List of assets owned by Shaw Communications
This is a list of assets owned by Shaw Communications.
Approximately 80% of the voting control in Shaw Communications is held by the family of founder JR Shaw.[1] The same family also owns about 80% of the voting rights in Corus Entertainment, and hence also exercises control over the media holdings of the Shaw family, in addition to the properties listed here.[2]
Telecommunications
- Shaw Cable — Cable television operator serving most of British Columbia (except the Sunshine Coast Regional District), Alberta (except Grande Prairie), and Manitoba (except Brandon and Winkler), as well as portions of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon area) and Ontario (Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, and Kenora).
- Shaw Broadcast Services — television and radio signal distributor
- Shaw Business Solutions
- Shaw Direct — national direct-broadcast satellite television provider
- Freedom Mobile — mobile network operator serving urban areas of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario
- Shaw Mobile — mobile virtual network operator serving Alberta and British Columbia
Specialty and community channels
- Cable Public Affairs Channel (23.68%)
- Shaw Multicultural Channel
- Shaw Spotlight
Other assets
- BlueCurve TV App
- Shaw PPV
- Shaw Rocket Fund — organization providing funding for youth-oriented television series.
- Shaw Tracking:: — fleet management
Former assets
- Shaw Media — sold to Corus Entertainment in 2016.
- Shomi — video streaming service co-owned with Rogers Communications, shut down in 2016.
- CJBN-TV (Kenora, Ontario) — Global TV affiliate operated by Shaw Cable, shut down in 2017.
- ViaWest, Inc. — cloud computing and storage services, data management services, and network security services.[3]
See also
References
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- Christy Clark
- Jim Dinning
- Ron Joyce
- Charles Keating
- Don Mazankowski
- Jim Shaw
- JR Shaw
- CPAC (23.68%)2,4
- Shaw Broadcast Services
- Shaw Direct
- Shaw Multicultural Channel3
- Shaw PPV
- Shaw Spotlight3
brands and predecessors
- 1The voting shares of both Shaw and Corus are controlled by the Shaw family.
- 2Joint venture with several other cable companies.
- 3Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems.
- 4Joint venture with partners including Rogers Communications.
Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.
