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from: MLive.com

Comcast too quick
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Comcast Cable poorly handled the decision to change the channels for its public access, education and government (PEG) programming. That includes the rushed effective date -- it begins Tuesday after only 60 days' notice -- to the company's failure to consult with local government and school officials about the switch to the digital format.

from: Source News

Fight continues against Comcast

By DEANNA ROSE
Source Staff Writer

Several area officials and legislators decided last week to introduce state legislation that would prohibit the Comcast cable company from moving the existing channel locations for community government and schools channels from their current low-numbered channels to digital channels in the 900s.

from: Detroit Free Press

Comcast channel changes opposed
Bill in the works would force return to original format

January 11, 2008

By CHRISTY ARBOSCELLO

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Michigan lawmakers are crafting a bill to reverse Comcast's plan to exile public access programming from the low-numbered stations to digital-only channels positioned in the 900s.

from: Lansing State Journal

Published January 11, 2008

Public TV: Comcast shift on public access enhances importance of Web
A Lansing State Journal editorial

Communities across mid-Michigan are running into the fallout of a 2006 state law altering oversight of cable television. The consensus view appears to be one of unhappiness at changes in which community content will appear.

from: Macomb Daily

PUBLISHED: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Legislators fight cable channel switches

Comcast moving stations used by communities, schools to 900s.

By Frank DeFrank
Macomb Daily Staff Writer

State lawmakers may try to stop Comcast and other cable television companies from relocating government-access channels to less-frequented areas of the dial.

from: STL Today

January 08, 2008 08:00 AM Eastern Time
Move over Bells: Comcast Corporation Becomes the Fourth-Largest Phone Service Provider in the U.S.
2008 International CES

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSK) (Nasdaq:CMCSA), the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced it has become the fourth-largest residential phone service provider in the United States.

from: Blogging Broadband

Comcast Deadline to Respond to Chairman Dingell Approaches

Within hours, Comcast is expected to respond to Representative John Dingell’s December 21, 2007 letter which asked the company to postpone its plan to migrate public, educational, and government (”PEG”) access channels to the company’s digital tier. Representative Dingell is Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, and may well be the most experienced member of Congress on cable issues. Nevertheless, I fear that Comcast will proceed with its plan.

from: Times Herald

Comcast risks its commitment to public access

The Blue Water Area Chamber of Commerce sent the following letter to Brian Roberts, Comcast's president and chief executive officer, in response to the announcement of its plans to eliminate PEG channels on the basic package for Comcast subscribers:

from: Lansing State Journal

Tim Skubick: Cable giant holds reins
Comcast's shift on local access reflects the times

Admittedly picking on the cable TV industry is easy. What other industry can routinely tell its customers to wait at home for a month for the repair guy to show up?

from: Broadcasting and Cable

Investors File Suit Against Comcast
Cable Operator Accused of Inflating Stock Price with Misleading Statements
By Jon Hemingway -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/4/2008 4:54:00 PM

Two class-action suits were slapped on Comcast this week accusing the company of issuing statements about performance that resulted in its stock being “artificially inflated” and “overvalued.”