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Midcontinent Communications
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| Type | Jointly owned by Midcontinent Media and Comcast |
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| Founded | ca. 1930s in Minneapolis, Minnesota (as Midcontinent Media) |
| Headquarters | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Key people | Pat McAdaragh, CEO |
| Industry | Telecommunications, Cable TV, Internet |
| Products | Cable television, Internet, Telephony |
| Website | www.midcocomm.com |
Midcontinent Communications is a provider of cable TV, internet, and general telephony services for home and business, largely serving the Dakota states, but also some communities in Minnesota and few in Nebraska. (the company is headquartered in Sioux Falls). Midcontinent does business in more than 200 communities and serves a total of more than 200,000 customers. It is a partnership between Midcontinent Media and Comcast.
Midcontinent Media (aka "Midco") was originally founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1930s, as an operator of movie theaters. The company remained in that business until the 1990s, when it sold its theaters to various chains, including Carmike Cinemas.
Midco diversified and extended its reach into other areas of the Upper Midwest, providing telephone and cable TV in rural parts of its service area, starting in the 1960s. That is where the foundation for Midcontinent Communications began. Midcontinent also provides high-speed internet via cable modem to most of its communities.
Midco previously provided paging service, starting in 1985, but sold its paging services to another South Dakota company, Vantek Communications, in 2004.
Midcontinent Communications now serves both urban and rural communities and is the most-prominent cable TV provider in many of its service areas. It also provides telephone service, internet access (through its MidcoNet service), and leased data circuits via fiber-optic cable for business.
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