EastLink Celebrates November with Month-long Freeview

HALIFAX , Nov. 13 /CNW/ - EastLink Digital TV subscribers benefit all month long with Freeviews of more than 70 channels throughout November.

"We're offering a month-long Freeview as a way of saying thank you to our customers," said Deborah Shaffner , President and COO EastLink. "In addition to introducing our customers to new channels, free previews allow us to showcase the many great channels and specialty programming available through EastLink Digital TV."

Participating channels include: ESPN Classic Sports; NHL Network; Fox Sports World; Speed Channel; The Military Channel; Wild TV; The Documentary Channel; Biography; BBC Kids; National Geographic Channel; Nicklodeon; Discovery Civilization; Animal Planet; Mystery; TV Land; BBC Canada ; Dejaview; MovieTime; Gameshow Network; Book TV; bold; i Channel; Court TV Canada ; BBC World News; Fine Living; Travel Escape; FashionTV; Men TV; Cosmo; ONE: Body, Mind & Spirit; G4 TechTV; Discovery Health Channel; OutTV; MTV2; Independent; Showcase Diva; Showcase Action; Drive-In Classics; Newfoundland Television; CityTV Toronto ; CTV British Columbia; CBCTV West; Global BC; ABC Seattle ; CBS Seattle ; NBC Seattle ; Fox Seattle ; PBS Seattle ; Teletoon; A&E HD; The Fight Network; Family Channel; WFN; GolTV; Food Network Canada ; PunchMuch; MuchVibe; MusiquePlus; Musimax; BET Music Pak; bpm:tv; DUSK; Movieola; EWTN; Salt + Light Television; Canal Vie; Series +; Canal Z; Canal D; Canal Evasion; RDI; ArTV; Vrak; Oasis HD; Treasure HD; Equator HD; Rush HD.

Channels vary by region. For more information on EastLink programs and services, including EastLink Digital TV, visit eastlink.ca.

About EastLink

More than 1,500 employees operating under the EastLink, Persona, Amtelecom, Delta Cable and Coast Cable brands provide a wide range of communications, entertainment, television and advertising services to residential, business and public sector customers in Atlantic Canada , Ontario, Quebec , Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. EastLink has the distinction of having been the first cable company in Canada to enter the telephone market, and the first cable company in Canada to combine Cable, Internet and Telephone in a communications and entertainment bundle. At EastLink, creativity, ingenuity and innovation are the driving forces behind our great products and services. EastLink has been recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the past three years, and its parent company, the Bragg Group, was named Canada's Family Enterprise of the Year for 2009.

For further information: Jill Laing, EastLink, [phone], [email protected]