Shaw Communications
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CA82028K2002 |
| founding | 1966 |
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Calgary , Canada
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| management | Brad Shaw (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 14,500 (2014) |
| sales | 600 million Can- $ (2014) |
| Branch | telecommunications |
| Website | www.shaw.ca |
Shaw Communications was a former Canadian company headquartered in Calgary . The company was listed in the S & P / TSX 60 stock index and on the NYSE and employed around 12,500 people (as of 2011). It offers a landline telephone network and broadband Internet access and operates a network of television stations in Canada. In January 2016, Shaw Communications was taken over by Corus Entertainment , a former subsidiary.
history
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The company was founded in 1966 under the name Capital Cable Television . In 1971 - under the direction of company founder JR Shaw - the first cable connection was laid in Sherwood Park, Alberta . During the 1980s and 1990s, the company grew by acquiring companies like Classicomm in the Toronto area , Access Communications in the Nova Scotia area , Fundy Cable in New Brunswick , Trillium Cable in Ontario , Telecable in Saskatchewan, and Videon Cablesystems in Winnipeg . One of its subsidiaries is Shaw Satellite Services , which StarChoice operates.
Takeover of CanWest
In February 2010, Shaw announced an agreement to acquire financially ailing telecommunications company CanWest . Shaw took over 80% of CanWest, the remaining 20% is in the hands of several investors. Three months later, the company announced that Shaw would take over CanWest's entire broadcasting division, including CW Media.
On October 27, 2010, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the acquisition, subject to conditions. Since then, the Broadasting division of Shaw Communications has operated under the name Shaw Media.
The requirements of the takeover included:
- switching off 67 analog TV transmitters and switching to digital systems
- the free installation of satellite reception systems for private customers for whom the offer via broadband cable is not possible
- A two-hour morning regional newscast started in Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax
- Investing in new media content
Product portfolio
Shaw Home Phone
Shaw Home Phone offers various flat rate plans.
Shaw internet
Shaw Internet offers a variety of broadband Internet access for individuals and businesses. The available data transfer rate ranges from 50 Mbps to over 100 Mbps.
Shaw Media
Shaw Media operates several television networks in Canada. Including BBC Canada , HGTV Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, National Geographic Channel and History Television . With the acquisition of WestGlobal from the Global Television Network , the company has additional broadcasters 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),
- Québec : Montreal (CKMI),
- Nova Scotia : Halifax (CIHF).
Coverage areas
The company offers its services in British Columbia and Alberta , as well as Saskatchewan , Manitoba, northwestern Ontario and Hamilton , Québec and Nova Scotia .
Web links
- Shaw Communications website
- Company Profile Shaw Communications Inc. of the Institute for Media and Communication Policy
Individual evidence
- ^ Shaw moves for Canwest control. Shaw Communications, February 7, 2015, accessed February 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Shaw Annual Report 2011, accessed April 7, 2013 (PDF; 3.1 MB)
- ↑ online
- ↑ The company's website. Retrieved November 1, 2011 .
- ^ Shaw moves for Canwest control. CBC-News, February 12, 2010, accessed May 5, 2010 .