Second-tier market operator, which provides some protection from local telephone company video competition in the intermediate term; Position as dominant provider of pay television services; and Growth potential from advanced services including high-speed Internet, digital video, video-on-demand, and cable telephone. Highly leveraged financial profile; Aggressive competition for video services from the direct-to-home satellite TV providers and for Internet broadband and telephone services from the local telephone companies; Small company size with minimal cost savings opportunities; and Concentration in below average growth markets in western Pennsylvania. The ratings on Quincy, Mass.-based cable television provider Atlantic Broadband Finance LLC reflect a highly leveraged financial profile; aggressive competition from direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV providers for video services and local telephone companies for high-speed
