CE N’EST PAS UNE SURPRISE pour personne vivant au milieu rural: les difficultés d’accéder à une connexion internet à haut débit sont une casse-tête depuis longtemps. Les résidents et commerçants des communautés rurales au Manitoba en souffrent. “Le manque d’accès à une connexion internet rapide et fiable nuit à la croissance économique dans les communautés rurales et éloignées,” est-il écrit dans l’hebdo agriculturel The Western Producer, dans un exposé de 2017 intitulé “Out of Touch” (Hors Contact).
“Des fermiers, des entrepreneurs et des résidents en milieu rural ont dénoncé le service…
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CALGARY – Shaw has rolled out a faster Internet plan known as Internet 300 that offers unlimited data plus doubles its fastest residential speeds.
According to Shaw’s website, Internet 300 offers download speeds of up to 300 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps, unlimited data, an advanced WiFi modem rental, plus access to over 100,000 Shaw Go WiFi hotspots while on the go.
The plan is available for an introductory offer of $55 per month for the first six months on a price-guaranteed two year ValuePlan. The monthly price jumps to $105 per month for the remaining 18…
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CALGARY – Shaw Business has launched SmartWiFi 300 and Business Internet 300 — two new Internet plans designed to provide faster speeds and the unlimited data that businesses need to run their operations while keeping more of their customers’ devices connected.
Business Internet 300 offers download speeds of up to 300 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 30 Mbps, making it easier for business employees to share files through cloud storage services, video conference with colleagues and operate point of sale systems more effectively, the company said Tuesday. The plan is available at a promotional rate of $110 per…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications has named former B.C. premier Christy Clark to its board of directors.
Clark (pictured) served as an MLA for nine years, and held Cabinet positions for four of those years before becoming premier in 2011 through 2017. In 2005 she worked in the media sector as a columnist and commentator, and host of a radio show on Vancouver’s CKNW.
"We are very honoured to have Christy join us as a Board member”, said executive chair JR Shaw, in the announcement. “She brings to our Board a breadth and depth of relationships across Canada, both from politics and business,…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications lost more cable and internet subscribers than anticipated during its third quarter, and reported a $91 million loss, while adding a large number of wireless customers.
In a conference call with the financial community after the release of its Q3 results, Shaw executives pointed to the ongoing restructuring of its organizational operations for the disappointing quarter.
The $91 million loss was attributed to a $284 million charge related to its investment in Corus Entertainment. Corus took a large write-down in its Q3 announced yesterday. Shaw showed a $133 million profit in the same quarter a year…
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TORONTO – As widely expected, Corus Entertainment today slashed its dividend as part of a plan to reduce debt and re-invest in its core business as it struggles to compete with Facebook, Google, OTT providers, internet radio and global change in content consumption.
Corus is cutting its annual dividend by 79% to $0.24 per share for Class B shares (to take effect Sept. 1, 2018). It also announced a quarterly loss of $935.9 million tied to its devaluation of its broadcast licenses. The loss includes a $1.01-billion non-cash impairment charge related to broadcast licences and goodwill.
Television business revenue fell 5%…
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OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT promised a review of the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Acts in its 2017 budget and last week the CRTC took the first step down this path when it issued: Harnessing Change: The Future of Programming Distribution in Canada.
While it floated a number of interesting, innovative and controversial ideas, we’re all anxious to hear what Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will have to say about it this weekend when she addresses the Banff International Media Fest. There, we hear she is likely to announce the appointment of a worthy and carefully chosen panel of experts to undertake a year-long project…
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Videotron, SaskTel ranked tops again
TORONTO – Canadians with smart home devices are willing to pay more for their internet but are quick to switch internet providers, according to new data from J.D. Power.
The 2018 Canada Internet Service Provider Customer Satisfaction Study measures overall satisfaction with internet service providers and is based on five factors (in order of importance): performance and reliability; cost of service; communication; billing; and customer service. The 2018 Canada Television Provider Customer Satisfaction Study is based on six factors (in order of importance): performance and reliability; cost of service; programming; communication; billing; and customer service. Continue Reading
Competition Bureau invokes Sugar Wireless as a model to follow
GATINEAU – “Generally, the Bureau does not favour price controls. However, the presence of market power in this industry; the natural experiment offered by Sugar Mobile’s attempted entry into the wireless services industry; and the fact that similar LCDO Plans have arisen without government intervention in some foreign jurisdictions informs the Bureau’s view that LCDO Plans can increase economic welfare and consumer choice in Canada’s wireless industry.”
So says the Competition Bureau of Canada’s submission to the CRTC about the low-cost data only wireless plans submitted to…
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TORONTO – As the Canadian wireless landscape continues to feel competitive heat from the likes of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile, Rogers CFO Tony Staffieri remains confident any impact is manageable.
“We’ve competed with Freedom, and the prior names of Freedom for upwards of 10 years now,” Staffieri said, speaking Wednesday at Scotiabank’s Telecom, Media and Technology Conference. “We compete not only on price, but also on network quality and points of distribution, among other factors. Getting the customer is one thing, but keep the customer is something else.”
Despite the Q4 2017 price war which saw Freedom disrupt…
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