Radio / Television News

Global Winnipeg goes HD

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg has become the fifth Global Television market to broadcast in high definition with the launch of a new digital, over-the-air transmitter.The Global Winnipeg HD signal is available now on Shaw Cable's channel 211; on MTS Digital TV on channel 455; and over the air on channel 40, the company announced.  In addition to the new HD signal, Global Winnipeg’s current analog over-the-air signal will continue to be available to viewers in both an analog and a digital format until the summer of 2011, to coincide with the phasing-out of over-the-air analog television signals in major markets across Canada. “The move to HD affirms...