Available to
Students
Fees
There is no charge for use of this service.

Cable television service on campus includes residence halls, university housing, academic buildings, departments, and the Iowa House hotel. Students must supply their own coax cable for use with cable television service in residence halls and university housing.

Current Status

There are currently no alerts.

Maintenance

Services scheduled for maintenance over the next 7 days. Please refer to the calendar view of alerts for a complete schedule.
There is currently no planned maintenance.

Past 90 Days

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Alert History

Start: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV will be down across campus during the maintenance window.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 6:00am
Start: 
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will perform maintenance on the Campus Cable TV (CATV) system. The service will be unavailable on the UI campus during the maintenance window.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, April 7, 2023 - 12:00am
End: 
Friday, April 7, 2023 - 6:00am
Description

Windstream has a planned maintenance which will affect video service for all of Iowa City and Coralville.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, April 7, 2023 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be performing fiber maintenance which will affect video service (Cable TV) for all of Iowa City and Coralville including the University of Iowa campus.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, May 7, 2021 - 2:30pm
End: 
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 10:30am
Updates
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 10:30am

The issue has been resolved.

Description

A few HD channels on the University cable system are not working. ITS is working with Mediacom on a fix.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - 10:34am
Start: 
Friday, November 6, 2020 - 12:00am
End: 
Friday, November 6, 2020 - 6:00am
Description

Maintenance is required to repair a damaged fiber line. Video service will be disrupted for Iowa City and Coralville.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, November 6, 2020 - 6:00am
Start: 
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 12:45pm
End: 
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 2:45pm
Updates
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 2:45pm

The service has been restored.

Description

Cable TV on campus is down. Mediacom, the provider of our service, is working to resolve the issue.

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 2:52pm
Start: 
Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 6:00am
Start: 
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 12:00am
End: 
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable due to fiber maintenance.

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, June 15, 2020 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 6:00am
Start: 
Monday, January 13, 2020 - 1:00pm
End: 
Monday, January 13, 2020 - 2:00pm
Description

Cable Television services will be unavailable throughout the building for maintenance.

Services
Buildings
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
Last updated: 
Monday, January 13, 2020 - 2:00pm
Start: 
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, November 8, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Monday, September 23, 2019 - 9:00am
End: 
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 10:30am
Updates
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 10:30am

This issue is resolved.

Description

Several channels within the University cable TV system aren't working. Support staff are working with the vendor on the problem. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - 10:25am
Start: 
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV services in the Iowa City and Coralville area will be unavailable due to fiber maintenance. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 3:15pm
End: 
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 4:45pm
Updates
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 4:45pm

This issue has been resolved.

Description

The listed buildings are experiencing intermittent issues with cable TV. ITS is aware of these issues and are working on a resolution. 

Services
Buildings
Petersen Residence Hall
Iowa Memorial Union
Main Library
Dental Science Building
Last updated: 
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 - 4:52pm
Start: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will perform fiber maintenance. Cable TV service will be unavailable for the Iowa City and Coralville area. 

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will perform fiber maintenance. Cable TV service will be unavailable for the Iowa City and Coralville area. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 4:15pm
End: 
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 5:45pm
Description

Update: the issue with Campus Cable TV has been resolved.

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Campus Cable TV is currently down.  Our technicians are working to resolve the issue.

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 6:02pm
Start: 
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 6:00am
End: 
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 7:00am
Description

Mediacom has scheduled planned maintenance for the Cable TV service.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 7:00am
Start: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be performing fiber maintenance.  All video service in the Iowa City/Coralville area will be unavailable during this time.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will perform fiber maintenance.  All video service will be unavailable in the Iowa City/Coralville area.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, March 22, 2019 - 9:08am
Start: 
Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 4:00pm
End: 
Friday, January 11, 2019 - 9:00am
Updates
Friday, January 11, 2019 - 9:15am

Mediacom has resolved this issue.

Description

There has been a fiber cut that is causing service problems with Mediacom.  Mediacom staff are working to fix the problem.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, January 11, 2019 - 9:12am
Start: 
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be working on their fiber maintenance.  All video service in the Iowa City/Coralville area will be down during this time.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 4:00am
End: 
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 5:00am
Description

A network maintenance window is required to upgrade software on networking equipment in the building. Wired and wireless services from these buildings to the campus network, as well as the Internet will be disrupted during this time.

This work will also affect Cable TV in Mayflower residence hall. 

