DENVER -- Comcast Media Center (CMC) today introduced the "HITS Quantum" service, which is designed to help cable system operators expand their lineup of digital television channels, including HDTV networks, and launch additional advanced video services, such as video on demand. The "HITS Quantum" service, which also signifies the substantial enhancements and additions the CMC has made to its HITS service over the past decade, combines the company's 64 QAM platform, which supports cable systems serving approximately 16 million digital cable households, and its recently launched 256 QAM all-digital service, which currently serves over five million digital cable households. CMC announced the 200+ channel "HITS Quantum" service at the 2007 NCTC Winter Education Conference, which is currently underway in Las Vegas.

"HITS Quantum helps our cable affiliates' transition to a richer offering of standard and high-definition digital television through cost effective solutions that will also allow them to increase their subscriber economics by introducing VOD and other advanced services," said Gary Traver, SeniorVice President and Chief Operating Officer for the CMC. "By shiftingmuchof the burden from the local cable system headend to the CMC's national digital media facility, cable systems, especially those serving smaller markets, can launch and maintain a competitive array of high-quality digital video services at a fraction of the cost for headend-based solutions."

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