Plateau to end television services

Cable television is coming to an end for one carrier in the region.

Plateau Telecommunications has announced that their cable service, Plateau TV and the television Plateau Stream will cease at 11:59 p.m. June 30.

“Plateau is exiting the TV business,” Jack Nuttall said. Nuttall is Plateau’s sales and marketing manager.

“The business model for TV is broken,” Nuttall explained. “The only ones gaining anything are the producers. Price increases are built into multi-year contracts of three to five years. Plus they dictate to us the channels we’re going to take as part of the contract.”

“With our great broadband you stream anything you want at a great price,” Nuttall said. “We want to do the customers a good service.”

The change affects Plateau’s service area of eastern New Mexico and a small part of Parmer County.