Cogeco Cable Enhances its Offering With Five HD Channels in Ontario

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2012) - Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA) announces today the addition of five high definition (HD) channels to its Ontario HD TV station line-up. For several weeks, the majority of subscribers to digital HDTV COGECO have enjoyed access to channels YTV HD (726), Family HD (725), HGTV HD (760), Food Network HD (761) and W HD (763).

"Our HD TV service offers so much diversity and quality that our customers just want more and more. Adding these five channels that cater to a variety of tastes and needs is perfectly in synch with our goal of providing our customers with the most engaging and relevant HD offering on the market," stated Ron Perrotta, Vice-President, Marketing and Strategic Planning at Cogeco Cable.

Adding the five HD channels enhances entertainment for the whole family. Children and teens will love YTV HD, while Family HD, a channel with no commercial breaks, offers unique programming of which 60% is popular Disney Productions content. Budding DIY, confirmed renovators, décor aficionados and viewers looking for real estate investment tips will find inspiration and advice in the HGTV HD line-up. And Food Network HD is a true gastronomic adventure for cuisine amateurs of all stripes. Last, W HD, the women's channel of choice, serves up movies, series and excellent reporting.

Cogeco offers a host of HD channels to satisfy all the customer needs in entertainment. COGECO's complete HD program line-up and detailed information on subscribing to HD TV and the equipment required are available on Cogeco's website at www.cogeco.ca.

ABOUT COGECO CABLE

Cogeco Cable (www.cogeco.ca) is a telecommunications corporation and is the second largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable system operator in Ontario, Québec and Portugal. Through its two-way broadband cable networks, Cogeco Cable provides its residential customers with Audio, Analogue and Digital Television, as well as High Speed Internet (HSI) and Telephony services. Cogeco Cable also provides, to its commercial customers, through its subsidiary Cogeco Data Services, data networking, e-business applications, video conferencing, hosting services, Ethernet, private line, VoIP, HSI access, data storage, data security, co-location services, managed IT services, cloud services and other advanced communication solutions. Cogeco Cable's subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CCA).