Comcast to Offer 2008 Presidential Debates On Demand

Comcast to Offer 2008 Presidential Debates On Demand

Partnership With WGBH Will Make Presidential Debates Available On Demand

BOSTON, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced that it will make PBS coverage of all four of this fall's presidential and vice presidential debates available On Demand for its digital cable customers in New England at no additional cost through a partnership with WGBH Boston.

Each debate, starting with tonight's in Oxford, Mississippi, will be available for On Demand viewing the morning after it airs, and stay up through Election Day.

"These debates are central to our country's process for choosing our next president and vice president," said Paul D'Arcangelo, Vice President of Comcast's Metro Boston Region. "We're happy to make all of this year's presidential and vice presidential debates available On Demand, making it easier for our customers with digital cable to watch the candidates in this historic contest go head to head at their convenience, with the ability to pause, fast-forward and rewind."

"Given the participation of Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill of PBS's NewsHour as moderators of the first two debates, it's only appropriate that Comcast should select that long-standing and well-regarded series' coverage of the debates to offer to their customers in New England," said Ron Bachman, WGBH's Director of Programming.

To watch this On Demand coverage, Comcast digital cable customers should select "Get Local" from the On Demand library, then "Local Networks," then "WGBH" and "Vote '08." Like the majority of Comcast's 10,000 On Demand programs, the debates will be available at no additional cost to digital cable customers.

For more information about Comcast Digital Cable with On Demand, call 1-800-COMCAST or visit www.comcast.com.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.6 million cable customers, 14.4 million high-speed Internet customers and 5.6 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 Comcast SportsNets networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). 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.

About WGBH

WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcaster, producing such celebrated national PBS series as Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Arthur, Curious George and more than a dozen other award-winning primetime, lifestyle and children's series. Boston's last remaining independent TV station, WGBH produces local TV productions (among them, Greater Boston, Basic Black and Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One) that focus on the region's diverse community, while WGBH 89.7 FM is Boston's NPR Arts & Culture station, offering a rich menu of classical, jazz, blues, news programming and more. WGBH is the leading producer of online content for pbs.org--one of the most-visited dot-org sites on the Internet--a major producer for public radio and a pioneer in developing educational multimedia and new technologies that make media accessible for people with disabilities. For its efforts, WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors, including Oscars, Emmys, Peabodys and duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards. Visit WGBH on the Web at www.wgbh.org.

Source: Comcast Cable

CONTACT: Jim Hughes, +1-617-562-4340, jim_hughes@cable.comcast.com;
Karen Frascona, +1-617-300-5465, karen-frascona@wgbh.org

Web Site: http://www.comcast.com/
http://www.wgbh.org/

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