from: Oregon Live [1]

Qwest calls off cable TV plans for Portland
Posted by The Oregonian December 17, 2007 15:56PM
Categories: Breaking News

Qwest Communications International Inc., which won city permission just last month to offer cable TV service in Portland, called off those plans today after the company's new CEO called IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) unsuitable for Qwest. Here's a statement from the company's Oregon office:

When Qwest began the cable franchising process with the City of Portland, we were investigating an IPTV cable service deployment.

However, after further evaluation, Qwest does not plan to deploy IPTV cable television service but, instead, will continue to offer that capability through our partnership with DirecTV.

We will continue increasing broadband capacity for our customers, and we will be looking at new offerings that will be available via those faster connections, such as video on demand service. We continue to believe that customers would benefit from increased video services competition.

-- Mike Rogoway