TORONTO – Astral Media announced the launch today of its Disney Junior HD channel on Rogers (channel 479) and EastLink (channel 748).
The company says the new English-language channel is available free of charge to eligible customers who already subscribe to Disney Junior SD. Disney Junior HD will be available through other service providers which be announced in the coming weeks.
“Today’s launch completes the Astral Kids’ portfolio of HD offerings and enhances the quality programming families have come to expect from Disney Junior,” said Joe Tedesco, Astral Kids senior vice-president and general manager, in a release. “With this new channel, our viewers will see their favourite animated and live-action series in greater detail, with a sharper picture and ultimately experience this popular content the way it was intended to be seen.”
