Atlantic Broadband
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2004 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
| Headquarters |  Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | David J. Keefe CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Cablecasting, Broadband Internet, VoIP |
| Employees | 650 |
| Website | www.atlanticbb.com |
Atlantic Broadband is one of the top 20 cable operators in the United States with 250,000 customers and 500 employees. The company services the regions of: Western Pennsylvania, Parts of West Virginia, Miami Beach, parts of South Carolina and Maryland/Delaware, as well as a small portion of Cattaraugus County, New York that is not covered by Time Warner. The company is a privately owned corporation headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.[1]
[edit] Retransmission disputes
The Cattaraugus County division of Atlantic Broadband has seen several television disputes with the stations in the Buffalo, New York market. In December 2007, WIVB-TV claimed that Atlantic Broadband is distributing WIVB's signal without "the authority to do so;"[1] Atlantic Broadband announced it would cease carrying WIVB in favor of WSEE-TV in January 2009 with no effort to reach a deal; however, a deal was reached in January 2009, keeping both WIVB and WSEE on the air there.[2][3] WIVB's sister station, WNLO, was in fact pulled from the lineups, and was not included in the carriage agreement.
WGRZ had a contract dispute with Atlantic Broadband as well in December 2006, although a deal was eventually reached.[4]
As a result of the two deals, a special feed of WSEE-DT2, a CW affiliate, is made available for Cattaraugus County. Under terms between WGRZ and Atlantic Broadband, WICU-TV (which, like WGRZ, is an NBC affiliate) is not allowed to be carried in Cattaraugus County. However, WSEE-TV is allowed to be carried, and because the cable provider opts not to carry WNLO, it also can carry WSEE-DT2. The special WSEE-DT2 feed, instead of carrying WSEE newscasts, carries replays of WICU newscasts for Cattaraugus County viewers.
[edit] References
- ^ Atlantic Broadband Customers. WIVB-TV press release. 19 December 2007.
- ^ Holliday, Anne. WIVB Being Pulled from Bradford Lineup. WESB. 22 December 2008.
- ^ Channel 4 still on board for Bradford and Salamanca, N.Y. Bradford Era. 31 January 2009.
- ^ Schellhammer, Marcie. Quarrel over money may end airing of WGRZ-TV in Bradford. Bradford Era. 26 December 2006.
