Good news for you
Mediacom subscribers out there wondering when in the world a new batch of HD channels would come your way -- turns out, the company is reportedly gearing up to "introduce switched digital video in three markets in 2008," which will obviously open up valuable spectrum for high-def services. Unfortunately, the operator didn't note which markets would see SDV first, but it did say that it planned to "deploy digital simulcast to 50 percent of its systems by year-end." For those that just love to be reassured, the company's EVP of operations John Pascarelli was quoted as saying that the "side benefit of [the upgrades] is it will help us expedite the delivery of more HD channels to those systems [and offer] a more competitive product." More specifically, the firm "outlined a plan to offer 25 high-definition channels for free to entry-level digital customers," with that figure rising to around 40 with premiums / HD VOD added in.
posted Mar 2nd 2008 3:11AM
Hopefully then they will have all new annoying commercials that are constantly on their lineup of channels.
My Motto for Mediacom: I'll believe it when I see it...
It's about damn time. Every day on engadgetHD i see cable companies adding more HD channels, and I sit here with my 10 HD channels from Mediacom. That being said, I'm sure I will be outside those markets with my luck.
Words cannot express how horrible Mediacom truly is. Their particular brand of "service" must be experienced to understand.