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This just showed up in last couple of days on my father's receiver, cannot find any announcement about it at Shaw.

http://www.shawdirect.ca/english/wha...free-previews/

New Channels


AMI-Télé
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) makes television accessible to viewers with vision and hearing impairments, with all programming featuring Open Described Video and Closed Captioning services.

Channels 889/889 (Classic/Advanced)
Available in All packages



CBC News Network HD
CBC News Network is Canada's number one news network anchored by leading Canadian journalists. It is the destination for breaking news, live event coverage, in-depth news and current affairs programming—24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Channels 096/596 (Classic/Advanced)
Available in HD No Extra Cost (Included in all English and French programming packages)



ICI RDI HD
ICI RDI is North America's leading French-language all-news network, providing 24-hour coverage of breaking news and live reports from the scene of major events.

Channels 219/394 (Classic/Advanced)
Available in HD No Extra Cost (Included in all English and French programming packages)

BeIN Sports HD now on 618 (Advanced). Currently in Free Preview.

Edit: Some occasional glitching occurring. Guide not completely correct, although this could be at the fault of the broadcaster rather than Shaw Direct, as they are currently covering a live event. The channel's website is correct.

Ahh, seems like beIN is a shoe-in to replace Speed Network, which is leaving on April 1:

http://www.shawdirect.ca/english/bulletins

However, beIN Sports will be a premium channel at $14.99 / Month. Interestingly enough, beIN Sports is not (as far as I can see) available on Shaw Cable at this time.

beIN SPORTS, the international sports network, is pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Shaw Direct in Canada, making beIN SPORTS available to Satellite TV customers on Channel 118 (Classic) and 618 (Advanced).

A free preview of beIN SPORTS is currently available to Shaw Direct customers until March 15.

beIN sports will now be available to all Shaw Direct customers across Canada with compatible equipment and with 3rd satellite access.

Full Press Release

WWE Network is coming to Shaw Direct sometime in March:

http://about.rogers.com/About/Media_...Providers.aspx

The WWE Network is now up on channel 117-Classic or 617-Advanced. (HD only)

Wrestlemania is less than 2 weeks away folks!

Action HD now on 636 (Advanced). Interestingly, at the time of writing (22:55 AT), the SD / HD link has not been set-up and so the 'Watch in HD' banner doesn't show on either SD channel.

Action HD is on 136 (Classic).

Advanced guide:

162 - Disney Channel SD.
181 - Cartoon Network SD.
575 - Disney Channel HD.
769 - La Chaine Disney SD.

Also note that the SD feed for Disney Channel is the west feed and the HD Feed is the east feed.

Here it is for classic guide:

075 Disney HD
535 Disney SD
536 Cartoon Network SD

TV5 HD on channel 414-advanced, ??-classic
ici artv HD on channel 421-advanced, ??-classic

Cartoon Network HD on channel 577-advanced, 077-classic

and a 4th channel which I cannot find. According to my status screen my channel count went from 759 yesterday to 763 today so maybe they added another barker channel or PPV channel.

iciARTV HD: 250 classic
TV5 HD: 251 classic
Cartoon Network HD: 77 Classic