CALGARY – From bucket lists to wedding proposals, Shaw TV is shaking up its community TV schedule by launching five new national shows as part of its fall lineup of local programming.
"We continue to deliver unique and diverse local community programming exclusively to our Shaw Cable customers," said Peter Bissonnette, President, Shaw Communications Inc. "This fall, viewers can look forward to compelling in-house and community-produced dramas that look to engage viewers like never before."
Make it Happen – Everyone has a dream and Shaw TV is making things happen for Canadians each weeknight…
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CALGARY- Children 12 and under can now cast votes for their favorite TV show through the 8th annual Shaw Rocket Prize and possibly win a $2,500 scholarship.
The Shaw Rocket Prize is one of the key initiatives of the Shaw Rocket Fund, a not-for-profit corporation that focuses on excellence in the production of children's programming. With an award of $50,000, the Shaw Rocket Prize is presented each year to an independently-produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program and its associated digital content.
By voting, children 12 and under are entered to win one of…
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OTTAWA – Allarco Entertainment, owner of SuperChannel, has lost its bid to have Shaw Communications’ Movie Club and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central banned by the CRTC. At the heart of the complaint was a dispute over whether on-demand programming offered by Shaw Movie Club can be considered an on-demand extension of its linear service if it does not duplicate all of its linear programming.
The CRTC decision is a welcome one for Shaw which launched its Movie Club service last year in direct response to the increasing competition from…
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TORONTO – FX Canada debuts today on Shaw and Shaw Direct where subscribers can now view exclusive programming including award-winning series American Horror Story and Louie, cult comedies The League and Wilfred, and late-night shows Brand X with Russell Brand and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.
FX Canada is available to Shaw subscribers in standard definition on channel 156 (channel…
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CALGARY – Shaw NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers can now view up to 14 NFL games on their iPads with the Shaw Go: NFL Sunday Ticket app.
Available in iPad app store, the Shaw Go: NFL Sunday Ticket app provides Shaw NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers with live broadcasts of up to 14 NFL regular season games in HD each Sunday afternoon along with interactive features, such as instant replay and play-by-play summaries.
The app is available as a value added service to…
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OTTAWA – In a battle of GOs, Telus is charging Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications of conspiring to block its efforts to stream Movie Central/HBO content to its Optik On The Go customers, which competes directly now with Shaw`s GO TV Everywhere service.
Telus filed a complaint with the CRTC last week saying Telus has tried unsuccessfully for nearly a year to acquire the premium content for its Optik on the go service from Corus, to no avail.
“Corus is offering in-home, out-of-home and on-the-go access to Movie Central…
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MONTREAL – An American consortium of cable companies which have banded together to let their customers roam freely on each others’ Wi-Fi networks may soon gain a Canadian partner.
Earlier this year (as reported on by Cartt.ca from the Cable Show in Boston), a number of U.S. MSOs forged a new partnership to let their respective customers share 50,000 wireless hotspots for free when they travel. When traveling outside their home markets, high-speed Internet subscribers of the participating companies (Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House) will look for the “CableWiFi” network and through…
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MONTREAL – While one large, vertically integrated Canadian media and distribution company vehemently told commissioners why it opposes Bell’s Astral purchase another, Shaw Communications, went before the CRTC right after Quebecor to say it did not see any reason why the deal should be denied.
“Strong, efficient and diversified operators will enhance the system by providing consumer choice, value and innovation,” Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette told the panel Tuesday morning.
Vice-chair broadcasting Tom Pentefountas, however, wondered if a combined Bell-Astral was too big for Shaw – big enough to allow it to corner the market on movies and the top-rated…
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TORONTO – Travel+Escape has announced an expansion into 1.8 million Shaw homes across Canada beginning this September through Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct carriers.
Beginning September 5 with Shaw Cable and September 6 with Shaw Direct, the new deal will increase the number of total Travel+Escape subscribers nationally to 2.7 million.
“We’re thrilled to bring Travel+Escape's new slate of original and exclusive travel-themed programming to so many more Shaw customers,” said Raja Khanna, CEO, Television & Digital, Blue Ant Media.
Travel+Escape is the destination for travel themed programming including hit series The Lonely Planet, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and The Layover, Scam…
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OTTAWA – Shaw Television has received the CRTC’s permission to move forward with its plans to launch British Columbia’s first all-news channel.
The English-language Category B service, which was green-lit by the Commission on Friday, will be called Global News: BC 1 and programming will include “a mix of local and regional news, traffic, weather, business, sports and entertainment information devoted to serving residents of British Columbia, with a special focus on the Vancouver/Victoria Extended Market”, according to its application.
In response to an intervention by Victoria-based local broadcaster CHEK-TV, the CRTC imposed a condition of licence that precludes Global News:…
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