HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/31/09 -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), www.rcn.com, a leading provider of all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet, and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers, as well as high-capacity transport services to carrier and large enterprise customers, announced today that it is extending its offering of RTVi and RTVi Plus from the New York market to RCN service areas in Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia.

RTVi is the leading provider of Russian-language programming in the U.S. It brings entertainment and news to Russian-speaking audiences through two channels -- RTVi and RTVi Plus. Through these channels, RTVi presents a wide variety of programming including news, comedy and drama shows, talk shows, game shows, movies and documentaries, sports, concerts, and children's programming.

"RCN is committed to delivering a wide-variety of quality International content to our subscribers," said Richard Ramlall, SVP, Strategic External Affairs and Programming at RCN. "Based on the success of RTVi and RTVi Plus airing on RCN in New York, we're excited to extend coverage of the channels to our Russian subscribers in Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia."

"There are about one million Russian-speaking families in the U.S.," noted Sergey Shestakov, Executive Vice President of Overseas Media Inc. "We're thrilled that our programming has made a connection with RCN customers and that RTVi can be a resource for these families as they thrive in their new country and stay abreast of what is happening in the world today."

To subscribe to RTVi or RTVi Plus on RCN, customers can call 1-800-RING-RCN (1-800-746-4726). RTVi will air on RCN channel 530, and RTVi Plus will air on RCN channel 531.

About RCN Corporation

RCN Corporation, (NASDAQ: RCNI), www.rcn.com, is a competitive broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in the company's geographic markets.