List of assets owned by Shaw Communications explained

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

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

List of assets owned by Corus Entertainment

Notes and References

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht032.pdf CRTC ownership chart for Shaw Communications
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ownership/eng/cht032c.pdf CRTC ownership chart for Corus Entertainment
Web site: Canada's Shaw Communications buys ViaWest for $1.2B. 31 July 2014.