  In $d=2j+1$ dimensions, the Landau-Streater quantum channel is defined on the
basis of spin $j$ representation of the $su(2)$ algebra. Only for $j=1$, this
channel is equivalent to the Werner-Holevo channel and enjoys covariance
properties with respect to the group $SU(3)$. We extend this class of channels
to higher dimensions in a way which is based on the Lie algebra $so(d)$ and
$su(d)$. As a result it retains its equivalence to the Werner-Holevo channel in
arbitrary dimensions. The resulting channel is covariant with respect to the
unitary group $SU(d)$. We then modify this channel in a way which can act as a
noisy channel on qudits. The resulting modified channel now interpolates
between the identity channel and the Werner-Holevo channel and its covariance
is reduced to the subgroup of orthogonal matrices $SO(d)$. We then investigate
some of the propeties of the resulting two-parameter family of channels,
including their spectrum, their regions of lack of indivisibility, their Holevo
quantity, entanglement-assisted capacity and the closed form of their
complement channel and a possible lower bound for their quantum capacity.
