Editing GCI Communication (section)

===Television===
Based in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], GCI provides cable television service to approximately three-quarters of Alaska residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gci.com/about/coover.htm |title=GCI Company Overview |access-date=October 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505062052/http://www.gci.com/about/coover.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2010}}</ref> GCI has upgraded most of its network to support digital cable broadcasts and provides [[HDTV|high-definition]] broadcasts in some of the state's larger cities.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gci.com/forhome/cable/hdtv.htm |title=HDTV - GCI Cable |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127081632/http://www.gci.com/forhome/cable/hdtv.htm |archive-date=January 27, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> GCI leases an array of analog and digital cable boxes, including HD and [[Digital video recorder|DVR]] digital cable boxes, to its customers. In 2008, GCI discontinued analog cable service to Anchorage residences, moving to a fully digital platform. 

GCI launched Yukon TV, a [[Over-the-top media service|OTT streaming]] service, in November 2020, which requires a customer to subscribe to GCI's internet service.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gross|first=Scott|title=GCI launches new service called Yukon TV to replace cable television|url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/11/25/gci-launches-new-service-called-yukon-tv-to-replace-cable-television/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Alaska's News Source ([[KTUU-TV]])|language=en}}</ref> In December 2021, GCI announced that it would discontinue cable TV service in the majority of its markets, including all urban markets, in favor of Yukon TV. It would continue to provide cable service in some rural Alaskan communities, including [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]] and [[Dillingham, Alaska|Dillingham]], which are not connected to GCI's fiber network.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeMarban|first=Alex|date=December 3, 2021|title=GCI says to get with the times, it needs to drop its cable TV platform in favor of streaming. Some customers aren't pleased.|url=https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2021/12/02/gci-says-to-get-with-the-times-it-needs-to-drop-its-cable-tv-platform-in-favor-of-streaming-some-customers-arent-pleased/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Anchorage Daily News|language=en}}</ref>  

GCI also provides content to the state-operated [[Alaska Rural Communications Service]] satellite system, which in turn provides free over-the-air broadcasts of commercial and public television programs to 235 rural Alaskan communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alaska.net/~arcs/arcs/|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121203832/http://www.alaska.net/%7Earcs/arcs/|archive-date=2007-01-21|title=Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc. - Alaska Rural Communication Service}}</ref>

On November 9, 2012, GCI announced plans to purchase [[KTVA]], a CBS-affiliated television station in Anchorage, along with [[KATH-LD|KATH-LD and KSCT-LP]], the NBC-affiliated stations in [[Southeast Alaska]].<ref name="KATH">{{cite web|url=http://kath.tv/?page=news&story=249|title=GCI to purchase NBC for Southeast Alaska KATH-TV and KSCT-TV |access-date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> On December 9, 2013, GCI filed to acquire the CBS affiliates in Southeast Alaska—[[KXLJ-LD]] in Juneau, [[KTNL-TV]] in Sitka, and [[KUBD (TV)|KUBD]] in Ketchikan.<ref name=fcc-kxljgci>{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1590593&Service=LD&Form_id=345&Facility_id=184508|work=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=December 12, 2013| date=December 9, 2013}}</ref><ref name=fcc-kubdgci>{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1590491&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=60520|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=December 12, 2013|date=December 9, 2013}}</ref> On July 31, 2020, GCI announced its intent to exit the television business and sold the non-license assets of KTVA to [[Gray Television]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-02|title=Deal gives Atlanta company control of Anchorage TV news|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/08/02/deal-gives-atlanta-company-control-of-anchorage-tv-news/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Alaska Public Media|language=en-US}}</ref>

In November 2024, GCI announced that it would discontinue all television services by mid-2025, citing that customers "increasingly choose online video streaming as their preferred way to watch their favorite programming". GCI will direct customers to other platforms, particularly [[Xumo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=GCI to shut down pay-TV services, signals 'more support' for Xumo |url=https://www.lightreading.com/video-streaming/gci-to-shut-down-pay-tv-services-signals-more-support-for-xumo |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Light Reading}}</ref>