Updated: Canwest puts primetime programming on Rogers VOD

TORONTO – Canwest has inked a deal to put its primetime programming on-demand on Rogers Cable (on Channel 100) from October 15. More than 60 hours of network Global and E! programming will be free on VOD, including first-run shows such as House, Family Guy, Heroes, 24, Prison Break, the Office, Knight Rider and My Own Worst Enemy. Soap operas The Young and the Restless and Days of our Lives will also be included on VOD. But David Purdy, vice-president and general manager of Television at Rogers Cable Communications, warned this VOD model will not be sustainable in the long...