Shaw can extend, market, free local TV offer

OTTAWA – Shaw has been given the official go ahead by the CRTC to extend its local television satellite solution (LTSS) to Canadian viewers impacted by the digital television transition. As part of its purchase of Canwest Global, Shaw earmarked a portion of its tangible benefits package to provide free local or regional TV services and the necessary satellite equipment and installation services for up to 31,500 households that were poised to lose access to local over-the-air stations as a result of August’s digital television transition. Shaw was authorized to allocate $1 million of this $15 million benefit to fund...