Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications Inc. (often abbreviated to Shaw; /ˌʃɒ/ SH-aw) was a Canadian telecommunications company which provided telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. The company was founded in 1966 as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd. by JR Shaw in Edmonton. The company was acquired by and amalgamated into Rogers Communications in 2023; most operations were rebranded to the Rogers brand beginning in July of that year.
Shaw's offices in the Shaw Campus | |
| Formerly | Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd. (1966–1983) Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. (1983–1993) |
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| Company type | Public |
| TSX: SJR.A (Class A) (voting) (1983-2023) TSX: SJR.B (Class B) (non-voting) (1983-2023) NYSE: SJR (until 2023) | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1966 (as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd.) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Founder | JR Shaw |
| Defunct | April 3, 2023 |
| Fate | Acquired and amalgamated; operations rebranded beginning July 2023 |
| Successor | Rogers Communications |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
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| Products | Cable television, high speed internet, telephone, satellite television, network and specialty broadcasting, logistics tracking, radio |
| Revenue | CAD $5.509 billion (2021) |
| CAD $2.161 billion (2019) | |
| CAD $986 million (2021) | |
Number of employees | 9,500 (2020) |
| Parent | Shawcor (1966-1970s) |
| Divisions | Shaw Broadcast Services, Shaw Direct |
| Subsidiaries | Freedom Mobile (2015–2023)
Shaw Mobile (Acquired by Rogers Wireless) |
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| Website | www |
At the time of its acquisition obtain by Rogers, Shaw company assets sold out to buy Rogers Cable from Toronto and rebrand cable company name which is now called Rogers Cable Parent Company currently based headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and provided home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and British Columbia and satellite television nationally. It also operated smaller cable television systems in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario.
The company also provided mobile services through its subsidiary Freedom Mobile, under both the Freedom and Shaw Mobile brands, in areas of Alberta, British Columbia, and Southern Ontario; Freedom was sold to Vidéotron simultaneously with the Rogers merger. The company's chief competitor for home telecommunications in western Canada was Telus Communications.
Since Shaw Communications merged into the Rogers Communications company, Shaw's website has been branded as 'Rogers, together with Shaw', sharing the same website design as Rogers.