MONTREAL, March 27 /CNW Telbec/ - Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) today announced the launch of three new High Definition (HD) channels to its Ontario channel line-up.
"The outstanding image and sound quality that our HD technology offers continues to drive more and more customers to subscribe to Cogeco's HD television service. Cogeco is committed to delivering to its customers the richest TV experience possible. As Cogeco continues to invest in its state of the art cable network, it will continue to launch new HD channels as they become available in the future," declared Mr. Ron Perrotta, Vice President, Marketing of Cogeco Cable.
In the wide majority of Cogeco Cable systems in Ontario, HD customers will be offered even more entertainment, information, sports and TV hits with the exceptional image and sound quality of HD Television available with the introduction of three new channels:
- Score HD (position 276), a national sports speciality channel with news, information, highlights and live event programming; - National Geographic HD (position 271), which gives Canadian television viewers access to the most spectacular of National Geographic's world- renowned visual imagery, all in the unparalleled visual and audio quality of HD; - Showcase HD (position 272), the home of premium provocative series from Canada and around the world, such as CSI, CSI: Miami, Weeds, Dead Like Me, The L Word, Rescue Me and Six Feet Under.
For Ontario customers who already subscribe to the standard definition version of these new HD channels and who the pay the $5.99 monthly HD Access Fee, no additional charges will be required to access these three new HD channels.
Customers appreciate the variety, quality and control that Cogeco Cable's Digital Television Service provides them. The service has been gaining popularity with more than 80,000 new customers in fiscal 2006.
ABOUT COGECO CABLE
Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca), a telecommunications company offering a diverse range of services to its customers in Canada and in Portugal, is the second largest cable operator in Ontario, Quebec and Portugal, in terms of the number of basic cable service customers served. The Corporation invests in state-of-the-art broadband network facilities, delivers a wide range of services over these facilities with great speed and reliability at attractive prices, and strives to provide both superior customer care and growing profitability to satisfy its customers' varied electronic communication needs. Through its two-way broadband cable networks, Cogeco Cable provides its residential and commercial customers with analog and digital video and audio services, high speed Internet access as well as telephony services. The Corporation provides about 1,649,000 revenue-generating units (RGUs) to approximately 1,439,000 homes passed in its Canadian service territory and 650,000 RGUs to approximately 829,000 homes passed in its Portuguese service territory. Cogeco Cable's subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CCA).