CN8, The Comcast Network received 40 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award nominations in Philadelphia earlier this month, earning the most for any cable network and the second highest for any network in the Mid-Atlantic region. CN8 and its founder, Comcast Cable Eastern Division president Michael Doyle, and Jon Gorchow, vice president and general manager, were also recognized with a "Station Excellence" honor for excellence in overall station operations. The awards nominations come as CN8 prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary with expansion to more than two million additional viewers, a new studio location in the nation's capital, and a new programming lineup set to launch in September.
CN8, owned and operated by Comcast Cable Communications Inc., is the nation's largest regional 24-hour cable network, producing live interactive issues-oriented, political, sports and entertainment programming. Over the past decade, CN8 has expanded to reach almost nine million homes throughout the Northeast, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine. By the end of 2006, CN8 will launch in Washington, D.C., and parts of North Carolina, West Virginia, Vermont, and Rhode Island.
