CN8 Expands Into The Steel City

[Joseph_Gallant]

Since there is no specific Pittsburgh TV board, or a statewide TV board for Pennsylvania, I'm posting this message here.

Comcast's CN8 cable network will, beginning tomorrow (June 1st), become available to subscribers of the company's cable systems in the Pittsburgh area.

According to a Philly.com article (link below), it appears that at first, there will be no Pittsburgh-specific programming on the Pittsburgh version of CN8, which leads me to suspect that their regional news programs (at 1, 7 and 10 P.M. weekdays), which cover news of Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, would also be seen in Pittsburgh. By contrast, the CN8 newscasts are not seen in the New England region of the network.

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[youngabe89]

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[KeyTimes]

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Channel 188, on the digital tier, at least for now. And its first Pittsburgh offering will be a special next month on the Senior Olympics.

This is the release sent out by Comcast ...

CN8, The Comcast Network, owned and operated by Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), strengthens its role as the nation’s leading regional cable network with its expansion into Pittsburgh today, June 1, 2005.  The network now reaches 10 television markets from Maine to Maryland including:  New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Hartford-New Haven, Harrisburg, Providence, Springfield, and Salisbury.

“CN8’s availability in Pittsburgh represents another great milestone for the network,” said Michael Doyle, president, Comcast Cable Eastern Division and founder, CN8.  “Our growing footprint demonstrates the credibility of our regional programming expertise.”

CN8 is a 24-hour diversified television network offering 75 hours of original programming per week. The network has received 208 Emmy nominations making it one of the most lauded regional cable networks in the country. 

About CN8, The Comcast Network

CN8, The Comcast Network (www.cn8.tv) has quickly become one of the nation’s largest and most honored regional 24-hour diversified television networks - serving 6.7 million cable homes on the East Coast.  The network provides quality, locally produced programming in four main areas: live, interactive television; regional news; entertainment; and coverage of high school, college and professional sports.  CN8 has been nominated for 208 regional Emmy Awards.  CN8, The Comcast Network is owned and operated by Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., a division of Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA; CMCSK), and the country's leading cable and broadband services provider.

About Comcast

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Operating in 17 of the United States' 20 largest metropolitan areas, 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 55,000 employees serve more than 21 million customers. 

Comcast, whose Western Atlantic Region offices are located in North Fayette, PA serves more than 660,000 customers and employs approximately 2,000 people throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.