Bright House Networks
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| Type | Private (Stock) |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Industry | Communications |
| Products | Digital Cable Home Phone Service High Speed Internet |
| Revenue | ▲$14.80 Million (2007) [1] |
| Employees | 100 (2007) [2] |
| Website | http://www.mybrighthouse.com/ |
Bright House Networks is a cable television company owned by Advance/Newhouse, headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The company provides service to cities including Indianapolis, Central Florida (Orlando / Daytona Beach areas), Tampa Bay area, Birmingham-Hoover area, west suburban Detroit and Bakersfield. Most of its business is concentrated in Central Florida, where Bright House is the dominant cable system in the Tampa and Orlando TV markets.
These systems were all owned by the Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership but, under a deal struck in 2003, Advance/Newhouse took direct management and operational responsibility for portion of the partnership cable systems roughly equal to their equity. Ostensibly, this was due to A/N's dissatisfaction with Time Warner Cable's strategic direction. Time Warner still owns a stake in Bright House Networks even though Advance/Newhouse runs the day to day operation of the company. Bright House networks provides customers in Central Florida, Tampa Bay and Alabama with Digtial Services.
Bright House Networks currently offers TV Service (analog, digital and HD), high speed internet, wireless home networking, digital home phone, digital business phone, and Pivot cell phone service in most areas.
Before 1994, some of these systems were fully owned by A/N under the names Vision Cable and Cable Vision (no relation to Cablevision Systems). In some areas, Bright House is the successor to Teleprompter Cable TV, Group W Cable, Strategic Cable, Paragon Cable and the Tampa Bay / Orlando Time Warner Cable systems in Florida.
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[edit] Central Florida News 13
Bright House Networks owns the 24-hour news channel called Central Florida News 13, available to Bright House Networks subscribers in the Central Florida area, using the slogan "All Local, All The Time." News 13 has local weather forecasts every ten minutes with "Weather on the 1's." Regular features include Florida on a Tankful, showcasing some of Florida's hidden travel destination gems, and This Day in Central Florida History, showing stories of historical significance to the Central Florida region.
Digital cable subscribers can take part in interactive polling with News 13 using their remotes to vote in iPoll. On-screen prompts ask the viewer if they would like to participate, and upon agreement poses the current question. Previous questions include "Do you think mom-and-pop vendors should be allowed to stay on the beach?", "Do you feel public punishment will deter children from bringing a gun or knife to school?", and "Have you ever gone to an Orlando Magic game?"
[edit] Bay News 9
Bright House Networks owns the 24-hour news channel called Bay News 9, which is available only on Bright House Networks in the Tampa Bay area. Bay News 9 is known for the weather-on-the-nines and it's team of Weather Experts. Bay News 9 has an award-winning program called Project Weather to help teach kids about weather.
[edit] Naming rights
Bright House Networks owns the naming rights to the University of Central Florida's Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, and Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, the spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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[edit] Regional Websites
- Indiana (Indianapolis, Marion)
- Central Florida (Orlando)
- Bakersfield
- Panhandle (Cantonment (Pensacola) and DeFuniak Springs, FL)
- Elmore County, AL
- Eufaula, AL
- Birmingham, AL
- Michigan (Farmington, Livonia, Novi, Redford)
- Tampa Bay
- Wellington, FL (Palm Beach County)
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