Cable / Telecom News

Telus building $15 million headend

VANCOUVER – Not wanting to let Shaw have the news all to itself this week, Telus announced today that it will build a brand new $15 million digital headend north of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. The headend, which will be operational by this summer, will deliver Telus TV to subscribers in B.C. and Alberta. It will initially provide Telus TV customers with more than 200 video and audio channels once it is fully operational - growing to well over 300 channels within a year. In addition to eight satellite dishes, with room for three more, Telus is installing Internet Protocol-based...