Alliance Atlantis Launches HD Channels

TORONTO, October 13: Alliance
Atlantis Communications will make two new high-definition channels — National
Geographic Channel HD and Showcase HD – available in Canada on December
19, 2006.

The HDTV services will be
the first from Alliance Atlantis Communications. The National Geographic
service will include such programs as Seconds From Disaster, Megastructures, and Dog Whisperer. Showcase Television's HD lineup will include CSI and CSI:Miami, along with Rescue Me,
Weeds, The L-Word, Dead Like Me, plus the new series Rent-a-Goalie.

"The time is right to
bring these two leading networks to the high-definition screen," says Norm
Bolen, Alliance Atlantis EVP of content. "Canadians are quickly embracing
the HDTV format and demanding the best quality content to fill it. National
Geographic is a brand that built its reputation on the finest quality images
anywhere.

“NGC HD will expand that
promise to television” Bolen continued. “Showcase features world-class, leading-edge
dramatic offerings from Canada and around the world, and now Showcase HD will
take that drama to a new level."