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What is Super Channel ?

Super Channel features 6 premium channels, including 2 in crystal clear High Definition PLUS Super Channel On Demand (free where available). With On Demand’s DVD-like functions you can watch a large percentage of Super Channel’s programming as your schedule allows.

Is this the same Super Channel from the 1980s ?

The original Super Channel launched in the 1980’s. In 2006, Allarco Entertainment Inc. was granted a license to launch a new service with the name Super Channel which is recognized for providing outstanding premium pay television programs.

Super Channel has established a reputation for delivering a fresh new slate of exclusive programming consisting of first-run Hollywood hits and award-winning, critically-acclaimed television series. We’ve paired these movies and series with entertaining and insightful documentaries, live championship boxing events from Showtime and Hennessy, music events, extreme sports, anime, and hilarious sketch comedy. Last but not least, this highly entertaining programming mix also includes world festival cinema including Bollywood--the world’s other Hollywood--all the scariest horror and some classics never seen before in HD! Super Channel is available across Canada.

What are the benefits of subscribing ?

By subscribing to Super Channel you receive:

- A diverse selection of first-run programming in the premium television universe.

- Unedited and commercial-free. No interruptions or excluded footage. All our exclusive programming shown the way it was meant to be seen.

- Super Channel has a huge inventory of the very best titles from top studios in Hollywood to film festival darlings including documentaries and hidden gems--all exclusive to Super Channel.

-Exclusive programming. You won't see our first-run pogramming anywhere else. All unedited and commercial-free the way it was meant to be seen.

-2 Channels in High Definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio. Experience the glorious sights and sounds of cutting edge digital technology. The exceptional clarity of our high definition channels combined with Dolby’s outstanding surround sound for your ultimate viewing adventure.

What programs are available on Super Channel ?

Super Channel offers a must-see mix of movies and series. In addition to newly-released Hollywood movies you can also enjoy the year’s most talked-about television series such as Sons of Anarchy, Crash, Party Down, Burn Notice and The Closer--as well as British and Australian series Peep Show, Skins, Underbelly, Satisfaction and many more.

What are some of the programs about ?

Following is a snapshot of some of our top movies and series airing in March 2010:

Series:

Southland
An authentic and gritty look at Los Angeles and the “public servants” who police it. The show centres on the interaction and experiences of patrol officers and detectives, it will take you inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families. See it from the beginning uncut, commercial free and with extended scenes!
Starring Benjamin McKenzie, Regina King, Tom Everett Scott and C. Thomas Howell.
Premieres Monday, March 15 at 10pm on HD1/SC1.
Southland c.2009 Warner Brothers Television. All rights reserved.

Sons of Anarchy Season 2 Finale
Another explosive season comes to an end in this feature length episode! A body is discovered, and a child is missing...is someone on the run?
Starring Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal and Charlie Hunnam.
Finale Monday, March 29 at 9pm on HD1/SC1.
Catch-up with the first 10 episodes back-to-back on Saturday, March 13 starting at 11am on HD1/SC1.
Finale marathon on Saturday & Sunday, March 27 & 28, starting at 3pm on HD2/SC2.
Sons of Anarchy c. 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

Men of a Certain Age Season 1 Finale
Joe, Owen and Terry have been friends for years and the three are doing their best to support each other through their own, unique, personal mid-life crisis.
Starring Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, and Scott Bakula.
Finale Monday, March 8 at 10pm on HD1/SC1.
Also, catch the season 1 marathon on Sunday, March 7 starting at 1pm on HD1/SC1.
Men of a Certain Age c. 2009 Warner Brothers. All rights reserved.

Monster
Based on the award-winning manga suspense series by Naoki Urasawa. Dr. Kenzo Tenma has made a name for himself as a promising young neurosurgeon. When he saves the life of a child with a bullet wound, his world begins to crumble … blamed for crimes he didn’t commit, can he and his allies solve the mysteries and stop the madness?
Premieres Monday, March 15 at 10pm on HD2/SC2.
Monster c.2009 Starz. All Rights Reserved.

Movies:

Spread
A young, charismatic and attractive man makes his living giving older, wealthy women what they want: sex. In return, he gets to live the life of the privileged. He meets his match when he falls for a girl who plays the same games as him and must decide what’s more important, money or love.
Starring Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche and Rachel Blanchard.
Premieres Friday, March 19 at 9pm on HD1/SC1.
Spread c.2009 TVA Films. All rights reserved.