Buildings
Burge Hall
Catlett Residence Hall
Currier Hall
Daum Hall
Hillcrest Hall
Mayflower Hall
Petersen Residence Hall
Rienow Hall
Slater Hall
Stanley Hall
Last updated: 
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 5:00am
Start: 
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be performing fiber maintenance on Dubuque Street that will affect cable television service to the University of Iowa.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV service in Iowa City and Coralville will be down during this time due to emergency fiber maintenance.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Cable TV service in Coralville and Iowa City will be down during this time due to a fiber relocate.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Video service on campus will be unavailable due to a forced fiber relocate.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, June 1, 2018 - 1:45pm
End: 
Saturday, June 2, 2018 - 2:30pm
Updates
Saturday, June 2, 2018 - 3:00pm

Mediacom has resolved the issues.

Description

Mediacom is experiencing an issue with High Definition television channels. They are working to resolve it and this posting will be updated when additional information is available.

Services
Last updated: 
Saturday, June 2, 2018 - 3:04pm
Start: 
Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom is performing fiber maintenance. This will affect video service for all of Iowa City, Coralville, and surrounding areas.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, May 10, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 1:00am
End: 
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 7:00am
Description

Windstream will perform maintenance on the Cable Television system.  Cable Television will not work during the maintenance period.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, March 2, 2018 - 7:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Windstream will perform maintenance on the Cable Television system.  Cable Television will not work during the maintenance period.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will perform fiber work between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids that will affect all cable TV and video services in Iowa City, Coralville and  the surrounding area. 

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, January 25, 2018 - 6:00am
Start: 
Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, November 16, 2017 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be performing maintenance on their fiber network that will affect all Cable TV services for Iowa City, Coralville and surrounding area.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 3:21pm
Start: 
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 6:00am
End: 
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 7:00am
Description

Networking for the Speech and Hearing Center (SHC) will be down for maintenance during this time. This work is required to reroute fiber feeding video, internet and wireless services to the building. Video, wired and wireless services from SHC to the campus network, as well as the Internet will be down during this maintenance window.

Last updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 8:50am
Start: 
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 8:00am
End: 
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 2:30pm
Description

There is a Mediacom Cable TV outage in Iowa City and the surrounding areas due to a fiber cut in Cedar Rapids. Mediacom is working to resolve the issue but it could take several hours. We will update this notice as soon as more information is available. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 8:14am
Start: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 10:00am
End: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 3:30pm
Description

ITS will be working on the Campus Cable TV system. You can expect brief interruptions during this time.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 3:30pm
Start: 
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 12:00pm
End: 
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 8:00am
Updates
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 8:00am

Cable TV service has been restored. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you experience any further issues.

Description

Cable TV is out campus-wide due to a Mediacom fiber cut. Mediacom is working to resolve the issue.  We will update this notice as soon as more information is available.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 8:08am
Start: 
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom has scheduled an outage of all video services in Iowa City and Coralville.

Internet services should not be affected.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 - 6:00am
Start: 
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 12:00am
End: 
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom is moving to a different video platform. You may see a sporadic loss of channels or the entire video line up in all of Iowa City and Coralville.

Service should be restored to normal by 6:00 AM.

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 6:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom is moving to a different video platform. You may see a sporadic loss of channels or the entire video line up in all of Iowa City and Coralville.

Service should be restored to normal by 6:00 AM.

Services
Last updated: 
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:00am
Start: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 12:00am
End: 
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 6:00am
Description

Mediacom will be performing maintenance on their fiber network and the campus cable TV service will be interrupted during this time.

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 4:39pm
Start: 
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 5:00pm
End: 
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 7:00pm
Description

ITS has received reports from several campus locations about problems accessing cable television services.

ITS support staff are investigating the issue.

Services
Last updated: 
Friday, October 7, 2016 - 9:55am
Start: 
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 8:00am
End: 
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 10:00am
Description

ITS will be performing maintenance to the Campus Cable TV system (CATV) on Tuesday 5 July 2016 from 8:00AM-10:00AM.

This may cause brief interruptions during this time period. 

Services
Last updated: 
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 10:01am
Start: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 3:15pm
End: 
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 8:00am
Description

Addendum - This outage will also affect high speed internet at Hawkeye Apartments.

Mediacom reports that a fiber cable has been cut and is causing a Cable TV outage in the Iowa City area. This will affect Cable TV on campus.

Mediacom is working to restore service as quickly as possible.  We will update this page once we have further information.     

Services
Last updated: 
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 8:03am
Start: 
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 12:00am
End: 
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 6:00am
Description

ITS has been notified that Windstream Communications will be relocating fiber cable between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids on May 20, 2016 from 12:00 AM - 6:00 AM.

This will affect internet service for all Mediacom customers in Iowa City and Coralville as well as towns south of Iowa City. Internet connectivity is not expected to be interrupted but may be slow.

Services
Last updated: 
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 7:20am

Cable TV Contact Information

Contact by phone or email at 319-335-2945 or its-itconnect@uiowa.edu.