HALIFAX – Customers want to know they have choice in their TV channel lineups and programming selection, even if they don’t really intend to exercise that choice, EastLink co-CEO Dan McKeen told almost 50 people Monday morning at the first-ever CTAM Canada East Coast breakfast (which was sold out).
Held between EastLink’s very popular CSR programming training day on Sunday and the Nova Scotia cable company’s much-anticipated Fall Classic golf tournament Monday afternoon, the morning CTAM session saw a pair of programmers (Corus Entertainment VP Lisa Lyons and Turner Networks’ Doug Lindauer) face a pair of operators (McKeen and…
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CALGARY – Western Hockey League games will continue to be shown on Shaw Television for the next three years.
The channel will air at least 24 regular season games across Western Canada this year and as many playoff games as possible.
“We have a great partnership with the WHL and are very pleased to extend our broadcast agreement out to and including the 2009 – 2010 season,” said Peter Bissonnette, President, Shaw Communications Inc. “At Shaw our vision is to deliver our customers an exceptional customer experience. The coverage of Western Hockey League games is a prime example of…
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CALGARY – The Shaw Rocket Fund is calling for entries to its $50,000 prize for the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program.
The juried prize celebrates the best in programs aimed at youth 13 to 17 years, as well as programs targeted at families. Shows of any genre, format, and length are welcome to apply.
The deadline for entry is Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. Mountain Time. Entry details are online here.
The entries will be judged by a jury international panellists within the children’s broadcasting or production industries from five countries. The jury will select finalists,…
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IT’S NO WONDER THERE couldn’t be a CAB submission to the CRTC on the TV policy review.
While there is some agreement on what must be done to alter the course of conventional television in Canada, along side the regularly substantial chasms in opinion between the usual suspects – distributors and broadcasters – there are also substantial variances between fellow broadcasters on what must be done to secure the future of conventional television stations and companies.
So, for this most important of policy reviews, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters had to step aside and tell its members that since…
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CALGARY – "Every 96 seconds we are installing a new Shaw Digital Phone customer," said Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw Communications, in kicking off the company’s fall marketing campaign pushing its new telephony service even harder.
Shaw is attacking in most of its major markets, including Winnipeg where MTS has taken thousands of Shaw Cable customers who chose to go with MTS TV.
Shaw’s Digital Phone service includes unlimited calls to Canada and the U.S., 1000 international calling minutes per month to Europe, the U.K., and Asia Pacific, as well as six calling features, all for one flat monthly…
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CALGARY – Following recent announcements that Survivor: Cook Islands will be available on pay-per-view on Bell ExpressVu and on video on demand with Rogers Cable, Shaw Communications announced its own agreement with CBS Paramount International to provide the reality series on demand.
Each episode will be available for several days after the initial television broadcast on Thursday nights on Global Television.
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GRAVENHURST, Ont. – As the only cable gathering in the country now, the 13th annual Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting has this year attracted over 250 delegates, up from 180 last year.
Kicking off Sunday at the Taboo Resort with a relaxed, well-attended president’s reception, the AGM continued Monday morning with a four-hour table top trade show. Some of the vendors used the trade show to reveal a few new products aimed at the small cable system market (even though a couple of folks from Rogers and Cogeco also made the trip north).
TVC Canada unveiled its…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has announced faster upload and download speeds for its High-Speed Lite service, making it up to 10 times faster than traditional dial-up.
Its download speed has doubled from 128 Kbps to 256 Kbps. The upgrade will be automatic and free to all High-Speed Lite customers. Shaw is also offering the service for $19.95 a month for the first six months, for a limited time.
"Our customers continue to choose Shaw because of our commitment to service and delivery quality," said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications. "The Internet landscape is constantly evolving and Shaw is committed…
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SASKATOON – Shaw Cable’s community channel in Saskatoon is boosting its morning presence, perhaps to better compete with other BDUs like SaskTel’s Max TV.
Shaw TV Channel 10 will air local weather information updated every 10 minutes from Environment Canada. It will also simulcast live broadcasts of 650 CHOM on weekday mornings, airing the Rawlco station’s popular morning drive shows The Brent Loucks Show and John Gormley Live. There will also be live traffic and weather cameras providing up-to-the-minute information. Shaw will also produce daily magazine segments featuring local events, personalities, and issues.
“Shaw has a history of providing…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications launched its voice over IP-delivered Shaw Digital Phone service in New Westminster, B.C. this week.
"Shaw has recently made available its digital phone service to a variety of communities in the Greater Vancouver Area, and we are thrilled to extend our residential phone service to New Westminster," said Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw Communications, in a release.
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