CALGARY – Shaw’s Pink Shirt Day initiative has helped to raise more than $750,000 for bullying prevention programs in schools across Canada.
This year, for every social media post using #PinkShirtPromise, Shaw made charitable donations to the Canadian Red Cross, The WITS Programs Foundation, and other charitable organizations working to end bullying. With three times as many Canadians sharing their promises this year, including celebrities, athletes, and government officials, Shaw's donation of over $750,000 will see bullying prevention programs reach over 450 schools and 400,000 kids over the next three years.
"This year, Shaw's #PinkShirtPromise campaign struck a deep chord among Canadians…
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CALGARY – Former Shaw Media exec Christine Shipton has been named chair of the board of directors of the Shaw Rocket Fund, replacing the retiring Annabel Slaight.
Funded by contributions from Shaw Communications and Shaw Direct, the Shaw Rocket Fund is a not-for-profit corporation that focuses on stimulating excellence in the Canadian children's production industry in Canada through equity investment and industry initiatives such as the Shaw Rocket Prize and Startoon, an online development program for animators.
A seasoned television executive with experience in both production and broadcast organizations, Shipton (pictured) was most recently SVP of content for Shaw Media. She…
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CALGARY – Shaw said Tuesday that it has closed its offering of C$300 million principal amount of 3.80% senior notes due March 1, 2027.
The senior notes were made available in Canada under Shaw's previously filed shelf prospectus pursuant to an agency agreement with TD Securities Inc. acting as sole bookrunner.
The net proceeds of this offering, together with cash on hand, will be used to repay the C$400 million principal amount of senior notes of the Corporation due March 2, 2017.
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is thinking pink with a new campaign that aims to shut down bullying.
The Calgary-based company has pledged to donate $1 to bullying prevention programs in Canada for every social media post using #PinkShirtPromise from now to Pink Shirt Day on February 22.
Now in its third year, the #PinkShirtPromise campaign has seen thousands of Canadians make commitments to join the movement against bullying. This year, Shaw will be supporting the Canadian Red Cross program Beyond the Hurt which educates Canadian youth in grades 6-12 through training and certifying Youth Facilitators in schools and youth-serving organizations.
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VANCOUVER – Shaw introduced its new voice-controlled platform BlueSky TV to customers in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland on Wednesday.
Using Comcast’s X1 platform, Shaw BlueSky TV combines an easy-to-use interface featuring voice-activated navigation, with content recommendations, customized apps, and social media features. It also offers access to all of a user's content in one place, including live programming, PVR recordings, on-demand shows, and TV Everywhere services.
Shaw premiered the service in Calgary last month and said it plans to roll it out to its various markets in the coming months.
"Shaw BlueSky TV is already changing the way customers watch…
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CALGARY – The demise of streaming service shomi weighed heavily on first quarter profits at Shaw Communications, which saw net income plunge by almost 60%.
For the three month period ended November 30, 2016, Shaw posted net income of $89 million, well below the $218 million reported in Q1 2016, due to a $107 million charge from the wind down of shomi, its joint venture with Rogers Communications. Net income this quarter also reflects a decrease in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the amount of $80 million due to the sale of its Corus Media division last…
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X1-powered, voice-controlled
CALGARY – Shaw Communications upped the ante in Canada’s television and broadband market Wednesday, launching a new voice-controlled platform it has dubbed BlueSky TV.
Using Comcast’s X1 platform, Shaw BlueSky TV includes a remote that follows viewers’ voice prompts to access content, whether live, recorded on their DVR, available on-demand or offered through an over-the-top service. Customers may also use the voice remote to search for content by actor, genre, or a famous movie quote, or may ask "what's trending?" to activate its database of popular selections and what's trending on social media.
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TORONTO – Corus Entertainment’s acquisition of Shaw Media appears to paying off as the company reported a 72% lift in profits and a 105% jump in revenues for its first quarter ended November 30, 2016.
The company said Wednesday that net income attributable to shareholders for the quarter was $71.1 million, up from the $41.3 million posted in the same period last year, which includes business acquisition, integration and restructuring costs of $13.2 million. Adjusting for the impact of these items resulted in an adjusted net income attributable to shareholders of $80.8 million.
Consolidated revenues for the quarter of $468.0 million…
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TORONTO – Freedom Mobile today announced the launch of Freedom Wi-Fi, a service that connects customers to over 65,000 Shaw Go WiFi hotspots across Western Canada.
Beginning today with this free trial, Freedom Mobile customers can supplement their mobile phone plans with access to the Freedom Wi-Fi trial. Freedom Mobile is owned by Shaw Communications.
"Freedom Wi-Fi leverages the expanse and power of the country's largest Wi-Fi network, Shaw Go WiFi, to provide our customers with even greater value," said Freedom Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic in a press release. "Along with the launch of our LTE…
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KENORA and GATINEAU – Shaw Communications has filed a letter with the CRTC this month letting the Commission know it has withdrawn its application to renew the broadcast license of CJBN-TV Kenora, its local TV station serving the northwestern Ontario community, and that it plans to shutter the station.
A Global Television affiliate which airs a schedule pretty close to Global TV’s Winnipeg station, CJBN also offers some local programming including a half hour show called Good Morning Sunset Country and another called Fishing with Gussy.
CJBN, which serves the 15,000 people of Kenora and some of the surrounding region, was…
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