Subscribers to Chattanooga’s least expensive cable TV service will be able to nearly double the number of channels they receive if they pick up a digital adapter.
Comcast is expanding its digital service and adding 11 more channels to its current 13-channel limited basic service, provided basic service customers pick up one of the company’s digital adapters. The new channels include the extra broadcasts from local stations because of their enhanced digital options, and will include several PBS services and Retro TV channel.
Starting Sept. 13, new subscribers to the limited service will be given the digital adapters when they sign up for the service.
“We’re offering our customers more channels and more options at the same basic price,” said Laurie Shipley, public affairs manager for Comcast in Chattanooga. “Both new and existing limited basic customers may have up to three complimentary digital adapters on their accounts.”
The move for basic subscribers comes a year after Comcast rolled out its digital upgrade for most of its customers with expanded cable service. The additions also come as Comcast battles to keep its dominant share of the video market in Chattanooga against EPB’s new fiber optic service.