Northwestel has some good news for sports fans in Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Fort Nelson and High Level. Northwestel’s digital television service now offers customers an exciting new choice in sports broadcasting – Sportsnet ONE.

 

Sportsnet ONE is a brand-new national sports channel recently launched by Rogers. The 24-hour digital channel features more than 800 hours of live-event programming, most of which will be broadcast in High Definition. Sportsnet ONE provides exclusive access to selected NHL games with the Vancouver Canucks in Yukon and BC, and Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames in NWT and Alberta. The live-event lineup also features basketball (with the Toronto Raptors and other National Basketball Association teams), major league baseball (with the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners) and elite soccer (with Barclay’s Premier League).

 

“Sportsnet ONE offers very exciting sports programming,” said Curtis Shaw, Northwestel Vice President of Consumer Markets. “Sports fans across the country have been clamouring for access to it. We are very happy to have reached an agreement with Rogers to ensure that northern sports fans have the opportunity to enjoy this highly-anticipated channel as soon as possible.”

 

Rogers Sportsnet ONE service includes the main channel in both High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD). In High Level, the main Sportsnet ONE feed will appear on Northwestel digital TV channel 264 and on channel 740 in HD.

 

The new Sportsnet ONE SD channels are available to all Northwestel digital TV subscribers in the Digital Essentials package, at no additional charge. The HD Sportsnet ONE channels are part of the Digital Sports theme package.

For more information on Sportsnet ONE or Northwestel’s digital television service, call 1-888-423-2333 or go to www.nwtel.ca/tv or www.sportsnet.ca/one/.

 

Northwestel provides complete telecommunications solutions and entertainment services in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, northern British Columbia and High Level, Alberta. The company’s operations span nearly 4 million square kilometres of the most remote and rugged areas of Canada.