NewsChannel 8 (cable Channel)

NewsChannel 8 (cable Channel)

NewsChannel 8 (briefly titled TBD TV) is a regional cable television network serving Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland. The cable station is seen in more than 1.1 million cable television homes. NewsChannel 8 is owned by Allbritton Communications, along with ABC affiliate WJLA. The station shares broadcast studios and offices with WJLA and Politico in Rosslyn in Arlington, Virginia. In addition, the channel operates two Maryland news bureaus (in Rockville and Landover), and one in Washington, D.C. The network was renamed to TBD TV on August 9, 2010, but reverted back to NewsChannel 8 in February 2011.

Through a fiber optic delivery system, the station targets programming and advertising to 3 separate geographical regions of the Washington Metro area. On September 5, 2006, Comcast moved NewsChannel 8, at their request, to channel 28 on some of their systems to be next to co-owned WJLA on channel 27. However, as of December 16, 2010, the station remains on channel 8 on Comcast's Prince George's County, Maryland cable system; this may be because WJLA remains on Channel 7.