VANCOUVER – Shaw introduced its new voice-controlled platform BlueSky TV to customers in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland on Wednesday.
Using Comcast’s X1 platform, Shaw BlueSky TV combines an easy-to-use interface featuring voice-activated navigation, with content recommendations, customized apps, and social media features. It also offers access to all of a user's content in one place, including live programming, PVR recordings, on-demand shows, and TV Everywhere services.
Shaw premiered the service in Calgary last month and said it plans to roll it out to its various markets in the coming months.
"Shaw BlueSky TV is already changing the way customers watch TV in Calgary", said Shaw Communications president Jay Mehr, in the news release. "We are now pleased to bring the premium service to hundreds of thousands of families and homes in the Lower Mainland, and give them the television experience they can't get anywhere else. Just say it, then see it."
BlueSky TV is priced at $99.90 per month for the first year when paired with Shaw’s Internet 150 service on a two year contract. The second year will be $172.90 per month, while the regular rate will be $208 per month, according to Shaw’s website.
