Midcontinent Communications
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| Type | Jointly owned by Midcontinent Media and Comcast |
| Founded | 1931 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Headquarters | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Key people | Pat McAdaragh, CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications, Cable TV, Internet |
| Products | Cable television Digital cable High-definition television Video on Demand Internet Telephony |
| Website | www.midcocomm.com www.midcocall.com |
Midcontinent Communications is a provider of cable TV, internet, and general telephony services for home and business, largely serving the Dakota states, but also some communities in Minnesota and few in Nebraska. (the company is headquartered in Sioux Falls). Midcontinent does business in more than 200 communities and serves a total of more than 200,000 customers. It is a partnership between Midcontinent Media and Comcast.
Midcontinent Media (aka "Midco") was originally founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1931 as the Welworth Theater Company, an operator of movie theaters. The company remained in that business until the 1990s, when it sold its theaters to various chains, including Carmike Cinemas. In 1952, it bought the Midcontinent Broadcasting Company, owner of KELO-AM-FM in Sioux Falls; the company name changed to Midcontinent Media. The company also bought the construction permit for South Dakota's first television station, KELO-TV, which took to the air in 1953. Midcontinent purchased several other radio and television stations, but began exiting broadcasting in the 1990s, selling off the last of its radio holdings in 2004.
Midco diversified and extended its reach into other areas of the Upper Midwest, providing telephone and cable TV in rural parts of its service area, starting in the 1960s. In 1999, Midcontinent Media and AT&T Broadband merged their cable operations in the Dakotas, Minnesota and Nebraska into Midcontinent Communications, a joint venture between both companies. Comcast later bought out AT&T Broadband.
Midco previously provided paging service, starting in 1985, but sold its paging services to another South Dakota company, Vantek Communications, in 2004. Today, the former paging service is known as Midco Call Center. Midco Call Center is a national leader in outsourced customer service specializing in catalog orders and after hours message service. Midco Call Center now employs over 300 people in Sioux Falls.
Midcontinent Communications now serves both urban and rural communities and is the most-prominent cable TV provider in many of its service areas. It also provides telephone service, internet access (through its MidcoNet service), and leased data circuits via fiber-optic cable for business.
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[edit] Television
They consist of 29 to 78 analog cable tv channels, including Discovery Channel, ESPN, and CNN. 300 to 320 digital cable tv channels, including Music Choice, High Definition, Pay Per View, HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz!, Video on Demand, and Spanish Networks.
[edit] Analog Cable TV Channels
2-23 & 95-99 Local Networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, CW, MNTV, Independent Stations, WGN, Fighting Sioux Sports Network, TV Guide Network, The Weather Channel, ext)
