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 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 several other specialty channels and other media properties, in addition to the properties listed here.^[2]

Telecommunications

Shaw Cable – Cable television operator serving most of British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba (except Brandon) and portions of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon and area) and Ontario (Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie).
Shaw Broadcast Services – television and radio signal distributor
Shaw Business Solutions
Shaw Direct – national direct-broadcast satellite television provider
Wind Mobile – mobile network operator serving urban areas of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario

Conventional television

CJBN-TV - Kenora, Ontario Global affiliate (operated by Shaw Cable)

Specialty and Community channels

Premium television

Shaw PPV

Other assets

Shaw Rocket Fund (organization providing funding for youth-oriented television series)
Shaw Tracking (fleet management)
Shomi (video streaming service and co-owned with Rogers Communications)
ViaWest, Inc. (cloud computing and storage services, data management services, and network security services) ^[3]

Former assets

Shaw Media (sold to Corus Entertainment in 2016)

References

↑ CRTC ownership chart for Shaw Communications. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
↑ CRTC ownership chart for Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
↑ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/07/31/viawest-acquired-by-shaw/

Shaw Communications

Corporate directors	Jim Dinning Ron Joyce Charles Keating Don Mazankowski Jim Shaw JR Shaw

Assets	CJBN-TV Kenora Corus Entertainment (37%)¹ Shaw Broadcast Services Shaw Direct Shomi³ Shaw Multicultural Channel² Shaw PPV Shaw TV² Wind Mobile

Defunct/historical brands and predecessors	Moffat Communications MSNBC Canada Videon Cablesystems Western International Communications Shaw Media

¹Non-voting interest; additionally the voting shares of both Shaw and Corus are controlled by the Shaw family. • ²Community channels owned by Shaw Cablesystems. • ³Joint venture with Rogers Communications. Many of the assets listed above are only partially owned by Shaw. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.

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