Cable / Telecom News

Shaw to own Whistler

CALGARY – Whistler Cable is the latest small cable system to sell to Shaw Communications. Shaw announced it has signed a deal to buy Whistler Cable Television Ltd., subject to approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Whistler Cable operates cable and Internet systems in Whistler and Pemberton, British Columbia. This year, Shaw has already purchased Pemberton Cable and Norcom Cable. "Whistler Cable is an excellent system and a perfect fit with Shaw's existing systems on the West Coast, as well with the system that we recently acquired from Coast Mountain Communications Inc. which also operates in Pemberton. We are excited...