CALGARY – Despite hinting at its future wireless service, Shaw was short on details around when and how it may eventually introduce a mobile offering.
“During fiscal 2010 we also plan to take initial steps to commence wireless activities, with build out planned over the next several years", said CEO and vice chair Jim Shaw, in a press release Thursday morning that detailed the company’s first quarter results.
However, when asked about wireless during a conference call with media and industry analysts on Thursday afternoon, Shaw would only confirm that the company is focused on “fundamental issues” around the project…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications will repurchase for cancellation 1.5M of its outstanding Class B non-voting participating shares for an aggregate purchase price of just over $30 million.
The move represents approximately 0.36% of the Class B shares outstanding as at November 30, 2009. The transaction is expected to settle on December 21, 2009.
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CALGARY – For hometown hockey fans who can’t wait for the Olympics, Shaw will air the Mac’s AAA Midget Hockey Tournament finals on New Year’s Day.
The tournament, now in its 32nd year, will feature forty teams with players aged 15-17 from across North America, playing at arenas in Calgary. The men’s and women’s finals will be shown on Shaw and Shaw Direct as part of a two-year broadcast rights agreement.
"The Mac’s AAA Midget Hockey Tournament is a major event for the Calgary hockey community, drawing up to a hundred thousand spectators every year," said Shaw president Peter Bissonnette, in the…
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CALGARY and WINNPEG – Both Shaw and MTS have turned on their fire log channels in time for the holiday season.
Shaw’s holiday programming also includes the Shaw Christmas Tree, a 50-foot Colorado spruce decorated with more than 6,000 multi-coloured light bulbs and ornaments.
MTS has debuted a “triple blaze” fireplace this year, a virtual fireplace available on MTS TV, wireless, and Internet services.
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GATINEAU – The Shaw Communications legal team and the Commission share a difference of opinion.
Qu’elle surprise, you’re thinking.
However, the one that arose Wednesday as Shaw faced the Commission during 2009-614 (the hearing forced by an Order-In-Council that will inform a report to the Heritage Ministry on establishing a value for signal regime for local broadcasters) was a different conflict than some of the others we’ve followed between Shaw and the Regulator.
In its opener on Wednesday afternoon, Shaw’s SVP regulatory, Jean Brazeau, insisted that the CRTC can not issue a policy ruling on the hearing held last month on setting…
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CALGARY – Shaw will purchase for cancellation 1.5 million its outstanding Class B non-voting participating shares.
The transaction, which is expected to settle on December 9, has an aggregate purchase price of $29.74 million.
It represents about 0.36% of the Class B shares outstanding as at November 30, 2009.
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CALGARY – Shaw intends to purchase for cancellation 1.5 million of its outstanding Class B non-voting participating shares for an aggregate purchase price of almost $28 million.
This represents approximately 0.36% of its outstanding Class B shares as at October 31, 2009.
The private purchase was made under an issuer bid exemption order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission. The transaction is expected to settle on November 26, 2009.
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable and its satellite brethren Shaw Direct added a number of new programming services to their respective lineups this week.
Shaw Direct will launch History HD later this month, bringing its HD channel total to 58. The channel will be added to its ‘HD Extra’ theme package.
Shaw Cable expanded its cultural programming with the addition of TV Polonia, Commonwealth Broadcasting Network, and TLN en Espanol.
The company also added Treehouse video-on-demand for its digital cable customers, and family entertainment channel Nickelodeon to its cable and satellite lineups.
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CALGARY – Shaw has re-launched its video-on-demand website to make it easier for its customers to order movies and sporting events
In addition to the new look and feel, Shaw said in a press release that its digital TV customers will also experience improved search capabilities, filtering and sorting.
Shaw also announced that Super Channel subscribers will be able to access Super Channel VOD through the new website beginning November 3, 2009.
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has issued $650 million worth of senior unsecured notes which the company said could be put towards investments in wireless.
The net proceeds of the offering will be also used for “general corporate purposes, working capital and capital expenditures”, Shaw said in a statement. The senior notes will be made available in Canada and the U.S. and closing is scheduled for November 9, 2009.
Moody’s Investors Service assigned a rating of Baa3 to the notes. Shaw’s senior unsecured debt rating is also Baa3 and its ratings outlook is stable.
"We believe that a wireless product is strategically important to…
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