Competition Bureau clears Shaw’s acquisition of Canwest
The Competition Bureau of Canada announced today that it will not challenge Shaw Communications Inc.’s proposed acquisition of the over-the-air and specialty television businesses of Canwest Global Communications Corp.
The federal agency said that following a significant review, it had concluded the takeover would not reduce competition in the television industry in this country.
Canada’s Largest Digital Service Providers
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Shaw tops one million landline telephone subscribers
In financial results released today, Shaw Communications announced that it now has over one million customers subscribing to its digital phone service.
As of May 31, 2010, Shaw had 1,044,410 landline telephone customers, up 45.1% from 719,376 a year earlier. The percentage of Shaw Basic cable customers who subscribe to the digital phone service now stands at 44.8%.
Revenues and Income climb 10% at Shaw
Shaw Communications Inc., the country’s largest cable television provider, has announced its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year ending May 31, 2010.
The company reported that, despite trying economic conditions for Canadian consumers, service revenue and operating income was up 10% over the same period a year earlier to $944 million and $436 million respectively.
Shaw latest to roll out Internet VOD
Following in the footsteps of its cable and satellite competitors, Shaw Cable yesterday rolled out an Internet video on demand service where subscribers can order pay per view movies online and then watch them via cable or the internet.
In order to use the new service, users must be Shaw Digital Cable customers with at least one digital cable box and must subscribe to Shaw Internet.
Shaw buys Canwest Broadcasting for $2.0 Billion
Shaw Communications said today that it has entered into a deal to acquire 100% of the over-the-air and specialty television businesses of Canwest Global Communications Corp. for approximately $2.0 billion,.
CanWest’s broadcasting assets include the Global Television Network and eighteen specialty cable channels including, HGTV, Mystery TV, National Geographic Channel, Showcase, History and TVTropolis.
Shaw President apologizes over racial slur
Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette has apologized to Wind Mobile for camel jokes made by him and Shaw CEO Jim Shaw during a conference call with investment analysts last week.
During the call, Bissonnette and Shaw made what Globalive chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera referred to as a “racial slur” when they referred to Wind Mobile as a camel.
Shaw Communications has over one million HD subscribers
In financial results released today, Shaw Communications announced that it now has over one million customers subscribing to high definition television programming packages.
The company says the total is comprised of 650,000 Digital Cable and 350,000 Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite customers with HD service.
