CanWest launches more free-to-air HD... in Australia

TORONTO – CanWest’s TEN Television Network will be launching TEN-HD in December for free in the major metropolitan centres of mainland Australia. TEN was the first Australian television network to begin broadcasting in standard definition digital and is the only network transmitting in HD down under, says the company. CanWest owns approximately 56% of Ten Network Holdings Limited, which owns and operates the TEN Television Network. For substantial periods of the day, TEN-HD will break away from TEN's primary channel to offer alternative programming and themed events focusing on, for example, Live Sport, Entertainment, Movies, Documentaries and Science Fiction. "TEN-HD...