OTTAWA – Former Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association senior vice-president and general counsel, Lori Assheton-Smith has launched her own business. This week she made official the establishment of Lori D. Assheton-Smith... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications announced a $300 million senior note offering to repay existing bank debt and for working capital. The company will sell the aggregate principal amount of 6.15%... Continue Reading
CALGARY – With voice customers growing at a good clip, Shaw Communications Thursday announced net income of $45.8 million in the second quarter, compared to net income of $5.7 million... Continue Reading
CALGARY - "It's not our problem that if someone's in TV and then they buy newspapers so now they don't make any money," said Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw, responding... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette said Thursday that the cable division is looking at launching network digital video recording service. The service would make personal video recording (PVR)... Continue Reading
LOS ANGELES – Full length episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Alias and Commander In Chief will be available on www.abc.go.com for free during a two-month trial, parent company Disney announced... Continue Reading
REGINA – Beginning next Saturday, Access Communications will show the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs exclusively to its cable customers. “We know our viewers across the province... Continue Reading
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CALGARY - Shaw Communications launched its digital phone service in St. Albert and Sherwood Park this week. Shaw's first cable signal was broadcast in Sherwood Park in 1971 when JR... Continue Reading
CALGARY - Shaw Cable announced today that it has signed a video on demand agreement with Warner Bros. The new deal increases Shaw's VOD library to over 2,000 titles, including... Continue Reading