FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Time Warner Cable announces addition of RFD-TV IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 30, 2009) –Time Warner Cable and RFD-TV, LLC announce today that RFD-TV is now available to Time Warner Cable’s optional HD Premium tier subscribers in South Carolina, and areas of North Carolina(check your local listings for channel number).
RFD-TV, an independent ten-year-old cable network, part of Rural Media Group, is the leading television network that serves the Rural Lifestyle marketplace 24 hours a day. RFD-TV ‘s high quality family-oriented programming covers four core interest areas – Agricultural News and Information, Equine and Western Lifestyle, Music and Entertainment and Rural Lifestyle.
"We are excited to provide Time Warner Cable viewers in the communities of Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Wilmington and South Carolina the chance to experience the wide variety of rural lifestyle programming available on RFD-TV” says Carolyn J. Clayton, Director of Affiliate Sales and Marketing for RFD-TV’s South East Region. “We are delighted Time Warner Cable recognizes RFD-TV as an option to provide more diverse programming to rural lifestyle enthusiasts.”
“The programming on RFD-TV reflects the interests of customers we serve in the rural parts of North and South Carolina,” says Dan Santelle, vice president of programming, Time Warner Cable Carolina Region. “RFD-TV’s agriculture and family-oriented content is a great addition to Time Warner Cable’s diverse lineup.”
About RFD-TV, LLC
Launched in December of 2000 and now beginning its 10th year of broadcasting, RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television channel dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America with programming focused on agriculture, equine, rural lifestyle, along with traditional country music and entertainment. The channel is now distributed into over 40 million homes worldwide by DBS and cable systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, Mediacom, Charter, Bresnan, Time Warner Cable, Cox, SKY, Freesat and over 600 independent rural cable systems. Production originates in studios located in Nashville, Tennessee for RFD-TV and RFD HD, and now London, England for RURAL TV, the company’s new international channel which launched throughout the UK in March/2009. RFD-TV The Magazine now has over 160,000 paid subscribers for its bi-monthly publication, and the company continues to operate RFD-TV The Theatre in Branson, Missouri.
www.rfdtv.com <http://www.rfdtv.com>
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable’s Carolina Region provides video, Internet and telephone services to more than 2.1 million residential and business customers in more than 400 cities and towns across North and South Carolina. Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five geographic areas-New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner Cable Media sales, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com <http://www.timewarnercable.com/> , www.twcbc.com <http://www.twcbc.com/> , and www.twcmediasales.com <http://www.twcmediasales.com/> .
CONTACT:
RFD-TV: Cathie Lowe, Cathie@rfdtv.com <mailto:Cathie@rfdtv.com> , 615.620.9239
Time Warner Cable: Melissa Buscher, Melissa.buscher@twcable.com <mailto:Melissa.buscher@twcable.com> , 919.654.4618
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