Shaw Communications will begin sending out warning e-mails to customers who choose to use their Internet connection to download content illegally. The move comes from a request by Warner Brothers Entertainment, who wants Shaw to warn customers about downloading...
By Brian Schultz Global TV is the first channel in Winnipeg to go digital over-the-air (OTA). The newly-acquired television asset of Shaw Media Inc. made the switch on December 16, broadcasting in HD to channel 40.1 at 14,900 watts. Only those with rabbit ears can...
Winnipeggers may have noticed a new television channel in their lineup on Monday and another one next week. MTS TV is now carrying Filipino channel GMA Life TV, which it describes as the latest in food, fashion, healthy living, travel, showbiz news and talk shows from...
Representatives from Shaw gathered Saturday at the St. Vital Centre Safeway in an effort to encourage donations to Winnipeg Harvest. The telecommunications company is in the middle of its Together is Amazing campaign, which is benefiting local food banks across the...
By Sarah Klein As the holiday season draws near, local food banks are in desperate need of donations. Shaw's Together is Amazing campaign has been working to fill that void across Canada by encouraging donations from their customers, in partnership with Campbell...
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) cleared the way for Shaw Communications to purchase Canwest's television and cable assets on Friday. The $2 billion deal has been in the works for months, ever since Canwest filed for bankruptcy...
Debt-ridden Canwest Global Communications Corp. is set for a clean slate after Shaw Communications stepped up Friday. Shaw says it would own a controlling stake in the company -- 20% of Canwest's equity and 80% of its voting stock when all the papers are signed. The...
UPDATE: Friday, October 2 -- Westman Communications Group has promised to feed the CBC Manitoba (CBWT) signal to CKX's former spot on the dial, channel 6. Because the station carried CBC programming up until its closure, viewers will still be able to enjoy their...
CTV announced today that CKX-TV in Brandon has been purchased for one dollar by Bluepoint Investment Corporation. Shaw Communications originally committed to buy the station, but backed out last month, leaving it to close. The deal with Bluepoint still needs CRTC...
After Shaw Communications said last week that they would not be going through with the transaction to buy three CTVglobemedia stations, one of them has since been saved. Windsor's A-Channel will be on the air for another year -- August 31, 2010 to be exact. The...
Effective July 14, Shaw Communications will be moving around some channels to create a "better TV experience." Just when you had them memorized, too! The basic channels won't be moved, but the specialty channels you probably pay extra for will. Along with the changes,...
By Brian Schultz Shaw Communications has backed out of a deal to purchase three television stations owned by CTV, including Brandon's CKX-TV, and stations in Windsor and Wingham. No reason was given as to why they have decided not to go ahead with the transaction,...
