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More High Definition channels added to Cogeco Cable's Digital Television service
More High Definition channels added to Cogeco Cable's Digital Television service.
About this update from Cogeco Communications Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, Dec. 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) announced the\nlaunch of two new High Definition (HD) channels. A&E HD and HDNet are now\noffered to the majority of Cogeco Cable Digital Cable customers in the areas\nserved in Ontario.\n\n\n\"Cogeco Cable is committed to providing their customers with the best\npossible HD offering. By adding two new HD channels to our Digital Television\nline-up, we allow our customers to discover the outstanding quality this\ntechnology offers. As we continue to invest in our state-of-the-art cable\nnetwork, we will continue to launch new HD channels as they become available,\"\ndeclared Mr. Ron Perrotta, Vice President, Marketing of Cogeco Cable.\n\n\nA&E HD (channel 273) will be available for free to the majority of Cogeco\nDigital Cable subscribers who are paying the HD Access Fee of $5.99 per month.\nA&E HD's high definition programming includes new original shows like \"King of\nCars\", as well as fresh episodes of returning series \"Cold Case Files\", \"The\nFirst 48\", \"Driving Force\", \"Inked\", \"Dallas SWAT\" and in 2007, \"The\nSopranos\".\n\n\nHDNet (channel 274) is available to the majority of Cogeco HD Television\nsubscribers through the new HD Premium Pack that also includes Discovery HD.\nOffered for free for the first two months, the HD Premium Pack is available at\n$6.00 per month, in addition to the HD Access Fee. HDNet is a premium channel\noffering 100% HD content including more original music, sports, news and\nentertainment programming than any other HD network. Enjoy original news\nprogramming like \"Dan Rather Reports\", \"HDNet World Report\" and the \"HDNet\nConcert Series\" featuring performances from artists like Sheryl Crow and\nJessica Simpson.\n\n\n\"Our Digital Cable service has been gaining popularity with more than\n80,000 new subscribers in fiscal 2006, which confirms that customers\nappreciate the variety, quality and control that Cogeco Cable's Digital\nTelevision service provides them,\" Mr. Perrotta concluded.\n\n\nABOUT COGECO CABLE\n\n\nCogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca), a telecommunications company offering a\ndiverse range of services to its customers in Canada and in Portugal, is the\nsecond largest cable operator in Ontario, Quebec and Portugal, in terms of the\nnumber of basic cable service customers served. The Corporatio...