Shaw Communications

{{Infobox company

| name = Shaw Communications Inc.

| logo = Shaw logo.svg

| logo_caption = Final logo used from 2012 to 2023

| type = Public

| image = Shaw headq.JPG

| image_caption = Shaw's offices in the Shaw Campus

| former_name = Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd. (1966–1983)
Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. (1983–1993)

| traded_as = {{TSX was|SJR.A}} (Class A) (voting) (1983-2023)
TSX: SJR.B (Class B) (non-voting) (1983-2023)
{{NYSE was|SJR}} (until 2023)

| key_people = {{plainlist|

Bradley S. Shaw (CEO)
Paul McAleese (president, COO of Freedom Mobile){{cite web|url=https://www.shaw.ca/Corporate/Investors/Senior-Leadership/|title=Shaw Senior Leadership|publisher=Shaw Communications Inc.|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917195057/http://www.shaw.ca/Corporate/Investors/Senior-Leadership/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Hardy|first1=Ian|title=Alek Krstajicwasstepping down as CEO of Freedom Mobile|url=http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/12/alek-krstajic-ceo-freedom-mobile-departure/|website=MobileSyrup|access-date=July 10, 2017|date=April 12, 2017}}

}}

| industry = Telecommunications

| products = Cable television, high speed internet, telephone, satellite television, network and specialty broadcasting, logistics tracking, radio

| revenue = {{increase}} CAD $5.509 billion (2021) {{cite web|url=https://downloads.ctfassets.net/tzb4ihmthaev/2AKjuVekLncLaHEy35jOJZ/0438b6b5aa147ceb15f4027aeaeb9861/SCI_-_F_21_Annual_Report__Filing_version_.pdf|title=Shaw 2021 Annual Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101155223/https://downloads.ctfassets.net/tzb4ihmthaev/2AKjuVekLncLaHEy35jOJZ/0438b6b5aa147ceb15f4027aeaeb9861/SCI_-_F_21_Annual_Report__Filing_version_.pdf|archive-date=November 1, 2021|url-status=live}}

| operating_income = {{increase}} CAD $2.161 billion (2019)

| net_income = {{increase}} CAD $986 million (2021)

| num_employees = 9,500 (2020)

| parent = Shawcor (1966–1970s)

| divisions = Shaw Broadcast Services, Shaw Direct

| subsid = Freedom Mobile (2015–2023)

Shaw Mobile (Acquired by Rogers Wireless)

| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1966}} (as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd.)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| defunct = {{end date and age|2023|4|3}}

| fate = Merged with Rogers Communications

| successor = Rogers Communications

| founder = JR Shaw

| hq_location_city = Calgary, Alberta

| hq_location_country = Canada

| homepage = {{Official URL}}

| module = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=6327}}

}}

Image:Shaw Communications logo (1997).svg

File:Logo Shaw Communications.svg

Shaw Communications Inc. 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, with services and sponsorships in former Shaw markets having used the transitional brand Rogers together with Shaw for promotional purposes.{{Cite web |last=jwfadamson |date=2023-08-01 |title=Rogers together with Shaw and the BCHL announce five winners for scholarship program |url=https://bchl.ca/rogers-together-with-shaw-and-the-bchl-announce-five-winners-for-scholarship-program |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=bchl.ca |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Coming together and giving back: Rogers together with Shaw sees a record year |url=https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2023/12/12/coming-together-and-giving-back-rogers-together-with-shaw-sees-a-record-year/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=CityNews Edmonton |language=en}}

At the time of its acquisition by Rogers, Shaw 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.

History

Shaw was founded in 1966 by JR Shaw as Capital Cable Television Company, Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta.{{cite web |url=http://www.shaw.ca/Corporate/About-Shaw/Shaw-History/ |title=Shaw History|access-date=2014-11-16|publisher=Shaw Communications Inc.|date=2008-09-03 }} It was originally a subsidiary of Shawcor, JR's father's firm, but the business was split from Shawcor in the 1970s.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wallaceburgcourierpress.com/2016/01/14/shaw-business-dynasty-began-in-rural-lambton-county/wcm/884367a2-1e62-39c6-2582-3ca5a085c138|title=Shaw business dynasty began in rural Lambton County|date=2016-01-14|work=Wallaceburg Courier Press|access-date=2018-08-19|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/shawcor-bosss-hands-off-approach-to-energy-firm-leaves-time-for-golf/article754783/|title=ShawCor boss's hands-off approach to energy firm leaves time for golf|date=2002-05-20|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-08-19}} The company changed its name to Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. (after founder and chairman JR Shaw) and went public on the TSX in 1983. The company grew during the 1980s and 1990s through acquisitions of firms including Classicomm in the Toronto area, Access Communications in Nova Scotia, Fundy Cable in New Brunswick, Trillium Cable in Ontario, Telecable in Saskatchewan,{{cite web |url= https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/db87-889.htm| title=Shaw Cablesystems receives approval from CRTC to purchase Saskatoon Telecable|access-date=2021-01-16|publisher=Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission|date=1987-11-25}} Greater Winnipeg Cablevision{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1992/DB92-829.htm| title=Shaw Cablesystems receives approval from CRTC to purchase Greater Winnipeg Cablevision|access-date=2011-02-10|publisher=Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission|date=1992-12-23}} (serving areas east of the Red River), and Videon Cablesystems of Winnipeg (serving areas west of the Red River), which, back in 1998, had itself previously acquired Vidéotron's assets in Alberta.{{cite web |url= https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1998/db98-227.htm| title=Videon Cablesystems receives approval from CRTC to purchase Vidéotron's assets |access-date=2021-01-16|publisher=Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission|date=1998-07-22}} However, two swaps, in 1994 and 2001, with Rogers Cable have resulted in its assets being restricted to Western Canada and a few areas of Northern Ontario.{{cite web|title=Milestones|url=http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/AboutShaw/ShawCompanies/History/Milestones.htm#1=Shaw|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216023010/http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/AboutShaw/ShawCompanies/History/Milestones.htm|archive-date=16 December 2004|access-date=2011-03-10|publisher=Shaw.ca}} In 1999, Shaw spun out its media properties into a second publicly traded company, Corus Entertainment.{{cite web|title=Canuck players plan splitting up of WIC|url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/canuck-players-plan-splitting-up-of-wic-1117756709/|website=Variety|date=18 October 1999|access-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Corus lines up behind Canuck Shaw's assets|url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/corus-lines-up-behind-canuck-shaw-s-assets-1117503023/|website=Variety|date=14 June 1999|access-date=12 March 2016}} In 2001 the Moffat family sold Videon Cablesystems to Shaw.

