Cable / Telecom News

Cogeco Quebec adds cinepop

MONTREAL – Quebec MSOs are hungry for French-language digital channels, so Astral Media’s newest pay channel, dedicated to classic films, cinépop, has been added to the cable lineup in Cogeco’s Quebec territories. “Adding cinépop to our line-up really increases the added value of Cogeco Cable’s digital cable service. Besides offering superior sound and picture quality and being adaptable to the customer’s taste, digital cable television now offers enriched French-language content,” said Ron Perrotta, Cogeco’s vice-president, marketing. The cinépop channel is offered free starting today, for a three-month period, at position 305. At the end of that period, on March 31,...