Shaw wants to take its PPV service national

OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has asked the CRTC to free its pay-per-view service from its geographic shackles. In its license renewal application for Shaw Pay-Per-View, the company has asked the Commission for an amendment to permit national distribution, but only via satellite companies. As the Shaw PPV license now stands, it may only distribute its service in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Viewer’s Choice PPV gets the rest of the country in its license. Since Bell ExpressVu has its own branded PPV service called Vu! –and the only other licensed DTH company in Canada is...