CALGARY – Richmond and White Rock, B.C. residents can now choose Shaw Digital Phone.
The service features unlimited anytime calling in Canada and the U.S., as well as 1,000 anytime international calling minutes per month to countries in Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.K. for one flat monthly rate.
Shaw Digital Phone is being offered at an introductory rate of only $29.95 per month for the first 3 months, and just $55/month after that, when bundled with any other Shaw service.
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CALGARY – Films by foreign directors which may have never before been seen in Canada are now available to Shaw Cable customers through Eurocinema.
Eurocinema is an on-demand service celebrating European and international film and "will provide Shaw customers access to feature works by legendary directors that have never before been seen in Canada," says the Shaw press release.
"Until now, regular access to foreign films has been somewhat limited in Canada," said Peter Bissonnette, president. "We’re thrilled to welcome Eurocinema to our video on demand line-up."
Eurocinema is available on over 50 cable TV systems serving nearly 10,000,000 subscribers….
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TORONTO – Kids Help Phone announced today it will enhance the organization’s online counselling services with the help of a $60,000 grant provided by Shaw Communications.
"Young people want and need our help in a variety of ways and it’s our responsibility to respond by expanding our services to meet that demand," said Bill Saul, president and CEO of Kids Help Phone. "It is only with the support of companies like Shaw Communications Inc. that Kids Help Phone can continue to be there by phone and online when young people across the country reach out for help."
Last year…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications announced a $300 million senior note offering to repay existing bank debt and for working capital.
The company will sell the aggregate principal amount of 6.15% senior unsecured notes, due May 2016, to a syndicate co-led by TD Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, which will resell the notes.
A preliminary short form prospectus has been filed with securities regulatory authorities in all Canadian provinces in connection with the sale of the notes.
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CALGARY – "It’s not our problem that if someone’s in TV and then they buy newspapers so now they don’t make any money," said Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw, responding to a question on the potential for retransmission fees being paid to Canadian broadcasters by MSOs.
During a conference call with financial analysts Thursday presenting the company’s second quarter financials, Shaw said he thought any CRTC TV policy review would have a light impact on cable and if any new fees arise, they would just be passed on through to cable customers anyway.
CanWest Global CEO Leonard Asper has…
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CALGARY – With voice customers growing at a good clip, Shaw Communications Thursday announced net income of $45.8 million in the second quarter, compared to net income of $5.7 million for the same quarter last year.
Net income for the first six months of the year, ended February 28th, was $121.5 million, up from $50.4 million last year.
Total service revenue (Shaw Cable plus Star Choice plus other services) of $611.2 million and $1.2 billion for the three and six month periods, respectively, improved 11% and 10% over the comparable periods last year. Consolidated service operating income before amortization…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications president Peter Bissonnette said Thursday that the cable division is looking at launching network digital video recording service.
The service would make personal video recording (PVR) capabilities available to any customer with a regular digital set top box as any recording would be done within the cable infrastructure and not on the consumer premises.
"We are very interested in the network PVR concept," said Bissonnette during a conference call Thursday.
While there are "switching and network congestion" issues that have to be worked out, he added, network DVR is something Shaw is testing.
Bissonnette gave…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications launched its digital phone service in St. Albert and Sherwood Park this week.
Shaw’s first cable signal was broadcast in Sherwood Park in 1971 when JR Shaw launched the company in Alberta, after moving there from London, Ont.
As a primary home line, Shaw Digital Phone offers unlimited local and long distance calling within Canada and the U.S. and a bundle of six popular calling features.
"Launching Digital Phone service in the community where our history as a company began is a great milestone," said Jim Shaw, CEO, in a release. "Since our first cable…
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CALGARY – Shaw Cable announced today that it has signed a video on demand agreement with Warner Bros.
The new deal increases Shaw’s VOD library to over 2,000 titles, including recent movies like: Must Love Dogs, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, North Country, Oscar nominated foreign film Paradise Now and Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire.
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CALGARY and FT. LAUDERDALE – American voice over IP provider Zingotel has filed a $1.2 million civil suit in Alberta against Shaw Communications.
Zingo, Inc. warned in January it would file a lawsuit, which it did late last week. It also said the CRTC can expect to hear from it as well. Zingo alleges that Shaw Communications CEO Jim Shaw personally told Corus Entertainment executives not to run ads for Zingotel’s service on any Corus channels, after Zingotel had booked the ads. The statement does not say which channels had the ads booked. Shaw and Corus are owned and…
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