OF ALL THE CONFLICTING complaints we’ve heard so far about the hearing still ongoing in Gatineau which will decide the future policies to govern specialty channels and BDUs, the question... Continue Reading
CALGARY and OTTAWA – Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw told Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a letter yesterday that the CRTC is bent on derailing the conservative government’s goals. The... Continue Reading
EDMONTON – The National Telecommunications Workers Union,TWU-STT Canada, has announced today the launching of their YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/twustt). The union’s YouTube channel is part of an overall membership outreach strategy... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Communications announced today that its channel line-up will be changing April 22, 2008 through April 24, 2008 in all markets to accommodate new high-definition (HD) channels and... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Imagine - a video presentation at the CRTC’s hearings on broadcasting! Who would ever think of doing that? “3-2-1. Blastoff!” The Shaw Rocket Fund cleverly grabbed the attention... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications acquired 6,524 new basic cable TV subscribers for a total of 2,241,503 at the end of the second quarter ended February 29, according to financial figures... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – What would have been fun, was a debate. Day three of the CRTC hearings into BDU and specialty service regulations featured the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and Canadian... Continue Reading
CALGARY – A press release issued by Shaw Communications this afternoon that some might term a little imprudent, took some new swings at the CRTC and in the overall direction... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Allarco Entertainment Inc.’s pay-per-view Super Channel will finally be launching on Shaw Communications’ cable systems and on its direct-to-home satellite distributor Star Choice in late April and early... Continue Reading
I’VE HEARD NO END of parallels spun in attempts to explain the complex structure we call the Canadian television industry. From cars and roads and traffic lights to water bottles... Continue Reading