VANCOUVER – Telus Satellite TV is now available across British Columbia and Alberta, the western-based telco announced this morning.
Cartt.ca originally had this story announcing the launch was coming back in May.
Telus Satellite TV is available to more than 90% of homes in the two provinces and residents can now add it to their suite of services from Telus. “Bundling Telus TV with Internet, home phone or long distance services helps consumers simplify their lives – and save money at the same time,” says the press release.
Telus Satellite TV will help the company more quickly compete with…
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CALGARY – The global economic downturn hasn’t seemed to have taken much of a bite out of Shaw Communications.
The company today announced its third quarter results which showed healthy, near across the board growth in most metrics.
Consolidated service revenue for the three and nine month periods (ending May 31st) of $861 million and $2.52 billion, respectively, was up 9% and 10% over the same periods last year. Service operating income before amortization of $395 million and $1.14 billion, respectively, improved 11% and 10% over the comparable periods. Funds flow from operations increased to $356 million and $1…
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CALGARY – The Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon is the first hotel in Canada to offer an ‘HD Free-to-Guest’ television system.
The high definition in-room entertainment system (IRES) eliminates the need for an in-room device like a set top box by using a decryption management card in the TV. This allows the channel lineup to be controlled at the television itself.
Using coax lines, hoteliers can now provide a “cost-effective digital IRES” which allows guests to enjoy the benefits that digital technology provides over traditional analog television.
"We are extremely pleased with the product and service and have seen that reflected…
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OTTAWA – The Penthouse Channel will be joining the Rogers Cable lineup after completing a multi-year distribution agreement.
Currently available to Shaw Cable customers, the adult programming network is distributed in Canada by Ottawa-based Ten Broadcasting.
“We are pleased that Rogers chose to carry this top international and well-known and respected domestic brand in adult TV programming, said Ten Broadcasting president and CEO Stuart Duncan, in the announcement. “This carriage agreement comes with additional carriage not only for the channel but with enhanced distribution of the Penthouse brand potentially across many Rogers distribution platforms.”
www.tenbroadcasting.com
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TORONTO – Moody’s Investors Service has rated Shaw Communication’s senior unsecured component of $2.5 billion multiple seniority shelf registration Baa3, while the preferred share component was rated Ba1.
The shelf registration was filed on March 11, 2009.
Moody’s also affirmed Shaw’s existing Baa3 senior unsecured rating along with its ‘stable’ outlook.
www.moodys.com www.shaw.ca
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CALGARY – Shaw surpassed its million dollar goal for Canadian athletes last weekend with its second nation-wide auction called ‘Making It Happen’.
Combined with the funds earned at the first auction held last November, Shaw raised a total of $1.06 million, earmarked to go directly to Canada’s high-performance athletes through the Canadian Athletes Now Fund.
"We want to say a sincere thank-you to all of our viewers and Canadians across the country who participated in the Making it Happen auction," said president Peter Bissonnette, in the press release. "Our athletes work hard to represent Canada at international competitions and at…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has extended its partnership with the Western Hockey League (WHL) through the 2013/14 hockey season.
Shaw aired live coverage as the local broadcaster of all 56 games in the 2009 season from 21 cities and towns across Western Canada, and said that more than 2.5 million Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers tuned in over the regular season.
"As a family run company Shaw understands the importance of staying connected to our communities and to local events," said Shaw president Peter Bissonnette, in the announcement. "Our coverage of the 2009 WHL season drew more than…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking for input on whether it may conduct Canadian ownership and control reviews on a public basis, as opposed to a confidential basis, in certain instances.
Telus sent a letter to the Commission on April 20, 2009 asking it to conduct “an open and transparent process” to review whether wireless newcomer Globalive Wireless Management is under Canadian ownership and control, as required by section 16 of the Telecommunications Act. Shaw sent a letter two days later in support of Telus’ request.
But Globealive opposed the move, saying the Commission has a “longstanding practice” of conducting…
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TORONTO – While there have been a number of suits spotted roaming through Canwest Global’s E! stations over the past few months, kicking the figurative tires at the local OTA outlets with the “For Sale” sign on them, some actual names have now been attached to potential suitors.
According to a number of sources on Wednesday, executives from Channel Zero (owners of specialty channels Movieola and Silver Screen Classics and film distributor Ouat Media) spent part of Wednesday afternoon at CHCH Hamilton closely inspecting the facility.
All bidders in such transactions are normally bound by non-disclosure agreements – and…
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SO I SET MY PVR to record about two and a half Saturday afternoon hours of CTV Newsnet (CTV News Channel, as of this morning) this past weekend in order to watch the charade I expected to see.
Heading into the weekend, viewers of CTVglobemedia properties were fed a steady dose of some very one-sided ads promoting the company’s cross-country open houses meant to help “save local TV”, along with a web site of which the best one can say tells a very incomplete story.
While it wasn’t the travesty I had assumed was coming (far from it, actually),…
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