Astral to launch seven HD channels

MONTREAL – On October 30th, Astral Media will become the largest private broadcaster of French-language HD content when it launches Super Écran, Canal Vie, Canal D, Vrak.TV, Ztélé, HiSToRiA, and Séries+ in high definition. The channels will present a wide range of films, youth programming, major series, magazine shows, and documentaries in French on their respective HD channels, according to the company. Its not known how much of the content on the channels will be true HD and how much will be upconverted. This week a large ad campaign in support of the launch was launched in Quebec, where the...