HAMILTON – Video on demand is now available to Mountain Cablevision’s customers.
The independent company serves approximately 38,000 customers in and around Hamilton, Ont. who will now be able to call up content when they want, pause it, fast-forward or rewind, from their cable company for the first time.
Of course, they need a digital box and Mountain cut the price of a customer’s first digital terminal to $39.99.
The company is offering a wide variety of free VOD programming, a library of pay-as-you-go premium new release movies to choose from and The Movie Network On Demand
"Mountain Cablevision is absolutely delighted to offer Video on Demand to our customers. Video on Demand is a wonderful advancement in the cable television industry in that it puts the customer in total control of what they want to watch, when they want to watch it,” said John Piercy, president, Mountain Cablevision, in the press release. “We wanted to make the Video on Demand experience an exciting one for our customers. That’s why we’ve partnered with the top studios to deliver the best possible content. We also refresh our programming every week so our customers will have constant access to the most current titles."
Mountain Cablevision has a track record of innovation and investment in leading technologies – it was the first cable company in Canada, and among the first in North America, to offer its cable channel line-up in a 100% digital format. Mountain has also made significant upgrades to its delivery network and operates a state-of-the-art, two-way fibre optic network for digital cable television, HDTV, high speed internet and a primary-line, carrier grade telephone service.
