Shaw Communications

Shaw Communications is a Canadian company with headquarters in Calgary. The company is listed on the Aktienleitindex S & P / TSX 60 and on the NYSE and employs around 12,500 people (as of 2011) It has a telephone landline and broadband Internet access and operates a network of television stations in Canada.

  • 2.1 Shaw Home Phone
  • 2.2 Shaw Internet
  • 2.3 Shaw Media

History

The company was founded in 1966 under the name Capital Cable Television. 1971 - under the direction of company founder JR Shaw - the first cable connection in Sherwood Park, Alberta relocated. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company grew through the acquisition of companies such as Classicomm in the Toronto area, Access Communications in the area of Nova Scotia, Fundy Cable in New Brunswick, Trillium Cable in Ontario, Tele Cable in Saskatchewan, and Videon Cable Systems in Winnipeg. Subsidiaries, among other things, the company Shaw Satellite Services, which operates Star Choice.

Acquisition of CanWest

In February 2010, Shaw announced an agreement to acquire the financially troubled telecommunications company CanWest. Shaw took over CanWest to 80 %, the remaining 20 % are in the hands of several investors. Three months later it was announced by the company that Shaw the entire broadcasting division of CanWest takes including CW Media.

On 27 October 2010 the acquisition of the Canadian Radio - Television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) has been approved subject to conditions. Since then, the Broadasting division of Shaw Communications operates under the name Shaw Media.

Among the requirements of the acquisition were:

  • The switch-off of analogue TV transmitters 67 and switching to Digital Systems
  • Free installation of satellite receiving equipment for residential customers, where the supply is via broadband cable is not possible
  • Start a two-hour, morning local newscast in Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax
  • Investments in new media content

Product portfolio

Shaw Home Phone

Shaw Home Phone offers a variety of flat rate tariffs.

Shaw Internet

Shaw Internet offers various broadband Internet access for individuals and businesses. The available data rate moves from 50 Mbps to over 100 Mbps.

Shaw Media

Shaw Media operates several television stations in Canada. Including HGTV Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, National Geographic Channel and History Television. Through the acquisition of WestGlobal the Global Television Network, the company has more stations in:

  • British Columbia: Vancouver (CHAN Vancouver ), Okanagan ( CHBC Kelowna )
  • Alberta: Edmonton ( CITV ), Calgary ( CICT ), Lethbridge ( CISA ),
  • Saskatchewan: Regina ( CFRE ), Saskatoon ( CFSK )
  • Manitoba: Winnipeg ( CKND )
  • Ontario: Toronto ( CIII ), Thunder Bay ( CHFD )
  • Quebec City: Montreal ( CKMI )
  • Nova Scotia: Halifax ( CIHF ).

Supply areas

The company offers its services in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, to in northwestern Ontario and Hamilton, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

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