Comcast Finishes Digital Conversion and Launches 139 New TV Networks in Santa Cruz and Surrounding Areas

Comcast Finishes Digital Conversion and Launches 139 New TV Networks in Santa Cruz and Surrounding Areas

69 New HD Networks, 17 SD Channels and 53 Multicultural Networks Come to Santa Cruz County After Comcast Successfully Converts to All-Digital Delivery System

Comcast Also Increases Internet Speeds and Launches New Video Packages

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast's California Region today announced that it has completed its digital migration to a full digital delivery system in Santa Cruz County, and launched 139 new television networks to residential homes and businesses as part of its growing Xfinity TV lineup (see complete list of networks and channel numbers below). Comcast also increased Internet speeds in the area and launched new video packages, such as Family Tier, Digital Economy Video and MultiLatino, which give customers more choice and control over their TV viewing. Earlier this summer, Comcast began a digital initiative which converted channels 2 to 82 from analog to digital, and reclaimed analog bandwidth to allow the company to launch these new products and services to customers.

The new programming will be available to residential homes and businesses which are Comcast customers in the following areas: Aptos, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Capitola, Davenport, Felton, La Selva Beach, Mount Herman, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Soquel and Watsonville.

Among the dozens of new high-definition (HD) channels will be such popular networks as KICU, KQED Plus, Bravo, A&E, USA Network, Comedy Central, Food Network, Discovery, Travel, History Channel, Fox News Channel, CNBC, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, CNN HLN, MTV, msnbc, Turner Classic Movies, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Showtime and the NFL Network.

In addition to these new HD Channels, Comcast continues to deliver more HD content via Xfinity ON DEMAND, so customers can watch HD when they want to watch it. With more than 6,000 HD choices, Comcast is delivering the HD programming that aligns with what consumers want to watch and how they want to watch it.

Customers who do not receive HD channels will have new programming options as well. 17 new standard definition (SD) networks are launching, including Oxygen, Fox Business Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Hallmark Movie Channel, Ovation, NFL Redzone, Nuvo TV and GAC.

In addition to the new networks, Comcast has also increased Internet speeds in Santa Cruz County for two of its most popular XFINITY Internet speed plans. The Performance plan is increasing download speeds from up to 8 Mbps to speeds up to 15 Mbps. The Blast! plan is increasing download speeds from up to 16 Mbps to speeds up to 25 Mbps, and upload speeds from up to 2 Mbps to up to 4 Mbps. To activate the new speeds, customers may need to re-start their cable modems.


69 NEW HIGH DEFINITION (HD)
NETWORKS
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Network New Channel #
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KQED Plus HD* 710

KICU HD 713

HSN HD 718

QVC HD 719

NBA TV HD 727

ESPNews HD 730

Speed HD 731

Bravo HD 733

A&E HD 734

Syfy HD 736

USA Network HD 738

Universal HD 739

FX HD 741

Style HD 742

Spike HD 743

G4 HD 744

Comedy Central HD 745

Food Network HD 747

truTV HD 748

Discovery HD 750

Animal Planet HD 751

TLC HD 752

E! HD 753

Travel HD 755

Science HD 756

History Channel HD 758

Fox News HD 760

Fox Business HD 761

CNBC HD 762

Disney XD HD 763

Cartoon Network HD 766

Nickelodeon HD 767

ABC Family Channel HD 768

Disney Channel HD 769

Sprout HD 770

Destination America HD 771

Biography HD 772

Oxygen HD 773

CNN HLN HD 774

TWC HD 776

BET HD 777

CMT HD 778

CSN Plus HD 780

VH1 HD 781

MTV HD 782

msnbc HD 787

Turner Classic Movies HD 789

Hallmark HD 793

Hallmark Movie Channel HD 794

Lifetime HD 795

Lifetime Movie Network HD 796

Nat Geo Wild HD 806

HBO Latino HD 808

Encore HD 809

BBC America HD 810

The Hub HD 813

Galavision HD 815

GSN HD 822

Starz HD 816

Showtime HD 825

Cinemax HD 838

TMC HD 847

NFL Network HD 730

NFL Redzone HD* 785

Fox Soccer Channel HD 803

iN Demand Team HD 450

iN Demand Game HD 459

iN Demand Game 2 HD 460

iN Demand HD PPV 870


* Launches 7/25/13





17 NEW STANDARD DEFINITION
(SD) NETWORKS
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Network New Channel #
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Oxygen 73

Jewelry TV 116

Fox Business 130

Nat Geo Wild 159

Shop NBC 164

Ovation 270

tvK, TVK-24 332

ESPN Game Plan 1 421

ESPN Game Plan 2 422

ESPN Game Plan 3 423

ESPN Game Plan 4 424

ESPN Game Plan 5 425

ESPN Game Plan 6 426

NFL Redzone* 427

Nuvo TV 477

GAC 484

Hallmark Movie Channel 500





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


Network New Channel #
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TV Globo (Portuguese/Brazilian) 305

PFC (Portuguese/Brazilian) 306

Band Internacional (Portuguese/Brazilian) 307

RTPi (Portuguese) 310

Deutsche Welle (German + English) 315

Channel One Russia (Russian) 325

TV Japan (Japanese) 330

SBTN (Vietnamese) 331

Zee TV (South Asian - Hindi) 336

TVAsi (South Asian - Hindi) 337

ABP News (South Asian - Hindi) 341

Life OK (South Asian - Hindi) 342

STAR India GOLD (South Asian - Hindi) 343

CTI-Zhong Tian (Chinese) 354

CCTV 4 (Chinese-Mandarin) 355

The Filipino Channel (TFC) 367

GMA Pinoy (English + Tagalog) 369

GMA Life (English + Tagalog) 370





35 NEW HISPANIC NETWORKS
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Network New Channel #
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Xfinity Latino 599

Canal 52 MX 603

CentroAmerica 616

LAS 626

Ecuavisa 628

TVE 629

WAPA America 630

Mexicanal 631

Multimedios 632

Caracol 633

TV Colombia 634

Discovery Familia 635

Nuvo TV 636

TV Chile 637

Vme Kids 638

BFTV 639

SUR Peru 644

Pasiones 645

Utilisima 646

Telefe 647

TV Dominicana 649

TV Venezuela 650

BEIN Sports 651

HTV Musica 652

Telehit 653

Ritmoson Latino 654

Bandamax 656

TBN Enlace 658

EWTN Espanol 659

La Familia Cosmo 660

De Pelicula 664

De Pelicula Clasico 665

Univision (East) 668

UniMas (East) 669

HITN 671


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