MUMBAI: US cable television giant Comcast recently announced that it was expanding its Digital Cable lineup with the addition of three new channels beginning 28 December in the Dallas area. The new channels are: Canal 22, FamilyNet Television and Once TV.

FamilyNet Television is a faith-based family entertainment and informational network featuring award-winning programs the whole family can enjoy on Digital Classic. Canal 22 and Once TV both feature Spanish language programming to further enhance Comcast's growing collection of Hispanic programming on its Cable Latino Digital Service.

"Comcast is very excited to add these three new channels to our Digital Cable lineup. We are always focused on providing a variety of programming that our customers desire," said Comcast area vice president Mike Cleland.

Depending on the Digital Cable package of services Comcast customers choose, they may see these new networks on the following channels: Canal 22 will be on Comcast Digital Cable channel 639, FamilyNet will be on Comcast Digital Cable channel 296 and Once TV will be on Comcast Digital Cable channel 641.

The new channels will be available in the following communities: Addison, Allen, Arlington, Bedford, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Cockrell Hill, Colleyville, Coppell, Dallas, Dalworthington Gardens, DeSoto, Double Oak, Euless, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Hebron, Highland Village, Hutchins, Irving, Lancaster, Lewisville, McKinney, Mesquite, Murphy, Pantego, Parker, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rowlett, Sachse, St. Paul, Sunnyvale, The Colony, and Wylie.