Outdoor Channel Inks Distribution Deal With Caribbean Cable Co-op
Channel Will Be Available In 23 Countries Throughout The Region
By Larry Barrett -- Multichannel News, 5/27/2008 1:47:00 PM
Outdoor Channel Tuesday announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Caribbean Cable Cooperative Limited, making its programming package available to 23 countries throughout the Caribbean.
The cooperative will offer Outdoor Channel SD, HD and video-on-demand to more than 50 cable systems serving 600,000 subscribers in the region.
“Outdoor Channel will greatly enrich our offering as many residents and visitors to the Caribbean truly enjoy the outdoor lifestyle with activities such as deep sea fishing and diving,” Howie Crotin, advisor to the board of directors of the Caribbean Cable Cooperative Limited, said in a statement. “Additionally, its programs filmed in the beautiful forests and mountains of North America will offer a window of opportunity for our life-long residents of the Caribbean to travel to a different world via the TV.”
More than 80 percent of Outdoor Channel's original programs are shot in high definition. The network is simulcasting in HD, including popular shows like Trout Unlimited on the Rise, Adventures Abroad and Tarpon of Boca.
Outdoor Channel features a variety of outdoors programming including hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports, adventure and the Western lifestyle.