The Open Road
The son of a baseball legend, together with his girlfriend, embark on a road trip with his estranged father and struggle with a series of misadventures caused by his immature fathers high-jinx.
Starring Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen.
Premieres Friday, March 5 at 9pm on HD1/SC1.
The Open Road c.2009 Maple Pictures. All rights reserved.

Battle for Terra
A passive alien planet faces extinction, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, an unruly Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it. Along the way she makes friends with a human boy. Can the friendship of a human boy and alien girl hold the key for survival?
Starring the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Evans, Brian Cox, David Cross, Danny Glover, James Garner and Rosanna Arquette.
Premieres Saturday, March 27 at 9pm on HD1/SC1.
Battle for Terra c.2009 TVA Films. All rights reserved.

Surveillance
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer who is leaving behind a trail of blood curdling murders. He enlists the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Starring Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond and Hugh Dillon.
Premieres Saturday, March 13 at 9pm on HD1/SC1.
Surveillance c.2009 VVS. All rights reserved.

What else is on Super Channel ?

Super Channel Fights!

Super Channel’s exclusive contracts bring you live Showtime Championship, ShoBox, and Hennessy boxing, plus Strikeforce MMA. Click here for more information.

In Addition...

We are proud to present an unmatched collection of entertaining, documentaries, concerts, cutting-edge anime, cinematic gems from around the world and musicals, comedies and dramas.

What are the six channels like ?

HD1 has all the biggest and best, exclusive movies premieres and premium series, documentaries, and concerts broadcast in crystal clear high definition and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

More high definition programming for the discerning viewer, HD2 covers all genres featured in Super Channel’s multiplexed package.

SC1 mirrors all programming on Super Channel HD1.

This adrenaline-charged channel features action, horror, sci-fi, edgy comedies, shocking documentaries, and anime. Super Channel is also proud to present exclusive Showtime Championship and Hennessy Boxing, plus Showtime's Strikeforce MMA on Super Channel Fights.

A huge variety of entertaining Super Channel programming including documentaries, romantic comedies, drama series, and concerts. Enjoy award-winning international film festival hits.

More premium programming for you to enjoy including films made right here in Canada.

What is Super Channel On Demand ?

Super Channel On Demand allows you to watch many of Super Channel’s unedited and commercial-free movies and series on your schedule, 24/7. With DVD-like functions such as pause, rewind and fast-forward, you’re in complete control. This always-there programming is provided at no extra cost, where available.

Super Channel On Demand offers up to 250 hours of customized programs; much of the content is offered for 4 weeks at a time and 25% is refreshed on a weekly basis.

Why are you airing Passions re-runs ?

The latest episodes of Passions ended during Summer 2008. Due to its popularity, we are offering the opportunity to see it from the beginning, starting with the first season.  The second season will premiere on Monday, August 10, 2009, at 2pm ET on SC3.

How can I get Super Channel ?

We’re just a phone call or an email away. Contact your television service provider to subscribe. Visit our Order Now page for an up-to-date list of the provider nearest you.

What is needed to watch Super Channel ?

The appropriate hardware from your television service provider is necessary to watch us, whether it is in the form of a satellite dish or a set-top box (for cable). To fully enjoy our premium television experience we recommend a television set with high definition capability, an HD receiver and a Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound system.

How much does Super Channel cost ?

Pricing and packaging is decided by each television service provider. The best to find out is call your provider and see what is available through your service. Many offer introductory discounts, so don't delay.

Can I subscribe to an email newsletter or monthly schedule ?

Yes, click here to register for a monthly newsletter that highlights our top series and movies each month. You can also customize your schedule and save your favourite programs.

Can I get reminders sent to my email ?

We are in the process of making the above three features available to our subscribers as part of our on-going contact with you. Please feel free to continue a dialogue with us as we work to develop them.

Do you provide closed captioning ?

Yes, we do. Currently the vast majority of our programming schedule is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

What is V-chip technology ? How is it used ?

V-Chip is a technology that allows the broadcaster to embed a rating for a television program into the broadcast stream.

If desired, a viewer can set a “rating limit” on their television set, so that programs with a rating higher than the limit will not be shown.

This is advantageous for parents with children who may want to set their TV to block content with ratings higher than PG. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has some great information here.

Super Channel and Super Channel On Demand have the V-chip embedded to provide the ability to limit ratings.

Do you develop programs ?

We only develop feature-length movies and documentaries. Please see the Producers’ Page on our website for more info.

Do you pre-license programs ?

We pre-license only Canadian content movies, documentaries and series. Please e-mail us for more information.

Do you accept movies for broadcast consideration ?

Yes, please see the Producers’ Page on our website.