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UPDATED: Rogers, Shaw, pull the plug on shomi


TORONTO – Shaw Communications and Rogers Communications have decided to shut down their joint Canadian subscription video on demand service shomi after less than two years in operation.A statement on Monday confirmed that the service is winding down, a process that will be completed by November 30, 2016."The business climate and online video marketplace has changed markedly in the last few years”, reads the statement by shomi SVP and GM David Asch. “Combined with the fact that the business is more challenging to operate than we expected, we've decided to wind down our operations."  The move signals an end to the...