CALGARY – Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct have become the first BDUs in Canada to launch AMC in high definition.
The US-based movie network, which will air the third season of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Mad Men, and Emmy award-winning series Breaking Bad, will launch on September 1st. Shaw HD customers will receive a three month free preview before the channel becomes part of Shaw’s ‘HD Plus’ package and Shaw Direct’s ‘HD Extra’ package in December.
"Shaw is leading the way in bringing high value HD programming into Canadian homes”, said president Peter Bissonnette, in the press release. “We are excited to be the first cable and satellite company in the country to offer AMC in HD to our customers. With our ever-expanding selection of HD content and affordable HD hardware, there has never been a better time for customers to experience the unrivalled quality of HD programming."
