Even more for customers to 'power up epic
entertainment'
MONTRÉAL, April 7, 2021 /CNW/
- Cogeco Connexion, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications Inc.
(TSX: CCA), is pleased to announce the launch of the all-reality
subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service hayu
from NBCUniversal International. This new service is available to
Cogeco's customers on EPICO which offers an entertainment
experience combining Internet and television.
EPICO customers will now get the best of reality TV with access
to over 300 shows and 8000 ad-free episodes through their hayu
subscription, such as Keeping Up With the Kardashians and
series exclusively available in Canada, such as Love Island UK and
Australia, Watch What
Happens Live with Andy Cohen and
much more.
'Thanks to the flexibility of Cogeco's EPICO platform, we can
continue providing our customers compelling content that truly
complements our TV offering', said John
Hargrave, Vice-President, Products. 'Adding hayu gives our
users a full dose of reality TV at the press of a button. We
couldn't be more excited to have hayu join our EPICO entertainment
platform as we remain committed to offer the best experience to our
customers'.
After setting up an account on hayu.com/cogeco, the streaming
service will be available on any device on which customers are used
to watching their favorite shows, as well as on their TV paired
with the EPICO 4K cloud PVR. By
signing up today, customers can enjoy a free trial to experience
hayu's vast offering of on-demand content, with many episodes being
added the same day as in the US. In addition, they can download TV
shows and watch them later.
ABOUT EPICO
EPICO is available to the majority of
Cogeco customers in the territories served by the company. Cogeco
customers can 'power up epic entertainment' and access all their
favourite content through a single interface, including their live
and on-demand channels, as well as Netflix, YouTube, and thousands
of applications via the Google Play Store. Customers also benefit
from an intuitive and even more personalized interface thanks to
the per-user profile and features that will make their lives
easier, such as voice command or the ability to restart a program
that is currently being, or has recently been, broadcast. Finally,
customers are able to watch their content whenever and wherever
they want with the EPICO app, and thanks to the EPICO 4K wireless cloud PVR with a capacity to record
up to 1,000 hours of content, they are able to download and watch
it without an Internet connection using the EPICO mobile app.
Detailed information about EPICO can be found on the Cogeco
website.
ABOUT COGECO CONNEXION
Cogeco Connexion regroups the
Canadian cable operations of Cogeco Communications Inc. Cogeco
Connexion is the second largest cable operator in Ontario and Québec in terms of the number of
basic cable service customers served. It provides its residential
and small business customers with Internet, video and telephony
services through its two-way broadband cable networks. Cogeco
Communications Inc. is a communications corporation and is the 8th
largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco Connexion brand name
in Québec and Ontario, and in
the United States through its
subsidiary Atlantic Broadband in 11 states along the East Coast,
from Maine to Florida. Cogeco Communications Inc.'s
subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(TSX: CCA).
ABOUT hayu
From NBCUniversal, hayu is the first
all-reality subscription video-on-demand streaming service of its
kind – available in 27 markets globally across: the UK,
Ireland, Australia, the Nordics, Canada, Benelux union, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic on a full array of devices
(mobile, tablet, laptop & smart TVs).
ABOUT NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is one of the world's
leading media and entertainment companies in the development,
production, and marketing of entertainment, news and information to
a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable
portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier
motion picture company, significant television production
operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned
theme parks, and a premium ad-supported streaming service.
NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
SOURCE Cogeco Connexion