Kingdom Telephone to offer cable television for first time

A Kingdom Telephone Co. customer enters a contest to win a high definition Internet-ready television set to be given away during the company’s annual open house Friday in Auxvasse. The event promoted a new Skitter television service to by offered by Kingdom Telephone starting early next year. Photo by Don Norfleet.

By Don Norfleet

Monday, October 10, 2011

AUXVASSE — During the Kingdom Telephone Company’s annual open house on Friday, hundreds of customers saw a demonstration of a high-definition television service that will be available throughout the firm’s service area.

Marla McCowan, Kingdom Telephone financial officer, said starting early next year the Auxvasse-based telephone firm will for the first time offer television service over its telephone lines.

McCowan said the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service will be through Skitter TV, a IPTV firm based in Atlanta, Ga.

The television service will be known as Kingdom Skitter TV. McCowan said customers will be able to watch high-definition television using DSL telephone broadband lines.

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