MONTREAL, Dec. 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) announced the launch of two new High Definition (HD) channels. A&E HD and HDNet are now offered to the majority of Cogeco Cable Digital Cable customers in the areas served in Ontario.
"Cogeco Cable is committed to providing their customers with the best possible HD offering. By adding two new HD channels to our Digital Television line-up, we allow our customers to discover the outstanding quality this technology offers. As we continue to invest in our state-of-the-art cable network, we will continue to launch new HD channels as they become available," declared Mr. Ron Perrotta, Vice President, Marketing of Cogeco Cable.
A&E HD (channel 273) will be available for free to the majority of Cogeco Digital Cable subscribers who are paying the HD Access Fee of $5.99 per month. A&E HD's high definition programming includes new original shows like "King of Cars", as well as fresh episodes of returning series "Cold Case Files", "The First 48", "Driving Force", "Inked", "Dallas SWAT" and in 2007, "The Sopranos".
HDNet (channel 274) is available to the majority of Cogeco HD Television subscribers through the new HD Premium Pack that also includes Discovery HD. Offered for free for the first two months, the HD Premium Pack is available at $6.00 per month, in addition to the HD Access Fee. HDNet is a premium channel offering 100% HD content including more original music, sports, news and entertainment programming than any other HD network. Enjoy original news programming like "Dan Rather Reports", "HDNet World Report" and the "HDNet Concert Series" featuring performances from artists like Sheryl Crow and Jessica Simpson.
"Our Digital Cable service has been gaining popularity with more than 80,000 new subscribers in fiscal 2006, which confirms that customers appreciate the variety, quality and control that Cogeco Cable's Digital Television service provides them," Mr. Perrotta concluded.
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 1,556,000 revenue-generating units (RGUs) to approximately 1,477,000 homes passed in its Canadian service territory and 629,000 RGUs to approximately 826,000 homes passed in its Portuguese service territory. Cogeco Cable's subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CCA).