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.
www.shaw.ca
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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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CALGARY – Shaw Digital Cable customers on Vancouver Island can now order video on demand content through their set top boxes, the company announced Monday.
While the company has offered VOD to the market for over two years now, customers had to order movies on line and be Shaw high speed Internet customers to access the ordering portal.
They can now use their remote controls to do it.
www.shaw.ca
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CALGARY – Shaw is keeping the home fires burning for the holidays again. Yesterday it put its virtual fireplace on screen on Shaw Digital Digest, and analog customers can cozy up to the TV fire starting Dec. 24.
The tradition began in 1999 at its operations in Victoria, which put the image of a wood-burning fire as a sort of screensaver on one channel. When it was removed to make way for regular programming, the cableco was flooded with calls from viewers who missed its warm fuzzy feeling. The fire soon spread to Shaw operations across Western Canada.
"The…
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