more than 21 million customers.

Comcast, whose regional offices are located in Plano, serves more than half a million customers and employs more than 1,400 people in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.


Source: Comcast

CONTACT: Angel Biasatti of Comcast, +1-972-830-3811, or
Angel_Biasatti@cable.comcast.com

Web site: http://www.comcast.com/


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