Shaw's new CEO gives conventional TV a vote of confidence

TORONTO - "I’m from the cable company and I’m here to help you," Shaw Communications Brad Shaw joked with attendees at Tuesday’s Broadcast Executives Society luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel.In his first address to the Canadian broadcast community, Shaw sang the praises of television as a platform and of the people at what is now Shaw Media.While noting the media business is “fraught with challenges,” he said his visit to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month confirmed the strength of television as the top dog. “The big screen TV was the centre point of every technology...