CALGARY – Shaw Communications said today announced that it has agreed to buy the cable systems in Winfield, Lumby, Pender Island, Mayne Island, Galiano Island and Lillooet, B.C. from Mascon Communications.
The deal sees Shaw acquire about two-thirds of Mascon’s approximately 11,000 customers, leaving Mascon with systems in Sicamous, Chase and Sun Peaks.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are delighted with the acquisition of these B.C. cable systems", said Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw, in a release. "These cable systems complement our existing cable properties in and around Kelowna and the Gulf Islands."
"We are proud…
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CALGARY – The battle for workers in Alberta is holding things back a little at Shaw Communications, the company said today.
The company posted nice growth figures in the first quarter of the fiscal year, ended November 30, 2006, but during a conference call with financial analysts CEO Jim Shaw said "a tight labour market" means that the company’s telephone service is primarily sold via word of mouth because it can’t find enough installers in order to "hit the gas" on a mass-market campaign.
In Q1, consolidated service revenue of $671 million for the three month period was an…
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CALGARY – The Canadian Television Fund will lose a huge chunk of its funding this year since Shaw Communications has apparently told the CTF it will no longer contribute, says an Ottawa Citizen report.
According to the report, CEO Jim Shaw says he will no longer send the cable and satellite company’s contribution of $56 million to Ottawa this year.
Shaw says that until the fund is restructured, he will withhold the five per cent of his company’s revenues that legislation stipulates be used to support the production of Canadian TV shows.
Shaw has often said it would rather…
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CALGARY – Twenty years is a long time for one fire to burn.
Shaw Communications has rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its premier television event – the holiday fire log! "This blockbuster reunites the critically acclaimed fire log and hand that debuted 20 years ago this holiday season," says Shaw’s press release.
"Fire log fans of old and new will cozy up in front of their television sets this holiday season, and watch what critics are calling the finest holiday programming for all ages. Through the magic of television, Shaw customers will enjoy…
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CALGARY – Could it be any other way for Shaw?
The company has long been a proponent of deregulation on the broadcast and cable side of its businesses, so it would have been disingenuous for the company to come down on the side of those who want to maintain regulation in Canadian telecom.
On Tuesday, the day after Industry Minister Maxime Bernier’s well-publicized announcement which will see the feds override a CRTC decision and move towards deregulation of the local phone space, the western cableco said it "had reviewed Minister Bernier’s decision to vary the CRTC’s decision on local…
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CALGARY – Starting today, residents in areas of Kelowna and Kamloops, B.C. can access Shaw Communications’ voice over IP product, Shaw Digital Phone.
have an opportunity to make their home phone service better with Shaw’s reliable and fully featured digital phone service.
"As demand for Shaw Digital Phone increases, Shaw is dedicated to extending our reach across Western Canada to ensure more Canadians have a new choice for their home phone service," said company president Peter Bissonnette.
"Residents of Kelowna and Kamloops will now be able to join more than 212,000 Canadians who have made the switch to Shaw…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has launched a new Internet product for retailers that need an Internet connection for their direct payment terminals and to third party suppliers providing direct payment terminals to retailers.
Initially, Shaw Point of Sale Connect will be rolled out in all major Shaw markets within Western Canada and Northern Ontario.
"With Shaw Point of Sale Connect retail customers will no longer have to make their customers wait for their direct payment machines to dial-in for an Internet connection, and they will never face busy signals," said Shaw president Peter Bissonnette.
Shaw Point of Sale Connect…
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GATINEAU – If the CCTA was still around, it wouldn’t have been able to find consensus among its members for the CRTC’s TV Policy Review either.
While the schisms among the Canadian Association of Broadcasters members meant that association was unable to come up with a submission containing any consensus among its members, some of whom want large carriage fees for broadcasters, some who want small ones and some who oppose them altogether, fractures of opinion exist in the distributor world, too.
Two of the former Canadian Cable Television Association‘s largest members faced the Commission yesterday with diametrically…
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GATINEAU – After a two-day ad campaign by Shaw Communications that ran in numerous newspapers across the country prior to the company’s appearance at the CRTC’s TV Policy Review hearing Thursday morning, Commission vice-chair broadcasting, Michel Arpin, opened proceedings this morning by letting Shaw executives know he was not pleased.
The ads (which appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Victoria Times Colonist – which are all in Shaw Cable territories – as well as the Globe and Mail and National Post) asked Canadians to let the CRTC know whether or not…
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable has launched a digital simulcast of its channel lineup in Calgary and will start one in Edmonton on Tuesday.
Customers can also purchase a new digital-only set top box, Motorola’s DCT 700 for $98, if they wish.
With a Shaw Digital box customers will receive: access to more programming options; digital picture and sound; access to VOD and PPV); an on-screen interactive programming guide; and 40 commercial-free digital music stations.
"We continue to look for ways to provide our customers with the best viewing experience at consistent and affordable prices," said Peter Bissonnette, president of…
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