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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:18:46 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Big Ten Network - Comcast Deal OFFICIAL</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20667996</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's a done deal! http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080619005972/en

Comcast, Big Ten Network Reach Broad Multimedia Agreement for Big Ten Network Content 

Comcast customers to receive Big Ten Network HD, Big Ten Network high-speed Internet content through Comcast.net, and condensed game replays and other programs through Comcast On Demand 

College & University Pressroom
PHILADELPHIA & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Corporation and the Big Ten Network announced today that they have reached a long-term multimedia agreement for Comcast to carry Big Ten Network programming across television, broadband and video-on-demand in time for the 2008 college football season. 

Under the terms of the agreement, Comcast will initially launch the Network as part of its expanded basic level of service to promote it to the majority of its customers residing in states with Big Ten universities (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, with the exception of the Philadelphia region which will launch on a broadly distributed digital level of service) starting August 15th. (Comcast does not have systems in Iowa, the eighth Big Ten state.) In Spring 2009, Comcast may elect to move the network to a broadly distributed digital level of service in most of its systems in these states. Comcast&#146;s digital customers in the Big Ten states will also have immediate access to live Big Ten games and events in high definition, Big Ten programming via Comcast&#146;s video-on-demand platform, and a wide array of conference-related content through Comcast.net. 

Outside of the Big Ten states that Comcast serves, Comcast has the option to provide Big Ten Network programming on any level of service, including its Sports Entertainment Package. 

Officials from Comcast and Big Ten Network said they look forward to utilizing both traditional and emerging media to bring more Big Ten programming to fans than was ever available to them before. 

&#147;We are very pleased with the agreement we have reached with the Big Ten Network to carry hundreds of live Big Ten events,&#148; said Madison Bond, Executive Vice President, Content Acquisition, Comcast Cable. &#147;We will be providing our customers with Big Ten programming through our signature video-on-demand service, and will have lots of highlights, replays, scores and more through Comcast.net so fans can keep pace with Big Ten action whenever they want to.&#148; 

Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman said the network is thrilled to have Comcast as a distribution partner. &#147;This agreement allows us to reach many more Big Ten fans with our programming because of the high concentration of Comcast subscribers in Big Ten states. With the Comcast deal now in place, the Big Ten Network will be available to more than two-thirds of all homes in the Big Ten Country.&#148; 

Big Ten Network already produces more high-definition television content than any new sports network in television history. Over the next year, more than 400 live Big Ten sporting events will be carried by the Big Ten Network in high definition, including football, men&#146;s and women&#146;s basketball, baseball, softball and soccer, as well as other NCAA-sponsored sports. 

Comcast&#146;s digital customers who receive the network will have On Demand access to programming such as weekly extended highlights and condensed game replays from around the conference, classic Big Ten sporting events, bowl game coverage and coaches&#146; shows, plus original campus programming and nightly studio shows from Big Ten Network, most of which is available in high definition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-06-19 15:09:18</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast Listening?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20848897</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/technology/25comcast.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Griping Online? Comcast Hears You and Talks Back 

Article in NY Times today]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 16:47:24</pubDate>
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<title>Cable Box appears to be beeping....</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20833082</link>
<description><![CDATA[Is this something I should be worried about?  I see no other warning sign that it's going to stop working?

It's a Scientific Atlanta HD/DVR Explorer8300...

Started beeping today every 15 min or so...

Anyone else experience this?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-22 19:34:42</pubDate>
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<title>Shafted by Comcast--Subtracted Analog Channels</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20816454</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm a long time extended basic Comcast subscriber. They raise the prices, and take away channels--telling me that if I want the channels to subscribe to digitial. They subtracted tru/tv (formerly court tv), a New England Channel, and TV Guide channel--useful for seeing what's on. Earlier this year, they took away Game Show Network without notice.

This is a rip-off. I'd take my business elsewhere except that for me it's more expensive in terms of what I want, and I can't get the local channels for Connecticut and NYC like I can with Comcast. I do get included channels with Comcast for my local sports teams, which would be expensive with Satellite. I'd have to get a lot of sports I don't want to get sports I want.

I'd like to see some real competition, but don't think I will.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-19 13:07:12</pubDate>
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<title>NEW Guide for Motorola</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20750217</link>
<description><![CDATA[For info and previews of the new guide (although some Comcast areas have the new A25 guide already).  A25 guide is being released in Most of Massachusetts this month.  Visit http://www.comcast.com/newguide/ to see more information on the changes.

