VANCOUVER – Not wanting to let Shaw have the news all to itself this week, Telus announced today that it will build a brand new $15 million digital headend north of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
The headend, which will be operational by this summer, will deliver Telus TV to subscribers in B.C. and Alberta.
It will initially provide Telus TV customers with more than 200 video and audio channels once it is fully operational – growing to well over 300 channels within a year. In addition to eight satellite dishes, with room for three more, Telus is installing Internet…
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CHUM WILL BE SOLD. Shaw, too. Telus will buy Bell. Foreign ownership rules will be abolished. CRTC regs, too.
Now those are some seriously fearless predictions for the new year. They’re all poppycock, too. Made ’em up (although a couple could happen).
The slowdown time during the 14 days or so around Christmas and New Years (and Hanukkah, too), coupled with the fact that a new year is beginning, spawns all sorts of lists and predictions and reviews in the media. I didn’t want to be left out, but I didn’t want to try to add to the M&A…
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FT. LAUDERDALE – New U.S.-based VOIP provider ZingoTel made a vague reference today about taking legal action against Canadian cable company Shaw Communications.
In a press release touting the Canadian launch of its C$29.95 unlimited North American calling plan, it said “ZingoTel is set to take on cable giant Shaw Cable over its refusal to run paid ZingoTel TV ads; ZingoTel’s legal firm believes it is due to ZingoTel’s low priced service and the effects that it may have on Shaw’s VoIP subscriber base,” says the release.
ZingoTel did not respond to a request made by www.cartt.ca today for…
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OF COURSE, UNLESS I CRAWL into the head of JR Shaw and probe his synapses – or see him in a law firm signing documents with Michael Sabia – neither I nor anyone else can answer the question in the headline.
Same goes with all of the Canadian media and cable companies, actually, all of which are controlled by their founding families. No one can really know what’s going on until it happens. Hostile takeovers are impossible.
But, the rumors surrounding Shaw Communications have reached a fever pitch over the past few months. They’re too loud to ignore. In…
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CALGARY – Fans of Japanese-style animation can now access Anime Network on Shaw Cable’s video on demand platform.
Shaw Digital TV customers can now get up to 20 hours of anime content for $4.99 per month with Shaw VOD. The new monthly SVOD package includes anime series with weekly episodic updates. Anime Network will continue to provide anime features and live-action Asian films at $4.99 each through Shaw Video On Demand.
Shaw viewers will continue to enjoy the popular top titles from the large library of Anime Network including Neon Genesis Evangelion and Samurai X. Also included in the…
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable added Leafs TV to its Northwestern Ontario cable systems this week.
Digital customers in Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie, Dryden, Fort Frances, and Atikokan can enjoy 24/7/365 Toronto Maple Leaf games, news, highlights and insights.
Thanks to National Hockey League territory rules, Shaw isn’t allowed to launch the service in its major western markets.
Leafs TV will be available on a free preview for all Shaw Digital customers until the end of the year.
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CALGARY – The Western Hockey League and Shaw Communication announced today that 26 WHL 2005-06 regular season games will be broadcast throughout Western Canada beginning in January, 2006 on Shaw Cable.
In addition to the 26 regular season games from the junior hockey league, one full series in each of the four rounds in the 2006 WHL playoffs will also be broadcast throughout Western Canada on Shaw TV, says the press release.
The WHL games on SHAW will be broadcast primarily on a province-wide basis and will feature key rivals in the WHL’s Canadian based B.C., Central and East…
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JUST IN TIME FOR Christmas, www.cartt.ca has given away a 42” HDTV. We did the draw Friday evening and the winner is Nigel Fuller, regional vice-president, CHUM Television Ontario (right).
Second prize, the iPod nano, is going to Rick Fraser v-p marketing at Access Communications.
As for the 50 winners of signed copies of the children’s book M is for Maple. They are:
Brad Phillips, Citytv Vancouver Gordon Lee, CTV Specialty Victor Haddad, Milk River Cable Club, Georgina Schnubb, Masset-Haida TV Society Steve Ward, Grand Bend Cable TV Brett Manlove, CanWest MediaWorks Sam Fiander. Ramea Broadcasting Richard French, CRTC Glenn O’Farrell, CAB…
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WINNIPEG – Shaw Communications announced on Friday it will hire 100 new employees to staff a new national call centre in Winnipeg.
The call centre will serve as a national overflow centre to handle customer calls and inquiries from across Western Canada. The company didn’t say when the hires will be made or when the new call centre will be ready.
"Winnipeg is a natural fit for this new call centre; it is an important and competitive market, it is a strong economy with a skilled workforce, and we are proud to make this significant investment,” said Peter Bissonnette, president…
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CANADA’S CABLE AND SATELLITE companies want one thing when it comes to high definition television: More.
More HD channels. More HD content. More HD Canadian content. In the larger markets at least, HDTV set owners are increasingly tuning to their HD channels only, taking advantage of their big, bright, new toy. They, in turn, are beginning to apply some pressure on their cable company or satellite provider to make more channels available.
“Demand is high,” says the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance’s legal counsel Chris Edwards. “Everyone is looking to get as much high def as they can get.” The…
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