CALGARY – Shaw has taken its home entertainment technology, known as the Shaw Gateway, national after unveiling the service in Calgary earlier this year.
The centre of a connected home, the Gateway is a multi-room HD PVR that lets families access recorded content and Shaw’s video-on-demand library on multiple televisions. It also allows for the recording of six programs at once while playing back up to three previously recorded programs, all in high definition.
The program guide provides access to features such as content filters, enhanced search, and on-screen games, all while allowing TV viewing in another window. Shaw said that future upgrades will let users access social media and Internet content through their television sets, schedule recordings either on-line or through a wireless device, and connect wirelessly with a computer to share pictures and other content on the TV.
"The Shaw Gateway delivers a totally new way of experiencing in-home entertainment," said president Peter Bissonnette, in Thursday’s announcement. "As the first product of its kind in Canada, we’re excited to bring our customers across Canada the powerful technology and connectivity that the Shaw Gateway provides."
