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Time Warner Cable Expands HD Lineup Bringing 134 HD Channels to Dallas AreaDALLAS, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Time Warner Cable recently launched 20 new high definition channels in the Dallas area enhancing the addition of new services introduced within the last 6 months. The HD channel additions, which include favorite news, sports, and entertainment programming, will bring a total of 134 HD channels to Time Warner Cable customers in the Dallas area. Digital customers with an HD set top box and the required level of service* will now be able to access top cable network channels in HD such as E! HD, Oxygen HD, OWN HD, Showtime movie channels, FOX Deportes HD, IFC HD, Bloomberg Television HD and more. "These HD channel additions are just the latest in product and service enhancements we've rolled out in Dallas during the latter part of 2011," said Steve Dvoskin, Area Vice President of Operations for Time Warner Cable in North Texas. "We are committed to bringing the most advanced technology to our Dallas customers so they can continue to be connected to the latest HD programming, entertainment and each other." New HD channels added to the Dallas lineup include: Network Level of Service Required HD Channel E! HD Standard Cable 710** Hub HD Digital Cable 804** Oxygen HD Standard Cable 712** OWN HD Digital Cable 706** El Paquetazo Showtime Extreme HD Premium 833** Showtime Beyond HD Premium 834** Showtime Women HD Premium 829** Showtime Next HD Premium 824** Style HD Digital Cable 709** El Paquetazo More MAX HD Premium 827** Thriller MAX HD Premium 828** The Movie Channel Xtra HD Premium 849** Bloomberg Television HD Digital Cable 711** FOX Deportes HD Digital Cable 803** Mas Canales El Paquetazo Halogen HD Digital Plus 724** IFC HD Digital Cable 708** MLB Extra Innings/NHL Center Ice 2 PPV HD 945** Ovation HD Digital Cable 707** Reelz Channel HD Digital Cable 705** Sportsman Channel HD TWC Sports Pass 811** TWC HD Sports Pass **HD set-top box is required to view this channel. Internet service has also seen advancements and now all Dallas area customers have the opportunity to experience the super fast speeds of Wideband Internet. Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet features speeds of up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) downstream and 5 Mbps upstream. Within the last 6 months Time Warner Cable has also increased the speeds for Road Runner Standard customers taking them from 10 Mbps x 1 Mbps from the previous speeds of 7Mbps x 512Kbps. New products and speed enhancements are also part of the SignatureHome(TM) suite of services which was made available in the area this year as well. Along with the company's most robust digital cable package, fastest Internet service and digital phone product, SignatureHome(TM) caters to a growing residential market segment that places a premium on personalized services, installation and care. SignatureHome(TM) customers are assigned a specially trained team of SignatureService agents, including both Personal Solutions Advisors (PSA) and Connections Specialists. Through SignatureHome(TM), customers receive a Whole House DVR with the ability to record a show in one room and watch it in up to four rooms at the same time. Whole House DVR also lets customers record up to two shows at once and stores up to 75 hours of HD programming. SignatureHome(TM) customers now have access to the revolutionary services Start Over and Look Back. Start Over is an exclusive service of Time Warner Cable that allows digital cable viewers to start over at the beginning of a show they tune into already in progress. Viewers can start over a show anytime within its programming viewing window, even if they didn't set their DVR to record it and programs can be restarted multiple times within the TV show's live timeframe. If a customer changes the channel, they can resume watching the first show where they left off as long as the show is still within its scheduled broadcast timeframe. Look Back allows customers to go back three days to watch their favorite primetime shows. More than 90 channels are Start Over enabled and more than 40 channels are Look Back enabled in the Dallas area. About Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is among the largest providers of video, high-speed data and voice services in the United States, connecting more than 14 million customers to entertainment, information and each other. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers data, video and voice services to businesses of all sizes, cell tower backhaul services to wireless carriers and, through its NaviSite subsidiary, managed and outsourced information technology solutions and cloud services. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com, www.navisite.com, and www.twcmedia.com. SOURCE Time Warner Cable |