[edit] Children and Family
[edit] Education
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Lifestyles
- Food Network
- Home & Garden Television
- Lifetime
- Women's Entertainment
- Oxygen
- Hallmark Channel
- Travel Channel
- QVC
[edit] Movies
[edit] News
[edit] Sports
[edit] Special Interest
- INSP
- EWTN
- TBN
- HSN
- G4
- Versus
- Outdoor Channel
- Speed Channel
- Spike TV
- Discovery Health
- FitTV
- Celebrity Shopping Network
- GSN
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Music Video
[edit] Digital Cable TV Channels
[edit] Children
- 101 Noggin
- 102 Discovery Kids
- 103 Toon Disney
- 104 Nicktoons
- 105 The N
- 109 PBS Kids Sprout
- 110 Qubo
- Disney Channel
- Nickelodeon
[edit] Digital Variety Pack
[edit] Lifestyle and Enterainment
- 115 Discovery Home
- 118 Style
- 119 Women's Entertainment
- 120 Soapnet
- 121 Biography Channel
- 123 BBC America
- 124 GSN
- 125 Discovery Health
- 126 Fit TV
- 129 TV One
- 164 ION
- 165 ION Life
- Bravo
- HGTV
- History Channel
- Sci-Fi Channel
- Sleuth
- Food Network
[edit] Digital Variety Pack
- 116 DIY
- 117 Fine Living
- 128 American Life TV
- 131 RFD TV
[edit] News and Education
- 150 Investigation Discovery
- 151 Science Channel
- 152 National Geographic Channel
- 153 G4
- 154 Military Channel
- 155 Pentagon Channel
- 156 History Channel International
- 157 Bloomberg TV
- 158 Current TV
- 159 C-SPAN 3
- 160 Fox Business Network
- CNN Headline News
- C-SPAN
- C-SPAN 2
[edit] Movies
- 180 Independent Film Channel
- 181 Lifetime Movie Network
- 182 Sundance Channel
- 183 Turner Classic Movies
- 184 Fox Movie Channel
[edit] Religion
[edit] Digital Variety Pack
- 193 I-LifeTV
[edit] Music Video
- 201 MTV2
- 202 MTV Hits
- 203 MTV Tr3s
- 204 VH-1 Soul
- 206 Great American Country
- 207 VH-1 Classic
- 208 Fuse
- 209 MTV Jams
- 210 BET J
[edit] Digital Variety Pack
- 205 CMT Pure Country
[edit] Sports
- 301 ESPNEWS
- 302 ESPN Classic
- 304 Outdoor Channel
- 309 Versus
- 310 Golf Channel
- 312 Fox Soccer Channel
[edit] Digital Sports Tier
- 305 Sportsman Channel
- 306 NFL Network
- 307 NHL Network
- 308 TVG Network
- 311 Tennis Channel
- 313 Gol TV
- 314 CBS College Sports Network
- 315 FCS Pacific
- 316 FCS Central
- 317 FCS Atlantic
[edit] Premium
[edit] HBO
- 401 HBO East
- 402 HBO West
- 403 HBO 2 East
- 404 HBO 2 West
- 405 HBO Signature East
- 406 HBO Signature West
- 407 HBO Family East
- 408 HBO Family West
- 409 HBO Comedy East
- 410 HBO Zone East
- 411 HBO Latino East
[edit] Cinemax
- 420 Cinemax East
- 421 Cinemax West
- 422 More Max East
- 423 More Max West
- 424 Action Max East
- 425 Thriller Max East
[edit] Showtime
- 435 Showtime East
- 436 Showtime West
- 437 Showtime Too East
- 438 Showtime Too West
- 439 Showtime Showcase East
- 440 Showtime Showcase West
- 441 Showtime Extreme East
- 442 Showtime Extreme West
- 443 Showtime Women East
- 444 Showtime Family Zone East
- 445 Showtime Next East
- 446 Flix East
- 455 The Movie Channel East
- 456 The Movie Channel West
- 457 The Movie Channel Xtra East
- 458 The Movie Channel Xtra West
[edit] Starz
- 465 STARZ! East
- 466 STARZ! West
- 467 STARZ! Edge East
- 468 STARZ! Edge West
- 469 STARZ! IN BLACK East
- 470 STARZ! Kids & Family East
- 471 STARZ! Comedy East
- 472 STARZ! Cinema East
[edit] Encore
- 473 Encore WAM! East
- 480 Encore East
- 481 Encore West
- 482 Encore Westerns East
