Comcast Adds More HD Choices in San Francisco Bay Area

Comcast Adds More HD Choices in San Francisco Bay Area

More than 400 Choices Now Available in HD

SAN RAMON, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the country's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, is launching six new high-definition (HD) networks in the San Francisco Bay Area on April 15, the company announced today. The new channels will include: Sci-Fi HD, Food Network HD, Animal Planet HD, The Learning Channel (TLC) HD, CNN HD and AMC HD. The addition of the six channels is part of the commitment Comcast has made to offer more choice in high-definition content available to Comcast HD customers, along with more than 400 HD choices instantly available through Comcast ON DEMAND.

The new HD networks will launch on the Digital Starter HD service level in the vast majority of Bay Area communities* and will appear on the following channels: (*Not available in portions of Santa Rosa, Hayward, San Leandro, Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and Saratoga).

NEW NETWORK CHANNEL
Sci-Fi HD 736
Food Network HD 747
Animal Planet HD 751
TLC HD 752
CNN HD 759
AMC HD 769

"With Comcast HD service, it's a matter of choice. We offer more HD programming than any other provider including 75 movies in HD and popular network shows available at any time," said Elaine Barden, vice president of product marketing for Comcast in California.

"We're providing more than 400 HD ON DEMAND choices, including 36 HD channels, and are quickly moving to our goal of having up to 1,000 HD choices available to our customers at any time. With HD channels, movies, sports and network choices available in HD ON DEMAND and the ability of our Comcast digital video recorders to record choices in super clear high-definition format, there is always something to watch in HD. The future of television is HD content available on the customer's schedule, and we're committed to delivering that to California," added Barden.

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; CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 13.2 million high-speed Internet customers, and 4.6 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, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten regional Comcast SportsNets 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.

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