Novus Entertainment

Novus Entertainment Inc.

Type	Corporation
Industry	telecommunications
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia
Key people	Donna L. Robertson (Co-President, CLO) Doug Holman (Co-President, CFO)
Products	cable television, high-speed internet, telephone
Owner	Privately Held
Website	Novus Entertainment

Novus Entertainment (commonly known simply as Novus) is a Canadian telecommunications company providing television, digital phone, and high-speed Internet services via a fibre optic network. The company is licensed by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC) as a Class 1 Broadcast Distribution Undertaking for both Metro Vancouver and Toronto. Novus presently provides services to apartments, condominiums, and businesses in Metro Vancouver. Novus is one of the few broadband Internet carriers in Canada to offer a Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) network.^[1] The company continues to expand its service in Metro Vancouver.

Novus is also in the business of leasing dark fibre to other communications service providers and to businesses.

Internet

In July, 2011, Novus announced its 300 Mbit/s Internet service, claiming to be “Canada’s fastest Internet service” to go into effect July 2011. Due to its use of Metro Ethernet rather than DOCSIS or DSL technology, the carrier allows a direct RJ-45 connection into a wall jack, circumventing the use of a modem.

Television

Novus offers analogue and digital (SD and HD) television services. The carrier continues to add standard and high definition channels to its lineup as they become available.

Novus’ cable community channel is branded as Novus TV or NVTV 4.

Telephone

In April 2008, Novus launched its digital phone (VOIP) service through its fibre optic network.

Novus TV

Novus TV is the locally based community channel operated by Novus Entertainment Inc.

Novus TV covers a variety of events and issues happening in and around Vancouver and the lower mainland and airs numerous locally produced shows, short films, music videos, etc. created by community members.

Our Community Channel is dedicated to those most important to us; The residents of Metro Vancouver. From documentaries, interviews and discussions, to music, news and films, our Community Channel aims to provide thought-provoking, entertaining and inspiring content.

Above all, we believe in broadcasting programs that highlight positive ideas, positive energy and the causes that hold our communities together.

Notes

↑ Fibre to the premises by country.

External links

Cable, satellite, and other specialty television providers in Canada

Terrestrial and satellite

Satellite

Cable

Major¹	Bell (Cablevision for Val-d'Or, QC) Cogeco (Ontario, Quebec) EastLink (Atlantic, Northern Ontario, Western Canada) MTS Cable (Manitoba) Rogers Cable (Ontario, New Brunswick) Source (Hamilton, ON) Shaw (Western Canada, Northwestern Ontario) Vidéotron (Quebec)

Minor	Access (Saskatchewan) Cable Axion (Magog, QC) CityWest (Prince Rupert, BC) DERYtelecom (Saguenay, QC) Novus Cable (select areas of BC Lower Mainland) Omineca Cablevision (Prince George, BC) Westman (Brandon, MB)

See also	Defunct cable and DBS companies of Canada

IPTV

MMDS

Craig Wireless

Africa, Asia, and Oceania
Americas
Europe

¹More than 400,000 television service subscribers.

Canadian Internet service providers

Incumbent	Bell Internet/Bell Aliant Cogeco MTS Rogers Hi-Speed Internet SaskTel Shaw Communications (Wind Mobile) Telus Internet Vidéotron

Independent	Access Communications Eastlink National Capital FreeNet Primus Canada SSI Micro TekSavvy Vmedia Xplornet Communications YourLink

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