Who We Are

By Laws

Mission

Enabling Legislation

Meeting Schedule

Minutes Last Meeting

Minutes Archives

Local Access Channels

COMCAST

DPUC

Contact HACTAC

Welcome to the website for the
Hartford Area
Cable TV Advisory Council

COMCAST Cable serves 6 towns in the greater Hartford area. HACTAC is the designated organization with the role to seek input, provide information and offer advice on ways the cable franchise can better serve its customers.

Please feel free to contact HACTAC members in your town
(who we are) and offer your comments and suggestions about COMCAST and what HACTAC might be able to do to better inform and represent COMCAST subscribers.

HACTAC

Next Meeting

April 16 7pm. Bloomfield

Consumer Alert

Will I need a Digital Converter to watch TV after February 19, 2009?

YES
A television receiver that only has an analog broadcast tuner will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation’s transition to digital broadcasting. So, if you are still using the rabbit ears or your roof antenna to tune in to American Idol next year - you need to buy a converter box to watch your favorite shows. There are funds available to help pay part of the cost for the boxes if you need one.

NO
Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. Cable TV subscribers do not need the converter box - your TV signal is already converted in your cable signal.

For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322) or visit the Commission’s digital television website at: www.dtv.gov.

CABLE TV Notes

The Comcast Hartford franchise covers 6 towns -Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Simsbury, West Hartford and Windsor.

CABLE TV COVERAGE
As of 1-1-07
1,577,019 homes in CT had Cable TV access
1,039,944 (66%) were connected

In 2001 cable saturation was 76%

As of 1-1-07
Comcast Hartford lines passed 147,994 homes
78,101 (53%) were connected.

2006 Connecticut had 24 cable TV franchises and 1,039,944 subscribers

2005 Connecticut had 24 cable TV franchises and 1,051,584 subscribers

2004
24 cable TV franchises and 1,084,954 subscribers

2003
26 franchises and
1,115,722 subscribers

More stats as DPUC updates these figures

-------------------------------

COMCAST

ANALOG CHANNEL
LINEUP

CLICK HERE

DIGITAL CHANNEL LINEUP

CLICK HERE

COMCAST

DPUC

TECH INFO
America's Network

The World of CATV

USA Cable/Tel Assoc

Canada Cable Assoc

Irish Cable TV

India TV

Global TV & Radio