CALGARY and TORONTO — Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications announced today they have reached an agreement for Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s issued and outstanding Class A and Class B shares in a transaction valued at approximately $26 billion.
The deal agreement will see Rogers pay $40.50 per share in cash, amounting to approximately $20 billion. The transaction total includes approximately $6 billion of Shaw debt.
The Shaw Family Living Trust has already agreed to vote in favour of the transaction, which still requires the approval of two thirds of votes cast by Class A and Class B shareholders at…
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TORONTO — The federal government “must dramatically reduce the regulatory burden on the telecommunications industry to accelerate 5G deployment,” says the newest report from the C.D. Howe Institute’s telecommunications policy working group – which includes top regulatory experts and executives from Canada’s biggest telecom companies, including Bell, Rogers, Telus, Shaw, Cogeco and Eastlink.
“Telecommunications providers face obstacles in gaining access rights to infrastructure for installing telecommunications facilities. These barriers, alongside difficulty navigating government incentive programs for expanded connectivity, could stall the federal government’s aim of extending high-speed internet coverage to 98 percent of households by 2026,” reads a press…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced the 10 nominees for the Juno Fan Choice Award, which this year is being presented by Shaw Communications’ Freedom Mobile.
New this year, Freedom Mobile has signed on as a lead sponsor of the 50th Annual Juno Awards and the new presenting partner of the fan choice award. TikTok is also joining as a new lead sponsor and has been named as the official voting platform where fans can vote for their favourite nominee directly in the app. In addition to voting via TikTok, other voting options…
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TORONTO and CALGARY — Today, on International Women’s Day, Hackergal announced in partnership with Shaw Communications it is launching a new student ambassador program in Western Canada and expanding its national hackathon program.
Both programs are designed “to raise awareness and generate enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and computer science education among girls in grades six-through-nine across the country,” reads the press release.
Hackergal was founded in 2015 to help bridge the gender gap in technology and computer science fields by introducing female students to coding through its hackathon programs. With Shaw Communications’ support, the Western Canadian Student…
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CALGARY – NBCUniversal’s all-reality streaming service hayu is now available on Shaw TV customers, the streamer announced today.
Reality TV fans based in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario can now access hayu’s 300 shows and 8,000 episodes, all streaming ad-free, via Shaw’s BlueCurve TV platform
“Partnering with Shaw to make hayu’s breadth of ad-free reality content more easily accessible across the prairie provinces and Ontario, builds on our ongoing growth strategy in Canada,” said Hendrik McDermott, managing director, hayu, in the press release.
For $5.99 per month, subscribers can enjoy new episodes of Watch What Happens Live with Andy…
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By Len St-Aubin
IN THE GUISE OF “broadcasting policy”, Bill C-10, An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act, is really about promoting Canadian content in online media. To do that, it would expand the Broadcasting Act to capture virtually all online (internet) audio and video.
My previous articles discussed how Bill C-10 and Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s forecast Cancon contributions risk highly problematic outcomes for Canadian broadcasting, for the internet in Canada and for Canadians. A third proposed an alternative approach.
This article returns to the impact on private sector television and revisits potential outcomes in light of market…
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VANCOUVER — Shaw Communications and the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) announced today they are joining forces to launch a new fundraising initiative to support 17 charitable organizations across British Columbia that are facing challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The initiative, “Brighter Communities powered by Shaw”, is a text-to-donate program which will support local children and youth-focused charities chosen by each of the 17 Canadian BCHL teams in their communities, says the press release.
From now until May 31, 2021, BCHL fans (no matter their wireless carrier) are encouraged to donate $10 to a local charity by texting 41010 with…
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CALGARY – The Get Real Movement, in partnership with Shaw Communications, today announced the expansion of its inclusivity and anti-racism workshops in British Columbia and Manitoba.
Get Real aims to bring dynamic, mentorship-led programming to more western Canadian students to help promote diversity, inclusion and acceptance among kids in grades six through eight.
“With a financial contribution from Shaw Communications, Get Real will engage and educate over 15,000 students through workshops co-developed with teachers and mental health professionals to showcase the lived experiences of diverse individuals and ally role models, and support the development of pride and acceptance,” reads the press…
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CALGARY – Shaw Business announced Thursday the launch of a new 1.5 Gbps speed tier “designed to give businesses of all sizes the speeds and bandwidth to leverage the data-heavy applications and cloud services they need to manage and grow their operations.”
New and existing customers can now access download speeds up to 1.5 Gbps through one of two plans — SmartWiFi Gig 1.5, which pairs these speeds with Shaw Business’ enterprise-grade Wi-Fi solution, or as a standalone plan with Business Internet Gig 1.5.
“Over the past year, businesses have increased their demand for access to fast and reliable internet connections….
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a big telecom appeal about the alleged incorrectness of the CRTC’s decision to reduce the cost for internet capacity purchased by smaller service providers.
The decision, announced Thursday, exhausts the legal routes for a challenge of the August 2019 rates that dramatically reduced the amount that smaller providers would need to spend to purchase network capacity from the larger players. The rates were never implemented because it was almost instantly appealed to the federal government, the courts, and the CRTC, which granted a pause on its own decision…
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