York Community Access Television - Susquehanna Communications (SusCom)

Susquehanna Communications (SusCom)

Susquehanna Communications was founded in 1965 as York Cable Co. and headquartered in York, PA. The privately held company operated advanced networks in six states serving over 230,000 customers. The company name was changed to Susquehanna Communications in 1999, reflecting its change from a provider of traditional cable television to a provider of a variety of advanced, interactive, digital communications products. In 2000, the SusCom brand was introduced for consumer marketing based on its familiar use and high awareness among customers. At one time, SusCom ranked among the top 20 cable and broadband companies in the United States.

Initially, television services offered by York Cable Television Co., now known as SusCom, amounted a little more than the NBC, CBS, and ABC network stations that broadcast locally, some network affiliates out of Baltimore or Philadelphia, some public television stations and any independent stations produced locally or offered regionally. The television service expanded as more cable television offerings increased over the years with the start of services such as HBO, Showtime, CNN, the Disney Channel, TBS, Lifetime and ESPN.

Suscom had invested heavily to keep its technological capability and what it offered to its customers both in the city and the surrounding communities as most up to date as possible. The company had installed broadband and offered digital cable as well as broadband internet service. Residents could listen to any sort of music they desire, watch nearly any type of program that interested them, receive digital and high definition television broadcast, have all sorts of pay-per-view programming and also see various programs produced locally by Suscom professionals or volunteers associated with the local access television station known as York Community Access Television.

On October 31, 2005, Comcast officially announced that it had acquired Susquehanna Communications (SusCom,) a York, PA based cable television and broadband services provider and unit of the former Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff company, for a net cash investment of approximately $540 million. In this deal, Comcast acquired approximately 230,000 basic cable customers, 71,000 digital cable customers, and 86,000 high-speed internet customers. Comcast previously owned approximately 30 percent of Susquehanna Communications.