Comcast Brings 76 New TV Networks to San Jose, Santa Rosa and Portions of the East Bay as Part of 'World of More' Programming Rollout

Comcast Brings 76 New TV Networks to San Jose, Santa Rosa and Portions of the East Bay as Part of 'World of More' Programming Rollout

Comcast Now Has 99 HD Networks After Latest Phase of Bay's Digital Upgrade Mass of New Viewing Options Includes 46 New HD Networks, 14 International Channels and 13 Spanish Language Networks

LIVERMORE, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSK)(NASDAQ:CMCSA), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced that it is launching 76 new television networks in portions of the San Francisco Bay Area, including up to 46 high-definition (HD) networks, 13 Spanish language channels, 14 international premium networks and four standard definition channels (see complete list of networks and channel numbers below). With this latest phase of channel launches as a result of Comcast's recent digital upgrade of customers from analog to digital, Comcast now offers 99 HD linear channels in the Bay Area in addition to its HD content available ON DEMAND.

Beginning October 6th, the new programming will be available to residential homes and businesses in San Jose and Los Gatos. The new networks will be available in Alameda, Hayward, Santa Rosa and Union City on October 8th; Berkeley, El Cerrito, Fremont, Hercules, Newark, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo on October 13th; and Benicia on November 2nd. Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hercules and Pinole will launch an additional 12 high-definition networks (see list below), bringing their totals up to 85 new networks including 58 new HD networks.

"Customer interest has surpassed our expectations since we launched this incredible amount of HD and multicultural programming as part of 'The World of More' initiative," said Elaine Barden, Regional Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Comcast's California Region. "These channel launches deliver on Comcast's promise to customers to offer more of the products and services they want as a result of our digital upgrade."

The channel additions are made possible by a digital migration called "The World of More" that Comcast began earlier this year. Under the initiative, Comcast began offering digital upgrades to Standard Cable customers to migrate from analog to digital, and converting channels 31 and above to a digitally delivered format. Comcast's digital upgrade reclaimed analog bandwidth to allow the company to provide more products and services to customers, such as faster Internet speeds, more channels and more ON DEMAND content. Comcast continues its digital migration in some remaining portions of the Bay Area and those cities will receive the new programming later in 2009.

The new HD networks will include: BET HD, Biography Channel HD, CBS College Sports HD, CMT HD, CNN Headline News HD, Comedy Central HD, Disney XD HD, ESPN News HD, ESPN U HD, Fuse HD, G4 HD, HBO Comedy HD, HBO Latino HD, HBO Zone HD, IFC (International Film Channel) HD; Lifetime HD, Lifetime Movie Network HD, MGM HD, MLB Network HD, MSNBC HD, MTV HD, NBA TV HD, NBA League Pass HD, NHL Network HD, NHL Center Ice/MLB Extra Innings HD, Nickelodeon HD, Outdoor Channel HD, Planet Green HD, Showtime Too HD, Spike HD, Starz! Comedy HD, Starz! Edge HD, Starz! Kids & Family HD, Style Network HD, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) HD, Thriller MAX HD, Action MAX HD, TMC The Movie Channel HD, The Tennis Channel HD, truTV HD, TV One HD, VH1 HD, WE: Women's Entertainment HD, The Weather Channel HD, WGN HD and a pay-per-view (PPV) HD channel.

The extra 12 high-definition (HD) networks that will be launched in Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hercules and Pinole, and that have already been launched in the other cities, are Bravo HD, Cartoon Network HD, CNBC HD, E! HD, Encore HD, Fox Business Network HD, Fox News Channel HD, FX HD, Hallmark Movie Channel HD, QVC HD, Speed HD and Travel Channel HD.

In addition to these new HD Channels, Comcast continues to deliver more HD content ON DEMAND, so customers can watch HD when they want to watch it. With more than 1,000 HD choices, Comcast is delivering the HD programming that aligns with what consumers want to watch and how they want to watch it, for example:

-- live HD sporting events from all of the major local broadcasters,
Comcast SportsNet, ESPN and ESPN2, TBS, TNT, Versus, etc.;
-- more than 200 HD movies from top movie providers;
-- nearly 300 television shows including highly acclaimed television
series like "Mad Men," "Weeds" and the "CSI" series, available on
linear and on HD On Demand the day after they air; and

-- hundreds of music offerings in the music category, which is one of the
most popular categories currently On Demand.

Customers who do not receive HD channels will have new programming options as well. All of the areas will receive Hallmark Movie Channel (Standard Definition - SD) and those areas that have not already launched ESPN U SD, NFL Red Zone SD and Retirement Living TV SD, will receive those networks as well. All cities will receive the 14 international premium networks, which include Antenna Satellite, Band Internacional, C1R, Deutsche Welle, GMA Life, MYX, PFC 100% Futebol, RTP (Radio TV Portugal), Setanta Sports, STAR India GOLD, STAR India NEWS, STAR ONE, TV Globo and Vijay, as well as the 13 Spanish language channels, which include AYM Sports, Bandamax, De Pelicula, De Pelicula Clasico, EWTN En Espanol, Latele Novela, Multimedios, Ritmoson Latino, SUR México, TeleHit, Teleritmo, TBN Enlace and Utilisima.

In addition to the new networks, up to 29 additional international and HD networks are changing channel numbers in order to group together genres of programming as well as channels that share a similar language or country of origin (see complete list of networks and channel numbers below).

