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Cogeco Cable Expands its Channel Line-Up With 54 New Multicultural Channels in Ontario
[February 08, 2013]

Cogeco Cable Expands its Channel Line-Up With 54 New Multicultural Channels in Ontario


MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Feb 8, 2013 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA) ("COGECO") announces the addition of 54 new multicultural channels in Ontario to its product offering, with programming broadcast in 9 languages. These 54 new channels are available to COGECO customers via 12 new channel packages. Cogeco customers in Ontario can now benefit from a wider access to the best of TV in entertainment, music and a variety of programming in their native language.



The list of new packages include: -- Punjabi Package (ATN Alpha ETC, ATN MH1, ATN Get Punjabi) -- Hindi Infotainment Package(ATN, Aapka Colors, Life OK, ATN NDTV 24X7, SET ASIA, ATN Times Now, ATN Food Food) -- Hindi Movie Package(ATN Movies OK, SET Max, ATN - B4U Movies, STAR Gold, ATN - B4U Music) -- Hindi Variety Package(ATN, ATN AASTHA, NDTV Good Times, ATN SAB TV, ATN Zoom, ABP News) -- Hindi Mast Mix Package(ATN, Zee Cinema, Big Magic Intl, AAJTAK, Headlines Today) -- Urdu Package(GEO TV, ATN Urdu, HUM TV, Zee Salaam) -- German Package(ProSiebenSat.1 Welt, German Kino Plus, DW, Schlager TV ) -- Arabic Package(Melody Drama, Melody Aflam, Dream 2, Future TV, Dream 1, Melody Hits) -- Filipino Package(Filipino TV, GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, GMA News) -- Russian Package(Channel One Russia, RTR Planeta, CTC, RTVi, TVCI, KHL Hockey) -- Bangla Package(NTV Bangladesh, ATN BANGLA, Channel I, ATN Sony AATH) -- Tamil Package(ATN Jaya TV, Star VIJAY, Zee Tamizh ) "COGECO's TV service is continually evolving, states Ron Perrotta, Vice President Marketing and Strategic Planning at Cogeco Cable. We are constantly on the look out for the latest developments in order to offer the best TV experience for our customers, with more arriving all the time. We are proud to add 12 multicultural channel packages to our existing catalogue. This is what our customers are looking for and this is how Cogeco Cable makes a difference in the communities it serves." COGECO's multicultural channel and package information is available at www.cogeco.ca/multicultural ABOUT COGECO CABLE Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation and is the11th largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco Cable brand name in Quebec and Ontario, and in the United States through its subsidiary Atlantic Broadband in Western Pennsylvania, South Florida, Maryland, Delaware and South Carolina. Its two-way broadband cable networks provide to its residential and small business customers Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet ("HSI") and Telephony services. Through its subsidiaries Cogeco Data Services and PEER 1 Hosting, Cogeco Cable provides its commercial customers a suite of IT hosting, information and communications technology services (Data Centre, Co-location, Managed Hosting, Cloud Infrastructure and Connectivity), with 25 data centres, extensive fibre networks in Montreal and Toronto as well as points-of-presence in North America and Europe. Cogeco Cable's subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CCA). For more information about Cogeco Cable and its subsidiaries visit cogeco.ca, cogecodata.com, peer1.com and peer1hosting.co.uk.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Marina Brzeski Director, Corporate Communications (514) 764-4613 SOURCE: Cogeco Cable Inc.

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