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OpenTV brings movie portal application to Canada's Bell TV
For Bell TV subscribers looking for hints of anything new, we've finally something to share with you. OpenTV, an interactive TV middleware provider, has just launched a "movie portal application" that will deliver content from programming partner Super Channel. As expected, it provides viewers with a "themed search option, as well as a scheduling option that lets viewers set up recordings and reminders several weeks in advance of a movie's broadcast." Underneath, this seems to be just another attempt to highlight certain programs and get non-subscribers to subscribe, but when new material is this hard to come by, it's tough to complain.
Telus TV nets Super Channel stations in Alberta / BC, Canada
Check it, Western Canada -- here's a spectacular early Christmas / Boxing Day present. Super Channel, the nation's premium national TV service, has just made itself available in British Columbia and Alberta on Telus TV. That's right, half a dozen new ones are now ready for viewing, with two of them being in glistening high-definition. The SD stations will be hosted on slots 230 through 233, while the HD variants will be delivered on 635 and 636. And hey, there's no wrapping paper to clean up, which is always a plus.
Cogeco launches Super Channel TV package in Ontario
Shortly after Canada's Star Choice and Shaw picked up Speed HD and NASCAR HotPass, along comes Cogeco Cable to keep its own subscribers happy. Effectively immediately, customers in Ontario will now be able to receive "a limited number of Super Channel multiplex channels." More specifically, users will see a half dozen new options including four SD channels, two high-definition channels and a subscription video-on-demand component. As for the HD newcomers, HD1 will provide "premieres and major movies" while HD2 brings a "a compilation of HD-available programming from the other channels." The good news? There's a free trial going on right now until the month's end. The not so good news? It'll be $15.99 a month starting in March.
