Time Warner Cable will start selling a new high-speed, wireless Internet service in the Triangle on Dec. 1.

This region's main cable-TV provider is expanding its reach into new services as it tries to offset weaker growth among cable subscribers and increasing competition. That includes digital phone and new digital TV products such as one that allows viewers to restart a show from the beginning.

Time Warner Cable is opening a new type of customer-care center in Cary.

The company's retail outlets previously were places to pay bills or swap equipment such as cable boxes. But the new stores include staff who can demonstrate various products and services.

The stores are part of a broader push by the telecommunications company to sell more services such as phone and Internet packages. The strategy comes as Time Warner faces increasing competition for its core cable-TV service from new rivals such as AT&T and Verizon.

Time Warner Cable, the state's biggest cable TV company, will shut down its customer call center in Fayetteville and move the 80 jobs to Raleigh and Wilmington.

The employees in those jobs, who are paid about $30,00 a year, will be able to reapply for their positions in the new locations. Sixty call center jobs will be moved to Raleigh and and 20 dispatch jobs will go to Wilmington.

Time Warner will shut down the 45-year-old Fayetteville center Oct. 29 to consolidate operations, leaving two call centers in Raleigh and Wilmington. Company spokeswoman Melissa Buscher said this is not a cost-cutting measure.

"These functions lend themselves to centralization for staffing reasons, training and supervision," Buscher said.

After more than 20 years of renting, the folks at Time Warner Cable finally have a room of their own.

The telecommunications company began occupying a $33 million energy-effiicent building in Morrisville this month that will be command central for 800 to 900 Time Warner workers.

Time Warner is the Triangle's cable TV provider, with 800,000 cable, phone and Internet customers in the Eastern half of the state.

For years Time Warner employees had been scattered at three different offices in Morrisville.

"This is the first time we have all been under one roof," said spokeswoman Melissa Buscher.

Triangle techies may soon have another choice for high-speed wireless Internet service.

On Wednesday, Time Warner Cable announced it plans to begin offering the new service with Clearwire Corp. this fall in four cities, including Charlotte and Dallas. The companies aren't ready to name the other two, but watch for the Raleigh region to join the list.

Here's something we didn't know about. Time Warner Cable's Carolina on Demand Channel is currently running a whole bunch of high school sports championship games. Right now you can see NCHSSA basketball, wrestling, and soccer, as well as NCISAA Basketball and High School All-Star lacrosse. If you already have digital cable, access is free.

Carolina on Demand offers more than just sports. The channel (1234 on TWC) also features instructional cooking shows from the Johnson and Wales University Charlotte campus, and programs on animals at the NC Zoo, hurricane season preparations, technology, saving money, and more.

For additional information, check out their website or go directly to Channel 1234. 

It's what has been missing from your sad little life so far: the Jonas Brothers in 3-D and HD.

Starting June 15, your dreams can come true when "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience" shows up on Time Warner Cable's HD Movies On Demand channel. Enjoy an upclose, behind-the-scenes look at the JoBros in what Disney calls a "rockumentary feature film."

The film features excerpts from their Burning Up tour, starring Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift, and also offers glimpses into the personal lives of Kevin, Nick, and Joe.

Time Warner Cable is even giving away free 3-D glasses to promote the event (while supplies last, of course) at any of their retail or payment centers. HD Movies on Demand is channel 502 in the Raleigh area, and the movie will set you back $4.99. 

Here's something we didn't know about. Time Warner Cable's Carolina on Demand Channel is currently running a whole bunch of high school sports championship games. Right now you can see NCHSSA basketball, wrestling, and soccer, as well as NCISAA Basketball and High School All-Star lacrosse. If you already have digital cable, access is free.

Carolina on Demand offers more than just sports. The channel (1234 on TWC) also features instructional cooking shows from the Johnson and Wales University Charlotte campus, and programs on animals at the NC Zoo, hurricane season preparations, technology, saving money, and more.

For additional information, check out their website or go directly to Channel 1234. 

Fox Sports Carolinas now says that Game 3 of the NHL playoff series between the New Jersey Devils and Carolina Hurricanes — and Game 6, if necessary — will be shown in high definition. The original television schedule had listed all of the games as being broadcast in standard definition, prompting numerous complaints from fans.

Game 3 will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the RBC Center and Game 6, if necessary, on Sunday April 26.

That means Time Warner Cable will show the game on channel 50 and in HD on channel 272. Dish and DirecTV subscribers will have to check on the alternate channels the two satellite providers will use.