Comcast to start offering "family-friendly" package
by Joel Keller, posted Dec 23rd 2005 5:09PM
A little over a week ago, we mentioned that major cable companies were going to bow to FCC pressure and
offer "family-friendly" channel packages. Well, Comcast is the first of those cable companies to announce their package. The 16-channel package,
which will be offered in addition to the basic cable package, will include the Disney Channel, Discovery Kids,
Nickelodeon, and Telemundo.Telemundo? Have the people at Comcast seen some of the programming on Telemundo, especially during the daytime hours? Those women on those soaps they show have less clothes than half the cast of Showgirls. Even the news anchors and weather girls are popping out of their blouses. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it doesn't seem like it would be suitable for a "Family Tier" package. Isn't there a Latin version of Nickelodeon out there somewhere?