Mod edit:  See also ---> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20763443-

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<pubDate>2008-07-06 19:25:35</pubDate>
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<title>On my 7th DVR, any tricks to getting a good one?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20847253</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am now on my 7th Motorola DVR and this one has issues also(Pixellation, Sound drops out sound tracks separate, Locks up with a "call CS" message). Does anyone have any advice on how to get a "good" box when they deliver my eighth DVR? One service tech, who had to try three different boxes on his truck before he found one that would boot up. He told us we should insist on a NEW box and request only a Comcast employee and not a contractor. That didn't work either because as soon as the last service tech left we noticed that the hard drive had someone Else's recordings on it. All they do is pull a bad box out of one house and install it in the next. This is maddening!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 11:40:52</pubDate>
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<title>Problems with WGN HD in Central Illinois</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20848128</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have comcast in Champaign, IL and for the last week or 2 everytime I tune in the WGN HD to watch the Cubs I get a message on the screen that says "This channel should be available shortly".  I wait and wait and it never comes in.  A few times it has been working but about 95 percent of the time I get this message.  Does anyone know if WGN is having a problem now or is it on Comcasts end.  Thanks ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 14:13:39</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast announcement on TV/Phone/Internet convergence</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20843327</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now this is what I'm talking about!  After being behind the times, finally a formal press release regarding converged TV/Internet/Phone.  Caller ID on TV, E-mail/voicemail indicators on TV/ Caller ID on PC application, etc..


From: http://www.cedmagazine.com/Comcast-converged-services-TV-Internet-phones.aspx 

Comcast gears up for converged services on TV, Internet, phones
By Mike Robuck
CedMagazine.com - July 24, 2008

Comcast is gearing up for the deployment next month of caller ID on TVs, with caller ID on PCs slated to follow early next year.

A spokesperson for Comcast also confirmed that the company will offer cordless phones either late this summer or in early fall. The cordless phone for the first deployment will be from Thomson, but other vendors will also provide the handsets to Comcast.

The cordless phone will allow Comcast customers to access their e-mail, weather, stock tickers and other features while in their homes.

As for caller ID on TV, Comcast&#146;s spokesperson declined to say if it&#146;s provisioned through an in-house technology or through a vendor.

Comcast is playing catch-up with several cable operators on the caller ID on TV front. Several years ago, Time Warner Cable (TWC) rolled out a caller ID on TV service in its New York division that was developed by the cable company. Since then, the TV caller ID has been implemented in several TWC divisions.

In November of last year, Cablevision made caller ID on TV available for free to all of its digital phone customers (story here), and then it announced in March that it had surpassed one billion caller ID on TV messages on its customers&#146; TV screens (story here).

Vendor Integra5 has also deployed the service with numerous smaller service providers, as well as caller ID on PCs to both cable and IPTV service providers late last year and earlier this year.

In addition to incremental revenues, if a service provider decides to charge for either converged service, studies by Integra5 have shown that blended services are well received by customers and can reduce churn in the face of competition.

One of the differences in Comcast&#146;s caller ID on TV service is a &#147;snooze&#148; feature that allows subscribers to use their guides to turn off the service for various lengths of time if they don&#146;t want, for example, caller ID messages popping up during a movie.

According to published reports, Comcast is also working on universal address books and visual voicemails. The plan, according to the Comcast spokesperson, is to bring all of the converged services features together across TVs, PCs and phones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-24 16:22:41</pubDate>
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<title>drop them all I say</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20837076</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS02/807230341/1003/NEWS02

I wish comcast would drop some analog here in schuylkill county pa]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-23 14:49:44</pubDate>
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<title>Cablecard not receiving any encrypted channels</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20847438</link>
<description><![CDATA[TV is a JVC HD-56FH97, cablecard is a Motorola MediaCypher M-Card, cable provider is Comcast in Arizona. 

I had a cablecard installed yesterday. It is recognized by the TV, and everything looks normal as far as I can tell in the cablecard menus in the TV (I'm no expert though). I saw it downloading "segments", and there is a "message" counter that is always incrementing. It has downloaded the VCT and is showing me all the channels in the system, so it seems like it is communicating properly. The problem is that it is only allowing me to view the few channels that are in the clear (i.e. locals). I am subscribed to the "digital starter" package, and am supposedly on an ADS headend.

The tech is clueless about cablecards, and I don't even think he knows what "in the clear" means. When he did the install, he called in the card and host info to get the card paired and activated. Now he doesn't know what else to do. He has talked of things like running a new cable (even though he tested the signal at the outlet and it is good, or installing a different cablecard). I don't want to waste time with that crap since it seems to me like it must be some kind of authorization problem on their end (not receiving EMMs maybe?).

I would greatly appreciate if anyone has any suggestions. Thanks!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-07-25 12:10:16</pubDate>
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