TORONTO – MAVTV Motorsports Network announced today it is now available to all Shaw Direct Satellite TV customers.
Customers who subscribe to Shaw Direct with the Classic channel lineup can watch MAVTV on channel 120, while customers with the Advanced channel lineup can tune in on channel 620. MAVTV is currently available as a free preview for all Shaw Direct subscribers until September 30, 2018.
“This distribution agreement with Shaw is another major step forward for us to be able to deliver the very best in global and grass roots racing to motorsports fans here in Canada,” said Mike Garrow,…
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Wireless growth to remain strong, too
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE far fewer over-the-top video options in Canada as compared to the U.S., if Amazon, DAZN, and Netflix (not to mention the possibility of Apple, Facebook or Google entering the Canadian market in the way they have Stateside) are willing to spend big on programming, we may soon see them outbid the likes of Bell Media, Corus or Rogers for key programming, despite not having a traditional TV platform.
As well, even if Amazon, DAZN, or Netflix can’t win the best content from the Canadian companies, this dynamic can only benefit U.S. (and…
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TORONTO – The second season of hit drama The Handmaid’s Tale will headline Bravo’s nation-wide free preview that will kick off April 24.
The Bell Media-owned service said that other high profile premieres rolling out during the freeview include original Canadian crime drama series Carter, starring Jerry O’Connell, on May 15 at 8:00 PM ET, plus detective crime drama Hard Sun, which will make its exclusive Canadian series premiere on May 6.
Season two of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale will debut with a two-episode premiere event on April 29 at 9:00 PM ET. Viewers wishing to catch…
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CALGARY – Despite an influx of new wireless customers, Shaw Communications posted a second quarter net loss related to its voluntary departure and restructuring programs.
For the three month period ended February 28, 2018, the company said its net loss of $164 million “substantially reflects” $417 million restructuring related costs recorded during the period due to its Total Business Transformation initiative that will see some 3,300 – or about one quarter of its current workforce – leave the company within the next 18 months. Approximately 1,200 are scheduled to depart during this fiscal year. Shaw posted a $150 million…
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EXTON, PA – SCTE•ISBE and cable heavyweights Comcast and Liberty Global are challenging the tech industry to devise new solutions to manage energy across broadband networks.
The Adaptive Power Challenge is focussing on finding solutions in the following three areas deemed integral to the delivery of cable communications services:
Monitoring & Measurement – Monitoring and measuring energy consumption and ambient conditions correlating quality and health of services with energy;
Demand Response – The ability to implement “peak shaving” and functionality that results in load shedding; and
Supply & Control – Using the functionality of adaptive power DOCSIS-enabled devices to control consumption profiles…
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CALGARY – Shaw Communications executive vice-president, chief marketing and culture officer Jim Little is leaving the company on May 4th, reported the Globe and Mail Wednesday.
The story says Little (pictured) has decided to retire and that marketing functions will be redistributed to be run by each of the company’s individual business units.
Little joined the company in March of 2012 from the Royal Bank to be its chief marketing officer and was responsible for the overhaul in the company’s marketing and promotion activities, most notably the animated Shaw robots which have become the hallmark…
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Nearly 10,000 submissions, most by people who didn’t read the proposal
GATINEAU – The FairPlay Coalition has a fight on its hands.
Last week saw the passing of the deadline to respond to the CRTC’s call for comments on the public proceeding opened to consider the FairPlay Coalition’s call for a new agency to help fight online piracy of content.
In January, the coalition of Canadian artists, content creators, unions, guilds, producers, performers, broadcasters, distributors, and exhibitors proposed the CRTC establish something called the Independent Piracy Review Agency (IPRA), which would assist it in identifying websites blatantly engaged in content theft –…
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TV stations will be moving
OTTAWA – As expected, 30 MHz of an available 70 MHz of new wireless spectrum to be auctioned off next year will be set aside for smaller, regional companies and possible new entrants in an attempt to push additional competition in the Canadian wireless market.
Wednesday evening, just as the federal government shut down for a two week Easter Break, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada released the much anticipated framework for the auction of 600 MHz spectrum, a band prized for its ability to both travel long distances…
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TORONTO – Internet service providers of every size and shape (except one big one) have launched a new coalition to rally Ontarians to help them battle large proposed rate increases for utility pole attachments.
While some local hydro companies have been pushing rates far higher, the Ontario Energy Board wants to set a standard rate across the province of $52 per pole per year, far above the current rate of $22.35. The three largest utilities, Hydro One, Toronto Hydro and Hydro Ottawa, have already boosted their rates to $41, $42 and $53.
Such rate increases for pole attachments will only…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has approved the sale of GameTV from Anthem Sports and Entertainment to Remuda Media Inc. for $6.5 million.
Remuda Media is jointly owned and controlled by Dean Langille, John Philips, 2078677 Alberta Ltd. (William Sawchyn) and 2225926 Ontario Ltd. (Bryan Woodruff), with each holding 25% of the shares.
According a CRTC letter to Anthem subsidiary Game TV Corp earlier this month, the transaction is valued at $6,500,000 for the purchase price and $25,291 for the net working capital that will be transferred at closing. The tangible benefits package of 10% of the transaction will be payable to…
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