Cable / Telecom News

Shaw buys Sun Country Cablevision

CALGARY – Shaw Communications continues to add pockets of new subscribers after confirming Thursday that it has purchased the assets of Sun Country Cablevision (approximately 4,500 subscribers).Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. It's worth noting, however, Shaw paid approximately $3,500 per sub for the 1,000-customer system Lake Broadcasting in 2010.Based in the central interior region of British Columbia (in Salmon Arm. about 100 kms north of Kelowna), Sun Country began operations in 1984 and provides television, phone and Internet offerings to its customers."Sun Country has built an excellent system which represents a terrific addition to our existing cable properties...