TORONTO – Canwest Broadcasting announced Thursday that it will have three new digital transmitters up-and-running in Ontario and B.C. on April 18. As a result, Global Ontario, Global BC and E! Ontario will begin to broadcast their programming in high definition (HD) on that date.
“Over 25 primetime hits from House to The Office, from Brothers and Sisters to Bones, from Rules of Engagement to How I Met Your Mother, plus event television including PGA Golf and Wimbledon, will be broadcast in glorious HD in these major markets, Global said in a media release.
“The digital transmitters are launching just as new episodes of our viewer favourites return to the networks. We are offering our viewers the best programming via the best quality broadcast signals,” said Barbara Williams, executive VP of content at Canwest Broadcasting.
