WHITEHORSE, YT – Northwestel digital television customers in Whitehorse have access to more high definition channels, the company announced this week.
The sports line-up has been improved with the introduction of a new HD pay per view hockey channel and the addition of three new HD channels to the Sports package: The Score HD, The Golf Channel HD and Big Ten Network HD. (Big Ten is also available in SD.)
The Digital Essentials package has been expanded to include six new HD channels, too. Those include: CBC West HD , CTV West HD, Global West HD, Global Toronto HD, Citytv HD and APTN HD. As well, TSN, TSN HD, TSN 2 and TSN 2 HD have been moved from the Sports package into Digital Essentials, making them available to all Northwestel’s Digital TV subscribers.
Customers are able to enjoy all these improvements at no additional cost.
As well, a new subscription package called HD World has introduced four new channels from High Fidelity HDTV: Treasure HD, Oasis HD, Rush HD and Equator HD. These channels present non-fiction programming which focus on nature, culture and extreme sports.
“The latest round of additions to our cable offering brings the total number of HD channels available in Whitehorse to more than 50,” said Curtis Shaw, Northwestel vice-president, consumer and small business, in a press release. “About 20 of those were brought online in the last few months. Our customers are now getting better value for their dollar and have more choices about the kind of programming they can enjoy. With the ever-expanding selection of HD content and affordable HD hardware, there has never been a better time for customers to begin experiencing the unrivalled quality of HD programming.”
The improvements made last summer included the addition of TSN 2, TSN 2 HD, six Super Channel channels (2 HD and 4 Standard Definition), Setanta Sports and Encore Avenue HD.
Bell Canada-owned Northwestel provides complete telecommunications solutions and entertainment services in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, northern British Columbia and High Level, Alberta. The company’s operations span nearly four million square kilometres of the most remote and rugged areas of Canada.
