TWC Clarifies Testimony

TIME WARNER CABLE CLARIFIES TESTIMONY
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
A Time Warner Cable official said Thursday that subscribers who buy just the basic tier and lease an HD set-top box have free access to local TV signals in HD, clarifying CEO Glenn Britt’s testimony before a House subcommittee the previous day. “As an operational point-of-fact, Time Warner Cable offers basic-only customers the opportunity to receive an HD-capable set-top box without any requirement to step up to the digital tier of services,” said Mark Harrad, senior vice president of corporate communications at Time Warner Cable. “With such a box, customers can get the HD signals of all channels they would otherwise get in standard-definition, including broadcast networks.”
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