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Cogeco to carry Olympics VOD, too

MONTREAL – Perhaps due in part to some public pressure, Cogeco Cable has signed on to offer the video-on-demand coverage of the Olympics offered by the Games’ Broadcast Media Consortium.Cogeco joins Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable, EastLink and its subsidiary Delta Cable and Source Cable in offering the 700 hours of VOD content free of charge beginning February 13 with the Opening Ceremony.All coverage will be available within 24 hours after its original airing to Cogeco’s digital cable customers in Québec and Ontario that have access to VOD on channel 600.A Cogeco spokesperson wrote in an email to Cartt.ca that the company...