When will ABC stations be reinstated?

Please find a way to reinstate a standard and significant national station, ABC. Come to a compromise and decrease your profit a bit. I am a 40+ year subscriber (that might be a record). I and other subscribers have paid top dollar to get your services with regular and recent cost increases. The least you can do is restore ABC.

I see that it’s mostly minor stations that are affected in other areas which decreases the chance you will fix this as the other programming is not strongly viewed yet ABC and until recently CBS (before takeover) have been part of the original three or four networks from the 1950s. Take leadership, and do what is right for your subscribers if you want to keep them. Let us know asap so we can begin making plans to switch carriers if need be. 

Hello @user_eop2lj and thank you for your post on the Xfinity Community forums.

Unexpected changes to programming can be frustrating for certain.  As @Again posted above, we are working directly with the channel owners to reach a resolution to this concern.  Programming is always subject to change, however we have presented the channel owner with several reasonable offers to continue with a new service agreement with them, which they have chosen to decline thus far.  We will continue to work with them to bring the channel back, as long as they are able to agree to fair pricing, terms and conditions for our customers. 

For additional information you can visit https://www.xfinity.com/programmingchanges.

@user_eop2lj​

i pay over 200 dollars per month and you are not honoring your part.  this is ridiculous.  This better be rectified soon or i will cancel and do everything in my power to let others know that you are a business that takes advantage of their customers. 

No one is taking advantage of the customers.  Scripps is asking far more than what Comcast feels is fair price and is trying to negotiate in good faith to keep your bill as low as possible.  Comcast doesn't want to pay more just like you don't want to pay more, so your complaint should be with Scripps, not Comcast.  Yes, you could go elsewhere, but you might also end up with a carrier that is going to go through the exact same thing.  I can guarantee you that Comcast customers are not the only ones going through this negotiation at this time.

Let's not forget we're in an economy where everything is higher.  Comcast is working as quickly as possible to return ABC to the customers.

@cs3773 thanks for taking the time to post on our Xfinity Communities Forums page. I understand that sudden programing changes can be difficult and frustrating. Most of the channels that we offer are owned by media companies other than Comcast, which means we need to pay those companies in order to bring their channels to our customers. We negotiate contracts with these media companies to obtain the rights to carry their channels, on-demand content, and streaming apps on our platforms. Comcast has successfully renegotiated thousands of expiring contracts over the years and rarely experienced an interruption of service. For more information on how we work with programmers, visit How It Works.