OTTAWA – The CRTC has given Shaw Communications the green light to eliminate the rules that require it to keep its DTH service Shaw Direct structurally separate from its corporate sibling Shaw Cable.
In Wednesday’s decision, the Commission noted that the distribution market has become “significantly more competitive” than when the conditions of licence in question were imposed. (Ed note: at that time, some 14 years ago, DTH BDUs were new players in the distribution market and Shaw was the only owner of terrestrial BDU, DTH and SRDU holdings).
The CRTC agreed with Shaw that the rules may place…
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CALGARY – Shaw Direct is adding to its lineup of sports and lifestyle channels.
Viewers may now tune in to the SD or HD version of TVA Sports, or check out Mlle, the first French-language fashion, beauty and wellness channel developed for women.
RDS2 will launch in SD and HD on October 7, followed by regional network TSN Canadiens on October 13th, just in time to kick off the Canadiens’ season opener versus the Calgary Flames.
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable will carry both regular season and playoff matchups during its eighth season as the official regional cable broadcaster of the Western Hockey League.
Regular season coverage kicks off September 22 and will include 32 games. The WHL on Shaw will also showcase the 2012 WHL playoffs, including the full series in each of the four rounds plus the WHL championship series as the final teams battle for the Ed Chynoweth Cup.
WHL coverage can be seen across Shaw’s cable systems in western Canada on Shaw TV and on channel 299 on Shaw Direct.
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CALGARY and WINNIPEG – Fans of Canada’s newest NHL hockey team may now catch the Winnipeg Jets games on Shaw Cable, Shaw Direct or MTS.
Available on Shaw and Shaw Direct starting September 20 for the inaugural pre-season Jets game in Winnipeg, TSN Jets will be available to customers on free preview until December 1st in both standard and high definition. The subscription will then be available for the remainder of the season for $9.95 per month.
MTS TV customers will be able to watch the new channel on free preview until October 31st, and starting October 3rd, sign up for…
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TORONTO – Three month old Shaw Premium Audience Network (S.P.A.N.) has added CBS.com, TV.com and CNBC.com to its roster of partner sites, which also includes exclusive digital representation agreements with NBC and A+E Networks.
S.P.A.N. is built on Shaw Media’s own broadcast digital properties, including FoodNetwork.ca, GlobalTV.com, HGTV.ca and Showcase.ca, as well as a growing number of partner sites such as AccessHollywood.com, BravoTV.com, MyLifetime.com, and SyFy.com.
Wednesday’s announcement said that S.P.A.N has nearly tripled its on-line reach from 2.2 million to 6.2 million unique visitors since launch, offering advertisers an array of custom…
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CALGARY and SAN JOSE – Shaw Communications’ new Wi-Fi network will provide customers with a far better on-the-go-broadband option than cellular or the hotspot hodge-podge available at coffee shops far and wide, says its network equipment provider.
The big western broadband, cable and TV company announced today what many already knew, that it has chosen Cisco to deploy an “extensive and advanced Wi-Fi network” in Western Canada to provide broadband wireless access to its customers.
The broadband wireless network will be available to Shaw customers in various markets (beginning in the spring in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton) where Wi-Fi access…
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WITH CEO BRAD SHAW telling us a few weeks ago that Shaw Communications will have an announcement on its wireless intentions before Labour Day weekend, the speculation is that the company will finally reveal what it plans to do on the wireless front sometime today (Sept. 1).
Besides, who wants to bury such news the Friday (tomorrow) before the last long weekend of the summer.
Back in the winter, Shaw Communications decided to stop its traditional wireless build and reassess its options. Some thought a partnership with Rogers was in the works, others were speculating on the purchase by Shaw…
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CALGARY – As reported by Cartt.ca, Shaw Communications today announced that after a months-long strategic review of the wireless business opportunity, it has decided to set aside a traditional wireless build and go Wi-Fi.
The Wi-Fi option was something discussed in a recent Scotia Captial research report which we detailed here in early August.
“We have now completed a thorough strategic review of the wireless business opportunity including the potential value of wireless in the traditional cable bundle, the rapid evolution of wireless technologies, the capital needed to build a competitive wireless network (including additional spectrum requirements), recent changes…
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CALGARY – While Shaw Communications’ decision to step back from spending what could have been a billion dollars on a traditional wireless build seems like a good idea to most, blanketing its cable footprint with Wi-Fi instead has left some perplexed.
Earlier this year, a combination of factors led executives at Shaw to drop anchor on its sail into the rough wireless waters. Buffeted by fast-blowing winds like the rapid development of LTE, the costs to build what was, at the start, an HSDPA net, and the trouble the other wireless newcomers like Wind, Videotron and Mobilicity were having…
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CALGARY – Shaw Direct added 13 new local channels to its basic service in markets across the country on Monday.
The new channels include Global Regina, Okanagan, and Maritimes (Saint John); CTV Kitchener and Saskatoon; CityTV Winnipeg; and CBC Charlottetown.
French-language offerings include TVA Abitibi; SRC Trois Rivieres and Regina; Montreal’s multilingual Metro14; Teletoon Retro French; and TFO which will be available August 29.
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