Quick Hits

Comcast Extends Contract With CSG Through 2012

Englewood, Colo. —
CSG Systems International announced that Comcast has extended its contract to use subscriber-management system for four more years, through Dec. 31, 2012.

CSG said Comcast’s use of the customer-care and billing products and services is expected to be “consistent with the previous contract.”

Other CSG customers include Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DirecTV and Dish Network.

Verizon Turns Off Analog in Maryland, Northern Virginia

Silver Spring, Md. —
Verizon Communications, as part of its promise to federal regulators to eliminate analog TV service for FiOS TV, will stop distributing analog versions of broadcast signals in Maryland and Northern Virginia starting July 21.

The telco told the Federal Communications Commission last year that it would stop sending analog television signals to customers, which it provided so that those channels could be viewed without a set-top box.

Verizon has already phased out analog service in other areas, including New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.