TORONTO – Just in time for viewers to catch-up on hits like Big Brother Canada and Vikings, Shaw Media said Wednesday that it is the first private broadcaster in Canada to offer closed captioning capabilities on its websites.
The captioning spans over 1,300 accessible full episodes across Global and the company’s entertainment and specialty properties, with more enabled content added daily. The new functionality is activated by clicking a ‘CC’ option during the video playback on Shaw Media brand websites.
"Ensuring our content is accessible has always been a priority at Shaw Media and we are excited to be providing the…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media’s Andrew Eddy is off to Harvard in June as this year’s recipient of the CTAM Canada Fellowship Award, also known as CTAM U.
Eddy (pictured) is vice president content distribution with Shaw Media where he has been actively involved in building Shaw’s portfolio of lifestyle, factual and dramatic specialty channels as well as steering TV Everywhere initiatives. Prior to joining Shaw, he held a number of senior roles with Corus Entertainment, including VP content distribution and strategy and VP and general manager for Movie Central/HBO Canada.
An active participant in the wider industry, he has previously served…
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TORONTO – Shaw Media launched the new History Go app Thursday, just in time for season two of the hit series Vikings which airs Thursdays at 10:00 PM ET/PT, beginning February 27.
Available on iOS, Android, and history.ca, History Go offers History subscribers almost 300 hours of programming, including season one of Vikings, and popular series Yukon Gold, Ice Pilots NWT and Pawn Stars. The app is available now with Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers and several CCSA distributors, and will be available to Telus Optik TV and Cogeco Cable Canada subscribers next month.
“History Go is a strong addition to Shaw’s…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is opening up its Shaw Go WiFi network this week to make it even easier to cheer on our Canadian athletes in Sochi.
From 11:59 PM MT on Wednesday, February 19 to 11:59 PM MT on Sunday, February 23, Canadians within Shaw’s footprint may gain complimentary Shaw Go WiFi access on their smartphone, laptop, tablet or mobile device by selecting WiFi and then choosing the ShawGoCanada network.
Complimentary access will allow for complete connectivity at all 30,000 Shaw Go WiFi hot spots, which stretch from Victoria, BC to Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Shaw customers may continue to…
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WHISTLER, B.C. – While Rogers, Shaw and Telus say they are supportive of an a-la-carte channel environment, executives from each company offered up some cautionary advice during CIBC’s annual Whistler Institutional Investors conference last week.
Speaking at the event January 23, Steve Wilson, Shaw’s executive vice-president of corporate development and CFO, acknowledged the industry realizes that consumers want more choice, and from his company’s point of view, it’s about giving them the ability to access content in a variety of ways. There also needs to be consideration given to the impact that has on the Canadian broadcasting system and the…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications said Tuesday that it is offering $500 million principal amount of 4.35% senior notes due 2024 and $300 million principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2016.
The net proceeds of this offering will be used for repayment or redemption of the $600 million principal amount of senior notes due June 2, 2014 and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Closing is scheduled to occur on January 31, 2014. Based on the closing purchase price, the effective yield of the 2024 notes, if held to maturity, is 4.353%. The 2016 notes will bear interest at an…
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WHILE THE CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTION television market is at the beginning of a decade-long decay, growth is still in the cards for cable and telecom companies in Canada thanks to the world’s shift to broadband, says a new report from Scotiabank.
The report, entitled “Embrace the Evolution” (whose cover photo is pictured) says thanks to broadband internet “the growth outlook is bright” for telcos and cablecos (1%-1.5% revenue growth and 2.5%-3.5% in EBITDA growth), due partially to more predictability on the capital expenditure front – and the concentration on more profitable broadband products and services.
However, it won’t be pretty on the…
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CALGARY – While Shaw Communications reported a 4.3% increase in first quarter profits, it also lost close to 30,000 cable customers for the period ended November 30, 2013.
In a media briefing on Tuesday afternoon, CEO Brad Shaw blamed the customer loss on promotional activities staged by an “aggressive competitor”.
“We have a 98% overlap of IPTV within our market with Telus. I think when you look (at) North America, we have the biggest overlap from a competitive point of view”, he said. “If we wanted to go out this quarter and get 80,000 revenue generating units, we could certainly do…
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CALGARY – Shaw has added the A&E app to its TV Everywhere content library Shaw Go.
The new app gives Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers who subscribe to A&E instant access to programming like Duck Dynasty, Storage Wars and Rodeo Girls including behind-the-scenes interviews and footage never before shown on television.
The A&E app is available now for all iOS, Android and Kindle devices, and is also available online.
"The launch of the A&E app is another step in our continued dedication to providing our customers choice in how and where they wish to access their favourite programs and content," said…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications is helping to keep kids entertained this holiday season with the launch of the Shaw Go Treehouse and Shaw Go YTV apps.
Available for all iOS and Android devices, the apps give Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct subscribers on-the-go access to their favourite Treehouse and YTV programs – including SpongeBob SquarePants, Toopy and Binoo and Dora the Explorer – at no extra cost.
After authenticating their account at first use, Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers who subscribe to Treehouse and YTV will be given instant access to an extensive catalogue of kids content. Both apps feature…
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