Comcast Ups Price on Public TV

April 19, 2009

Some Comcast customers will have to pay more to watch their local public television station.

In Sussex County, Comcast analog customers -- those who subscribe to limited basic or expanded basic -- have lost WDPB, the WHYY public television station broadcast out of Seaford. The station broadcasts the half-hour news show "Delaware Tonight," among its other PBS offerings. Those customers are also losing Shop NBC and the Comcast Network.

In New Castle County, analog Comcast customers last week lost New Jersey public station NJN and the Philadelphia public TV station WYBE, which is also known as MiND.

To get them back, customers will need a digital set-top box. The first box will be free for expanded basic customers, but boxes for additional televisions will cost $4.95 after 12 months, Comcast reported.

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