MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added Quebecor Media’s Les idées de ma maison, a brand new digital channel, to its cable lineup.
The channel is devoted to home decoration, renovation, do-it-yourself, cooking, landscape design and lifestyle programming.
“Fans eager for new ideas to revamp their living spaces are sure to find everything they could wish for with original TVA series such as Ma maison Rona, Tout simplement Clodine, Le brunch de Maman Dion, Maman Dion and Dodo Déco and hit series including Martha Stewart Living and La touche d’Olivier,” says the press release.
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MONTREAL – New pay TV service Super Channel is now available to Cogeco Cable customers.
"We are thrilled to offer our customers the possibility to enjoy this new pay television service. Super Channel brings a wide range of frequently-updated movies and exclusive TV series from Canada, the U.S. and from around the world," said Ron Perrotta, vice-president, marketing of Cogeco Cable.
The Super Channel package is now available throughout many of Cogeco Cable’s markets in Ontario, and will be more extensively deployed in Ontario in the months to come. The package, which offers new series, hit movies, documentaries, extreme…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable announced today the launch of its Digital Phone service in Smiths Falls and Perth, Ontario.
“A comprehensive, accessible, and competitive offering, residents can now take advantage of Cogeco Cable’s unique and all-inclusive Digital Phone offer for as little as $44.99 per month if they subscribe to Cogeco Cable’s high speed internet and cable television service,” reads the release.
“Since its initial launch, the Digital Phone service has had a snowball effect on the number of subscriptions to other Cogeco Cable services and its deployment has been enthusiastically welcomed in the markets where it was introduced.”…
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TORONTO – Following its successful November 30 launch, Family Channel’s newest multiplex offering, Playhouse Disney, is now available to subscribers of Cogeco Cable, Mountain Cablevision, and Access Communications.
SaskTel launches the service on February 21st.
These four television providers, servicing communities in Ontario and Saskatchewan, join Bell ExpressVu in delivering educational and entertaining programming for young children. ExpressVu has carried Playhouse Disney since launch.
“We’re thrilled that Cogeco Cable, Mountain Cablevision, SaskTel and Access Communications recognize the unique entertainment and value proposition that Playhouse Disney offers subscribers,” said Joe Tedesco, vice-president and general manager, Family Channel and Playhouse Disney….
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has launched expanded its digital phone coverage to the Lake Ontario towns of Port Hope and Cobourg.
“Since its initial launch, the Digital Phone service has had a snowball effect on the number of subscriptions to other Cogeco Cable services and its deployment has been enthusiastically welcomed in the markets where it was introduced,” says the company’s press release.
Cogeco phone service can be had starting at $44.99 per month – and an additional $10 off per month for the first 12 months.
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MONTREAL – While bankrupt convention television broadcaster TQS has been a drag on the company, Cogeco Inc. continues to grow thanks largely to its cable division.
"Cogeco’s first quarter financial result is very positive,” said company CEO Louis Audet in a release late Wednesday afternoon touting the company’s first quarter results.
“In the cable sector, Cogeco Cable has continued on its growth trajectory and is in an excellent position to achieve superior growth in 2008… With regards to the court order involving TQS, after careful thought, the time has come to end our participation in the general interest…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable customers are now able to see content from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Animation, Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax on their video on demand service thanks to a new deal signed with Disney-ABC International Television.
Customers will be able to watch hits such as Meet The Robinsons, Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Ratatouille, and many other new releases and library titles.
"VOD is a great interactive service that is exclusive to cable and our service is growing in popularity. We are thrilled to be associated with Disney,…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has added Teletoon Retro to its digital channel lineup.
Launched October 1st, the channel offers familiar friends like Fat Albert, Tom & Jerry, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Superfriends.
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TORONTO – There are two large cable operators based in the province of Quebec, but each have their own different ideas of where growth will come from.
One, Videotron, envisions building itself into an important wireless player. The other, Cogeco Cable, has so far shunned wireless investments in favor of pursuing growth outside of North America.
Its 2006 acquisition of Cabovisao, which now serves over 300,000 customers in Portugal has been nothing but positive for the company as revenue and margins have risen throughout 2007. The integration of the new division is now complete.
The company launched digital cable…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable launched its newest personal/digital video recorder, the Motorola DCT3080, in its Quebec territories today (southern Quebec, concentrated around Trois Rivieres).
The box is not available in Ontario (an earlier version of this story said it was. We apologize for the error.)
"Current users will tell you: using a DVR significantly improves your TV experience. The fact that the DVR is simple to use and allows users the freedom to watch programs of their choice whenever they want, greatly improves the television-viewing experience. We’re very pleased to offer this new receiver to our Quebec customers because it completes…
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