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RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI), a leading provider of triple play cable, high-speed Internet and phone services, today announced a contract with Tribune, one of the country's top media companies, to launch the WB High Definition Signal and to renew its retransmission consent agreement. This means that RCN will continue to carry Tribune programming on its systems and has begun offering the WB High Definition Network in the RCN HD suite of HD channels.
The WB stations that have launched "high-def" programs on RCN's network are WPIX-TV in New York City, WBDC-TV in Washington, D.C., WLVI-TV in Boston and WGN-TV In Chicago. Later this month, WPHL-TV in Philadelphia will have its digital, high-def WB programs carried by RCN.
"We view this as another important step for us in providing additional digital high definition program choices for our customers," said RCN Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Timothy Dunne. "By combining the popular WB stations and their programs with the digital, high-definition experience, RCN continues to connect its customers to something more in entertainment."
About RCN Corporation
RCN Corporation, http://www.rcn.com, is one of the largest facilities-based competitive providers of bundled cable, high-speed internet and phone services delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to residential customers in the most densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN Business Solutions is a growing business that also provides bulk video, high-capacity and voice services to business customers. RCN provides service in the Boston, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan markets. RCN also owns 49% of Megacable, one of the largest cable companies in Mexico.(RCNI-G)
About Tribune
TRIBUNE (NYSE:TRB) is one of the country's top media companies, operating businesses in broadcasting and publishing. It reaches more than 80 percent of U.S. households and is the only media organization with television stations, newspapers and websites in the nation's top three markets. In publishing, Tribune operates 11 leading daily newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsday, plus a wide range of targeted publications such as Spanish-language Hoy. The company's broadcasting group operates 26 television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and extend the company's nationwide audience.
