TORONTO – Rogers Cable will add Turner Classic Movies to its analog channel lineup on February 1st.
Turner Broadcasting and Canada’s largest cable company made the announcement today. In addition, TCM will be made available to all subscribers via a free preview on December 23 and 24, 2006.
“We continue to strengthen both our analog and digital offerings” said David Purdy, vice-president and general manager, television, in a release.
Rogers is the sixth Canadian BDU to add the commercial-free, classic movie channel, joining Shaw Communications’ Star Choice and Shaw Cable, as well as MDU supplier Novus Communications, SaskTel’s Max TV service as Aliant TV.
TCM, currently seen in more than 75 million homes, is a 24-hour cable network from Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner company. TCM presents the combined Time Warner and Turner film libraries, from the 1920s through the ’90s, commercial-free. It also offers original documentaries and specials, including the recent Stardust: The Bette Davis Story and Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool. On the slate for 2007 are such original productions as Private Screenings: Jane Fonda, BRANDO and Spielberg on Spielberg among others.