- 483 Encore Westerns West
- 484 Encore Mysteries East
- 485 Encore Mysteries West
- 486 Encore Action East
- 487 Encore Action West
- 488 Encore Drama East
- 489 Encore Drama West
- 490 Encore Love Stories East
- 491 Encore Love Stories West
[edit] Spanish
- 500 TVE Internacional
- 501 Discovery en Español
- 502 Cine Latino
- 503 Club Casa TV
- 504 Fox Sports en Español
- 505 CNN en Espanol
- 506 Toon Disney en Espanol
- 507 MTV Tr3s
- 508 History en Espanol
- 509 Cine Mexicano
- 510 SUR
- 511 EWTN Espanol
- 512 Telemundo
- 513 Mun2
- 514 ESPN Deportes
[edit] High Definition Channels
[edit] Qam Tuner
[edit] Cable Box
- 601-614 Local Networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, and Fox) in SD & HD
- 620 ESPNHD
- 621 ESPN2HD
- 622 FSNHD
- 623 VERSUS/GOLF HD
- 627 USA HD
- 628 Universal HD
- 629 TNT HD
- 630 HD Theater
- 640 HDNet
- 641 HDNet Movies
- 642 MOJO
- 643 MHD
- 644 National Geographic Channel HD
- 645 TBS HD
- 646 A&E HD
- 647 History Channel HD
- 648 Discovery Channel HD
- 649 Animal Planet HD
- 655 Sci-fi Channel HD
- 656 ABC Family Channel HD
- 657 Disney Channel HD
- 662 TLC HD
- 663 Food Network HD
- 664 HGTV HD
- 672 CNN HD
[edit] HBO
[edit] Cinemax
- 660 Cinemax HD East
- 661 Cinemax HD West
[edit] Starz
[edit] Showtime
- 680 Showtime HD East
- 690 TMC HD East
[edit] PPV
- 384 MLB Extra Innings/NHL Center Ice HD
- 808 HD PPV
[edit] PPV
- 350-355 ESPN Game Plan/ESPN Full Court
- 358 NBA League Pass Preview Channel
- 359-367 NBA League Pass/MLS Direct Kick
- 370-383 MLB Extra Innings/NHL Center Ice
- 800 InDemand Previews
- 801-807 In Demand PPV
[edit] Music Choice
- 901 SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
- 902 TODAY'S COUNTRY
- 903 CLASSIC COUNTRY
- 904 BLUEGRASS
- 905 HIP HOP AND R&B
- 906 R&B
- 907 SOUL
- 908 HITS
- 909 RAP
- 910 METAL
- 911 ROCK
- 912 ARENA ROCK
- 913 CLASSIC ROCK
- 914 ADULT ALTERNATIVE
- 915 ALTERNATIVE
- 916 RETRO-ACTIVE
- 917 ELECTRONICA
- 918 DANCE
- 919 LITE HITS
- 920 ADULT TOP 40
- 921 HIT LIST
- 922 KIDZ ONLY!
- 923 PARTY FAVORITES
- 924 SHOWCASE
- 925 '90S
- 926 '80S
- 927 '70S
- 928 SOLID GOLD OLDIES
- 929 SMOOTH JAZZ
- 930 JAZZ
- 931 BLUES
- 932 REGGAE
- 933 SOUNDSCAPES
- 934 EASY LISTENING
- 935 BIG BAND & SWING
- 936 SINGERS & STANDARDS
- 937 SHOW TUNES
- 938 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
- 939 GOSPEL
- 940 CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES
- 941 LIGHT CLASSICAL
- 942 POP LATINO
- 943 MUSICA URBANA
- 944 SALSA Y MERENGUE
- 945 MEXICANA
- 946 ROCK EN ESPANOL
- 947 AMERICANA
- 948 OPERA
[edit] Family Package
- Food Network
- Home & Garden Television
- Nickelodeon
- Disney Channel
- Toon Disney
- CNN Headline News
- C-SPAN
- C-SPAN 2
- PBS Kids Sprout
- Discovery Kids
- DIY
- C-SPAN 3
- Science Channel
- National Geographic Channel
[edit] Former Midcontinent Channels
- MoviePlex was a part of expanded basic cable service until April 4, 2007
- 122 TRIO folded on January 1, 2006
- 409 VH1 UNO
- 600 CNNSI Folded on May 15, 2002
- 643 INHD2 Folded on January 1, 2005
- 823 Hot Choice dropped on December 5, 2007
- 851 Fresh! dropped on December 5, 2007
- 852 Playboy TV dropped on December 5, 2007
- 901-946 DMX (music) Music Channels
[edit] See also
List of Local TV Channels Produced By Midcontinent Communications
[edit] External links
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