The following lists can also be found at http://comcastcalifornia.mediaroom.com/

46 NEW HIGH DEFINITION (HD) NETWORKS

Network New Channel #
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NBA League Pass HD* 450

NHL Center Ice/MLB Extra Innings HD* 460

WGN HD 717

ESPN News HD 726

NBA TV HD 727

NHL Network HD 728

MLB Network HD 729

CBS College Sports HD 732

TV One HD 740

Style Network HD 742

Spike HD 743

G4 HD 744

Comedy Central HD 745

truTV HD* 748

Disney XD HD 763

Nickelodeon HD 767

Planet Green HD 771

Biography Channel HD 772

CNN Headline News HD* 774

The Weather Channel HD 776

BET HD 777

CMT HD 778

Fuse HD 779

VH1 HD 781

MTV HD 782

Outdoor Channel HD 784

The Tennis Channel HD* 786

MSNBC HD 787

ESPN U HD* 788

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) HD* 789

IFC (International Film Channel) HD 790

WE: Women's Entertainment HD 791

Lifetime HD 795

Lifetime Movie Network HD 796

MGM HD 797

HBO Comedy HD 805

HBO Zone HD 807

HBO Latino HD 808

Starz! Edge HD 817

Starz! Comedy HD 818

Starz! Kids & Family HD 819

Showtime Too HD 826

Action MAX HD 840

Thriller MAX HD 841

TMC The Movie Channel HD 847

PPV Events HD 870

* Also recently launched in Brentwood, Burlingame, Castro Valley,
Cupertino, Daly City, Healdsburg, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View,
Novato, Palo Alto, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Pleasanton, Rio Vista, Rohnert
Park, San Mateo, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Saratoga, South San Francisco,
Sunnyvale and Vacaville.

12 ADDITIONAL HIGH DEFINITION (HD) NETWORKS
Launching in Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hercules and Pinole

Network New Channel #
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QVC HD 719

Speed HD 731

Bravo HD 733

FX HD 741

E! HD 753

Travel Channel HD 755

Fox News Channel HD 760

Fox Business Network HD 761

CNBC HD 762

Cartoon Network HD 766

Hallmark Movie Channel HD 794

Encore HD 809

4 NEW STANDARD DEFINITION NETWORKS

Network New Channel #
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Retirement Living TV(1) 205

ESPN U(1) 420

NFL Red Zone(2) 427

Hallmark Movie Channel 500

(1) Launching in Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Hercules, Pinole
and San Jose
(2) Launching in Berkeley, Fremont, Hercules and Pinole

14 NEW INTERNATIONAL PREMIUM NETWORKS
For programming information visit www.comcast.com/internationaltv

Network New Channel #
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Setanta Sports (English/International) 300

TV Globo (Portuguese/Brazilian) 305

PFC 100% Futebol (Portuguese/Brazilian) 306

Band Internacional (Portuguese/Brazilian) 307

RTP (Radio TV Portugal) (Portuguese) 310

Antenna Satellite (Greek) 312

Deutsche Welle (German) 315

C1R (Russian) 325

STAR India NEWS (South Asian - Hindi) 341

STAR ONE (South Asian - Hindi) 342

STAR India GOLD (South Asian - Hindi) 343

Vijay (South Asian - Tamil) 349

MYX (English + Taglish) 368

GMA Life (English + Tagalog) 370

13 NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE NETWORKS

Network New Channel #
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AYM Sports (sports) 626

Multimedios (news) 632

SUR Mexico (news) 641

Latele Novela (soap operas) 645

Utilisima (women) 646

TeleHit (music/entertainment) 653

Ritmoson Latino (music/entertainment) 654

Teleritmo (music/entertainment) 655

Bandamax (music/entertainment) 656

TBN Enlace (religious) 658

EWTN En Espanol (religious) 659

De Pelicula (movies) 664

De Pelicula Clasico (movies) 665

29 CHANNEL CHANGES

Network Old Channel # New Channel #
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TV5Monde (French) 252 317

Raitalia (Italian) 254 319

RTN (Russian) 255 324

TV Japan (Japanese) 245 330

SBTN (Vietnamese) 248 331

tvK (Korean) 263 332

Zee TV (South Asian) 246 336

TV Asia (South Asian) 247 337

SET Asia (SONY) (South Asian) 249 338

STAR India PLUS (South Asian) 250 340

CTI-Zhong Tian Channel (Chinese/Mandarin) 243 354

CCTV-4 (Chinese/Mandarin) 244 355

Phoenix Info News (Mandarin/Dragon Pack) 257 356

Phoenix North America (Mandarin/Dragon Pack) 258 357

ETTV-Super Channel (Mandarin/Dragon Pack) 256 358

Jade (Chinese/Cantonese) 262 360

The Filipino Channel (Filipino) 241 367

GMA Pinoy TV (Filipino) 242 369

Playboy en Espanol (Spanish) 613 676

ABC Family HD 764 768

Disney Channel HD 765 769

Palladia HD 743 783

Hallmark Movie Channel HD 749 794

AMC HD 769 798

HBO HD 770 801

Encore HD 775 809

Starz! HD 780 816

Showtime HD 785 825

Cinemax HD 792 838

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.9 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.0 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group 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.

Comcast's California Region, based in Livermore, California, serves more than 2.4 million customers in Northern and Central California. Comcast employs more than 7,500 local residents across the region.

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CONTACT: Bryan Byrd of Comcast, +1-916-515-2821,
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