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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2004 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
| Headquarters | Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | David J. Keefe CEO |
| Products | Cablecasting, Broadband Internet, VoIP |
| Owner(s) | ABRY Partners, Oak Hill Capital Partners |
| Employees | 700 |
| Website | www.atlanticbb.com |
Atlantic Broadband is a privately held cable company with headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. The company has over 700 employees and 285,000 customers in four operating regions: Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and Central Pennsylvania. It was formed by acquiring nonstrategic regions from Charter Communications in 2004.
Atlantic Broadband is the 15th largest cable provider in the United States.[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]
[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.