Prior to 2003, Shaw owned cable systems in the United States previously owned by Moffat Communications, serving six communities in Florida (Eastern Pasco County, Clermont, Palm Coast, Ormond Beach, West Palm Beach and Doral), and the Houston, Texas suburbs of Kingwood, Lake Conroe and Lake Livingston. In February 2003, the Florida systems would be sold to Time Warner Cable (with the West Palm Beach and Doral systems later sold to Comcast, and the other systems spun off to Bright House Networks), while the Texas systems were sold to Cequel III, as part of its then-Cebridge Connections subsidiary (now Suddenlink Communications).{{cite web|title=Pasco: Time Warner to expand with Shaw purchase|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/27/news_pf/Pasco/Time_Warner_to_expand.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127075104/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/27/news_pf/Pasco/Time_Warner_to_expand.shtml|archive-date=27 November 2004|access-date=8 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2003/02/cequel-iii-to-buy-shaw%27s-texas-systems|title=Cequel III to buy Shaw's Texas systems|work=CED|access-date=8 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224194732/http://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2003/02/cequel-iii-to-buy-shaw%27s-texas-systems|archive-date=24 February 2014}}

In 2008, Shaw entered the AWS spectrum auction with the intention of possibly becoming a wireless phone provider. The auction ended July 2008, giving Shaw Communications enough spectrum to build a wireless network in its home provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.{{cite web |last=Post |first=Financial |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=f5a7a0de-69fc-45d9-9dc5-07e14d362cd1 |title=Wireless spectrum auction |publisher=Canada.com |date=2008-06-23 |access-date=2011-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109225911/http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=f5a7a0de-69fc-45d9-9dc5-07e14d362cd1 |archive-date=2012-11-09 |url-status=dead }} This spectrum ultimately went unused and was sold to Rogers Communications in January 2013.

In July 2009, Shaw announced its acquisition of Mountain Cablevision; in September, Rogers sued Shaw to block the sale, citing violations of a non-compete clause. However, the suit was quickly dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court.{{cite web|title=Rogers sues to block Shaw's Ontario cable buy|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-sues-to-block-shaw-s-ontario-cable-buy-1.845910|website=CBC News|access-date=27 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Rogers' territorial lawsuit against Shaw quashed|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/rogers-territorial-lawsuit-against-shaw-quashed-1.860515|website=CBC News|access-date=27 March 2017}} The purchase was approved by the CRTC on October 22, 2009.{{cite web|date=October 22, 2009|title=Shaw Communications press release: Shaw Closes Mountain Cablevision Transaction|url=http://www.shaw.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D0C41A2B-8674-4178-8EFA-C1AAFC94890A/0/MtnCableCloseOct30.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122111242/http://www.shaw.ca/NR/rdonlyres/D0C41A2B-8674-4178-8EFA-C1AAFC94890A/0/MtnCableCloseOct30.pdf|archive-date=22 November 2009|publisher=Shaw}}{{cite web |url=http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/833005 |title=Shaw Communications gets CRTC approval to buy Mountain Cablevision in Hamilton |date=October 22, 2009 |work=Canadian Press |publisher=canadaeast.com |location=Ottawa}} The acquisition was Shaw's first cable property east of Sault Ste. Marie since the 2001 swaps with Rogers and Cogeco. Shaw's re-entry into Southern Ontario would be short-lived, as its Hamilton system would be resold to Rogers in January 2013 as part of a deal which also saw unused wireless spectrum sold to the company, and saw Rogers sell its stake in specialty channel TVtropolis.{{cite news|date=January 14, 2013|title=Shaw hangs up on its cellular plans|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/rogers-to-buy-shaws-wireless-spectrum-mountain-cablevision/article7340045/|url-status=dead|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216212129/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/rogers-to-buy-shaws-wireless-spectrum-mountain-cablevision/article7340045/|archive-date=16 February 2013}}

=Return to broadcasting=

On April 30, 2009, Shaw announced a deal to acquire three television stations — CHWI-TV in Windsor, Ontario, CKNX-TV in Wingham, Ontario and CKX-TV in Brandon, Manitoba — from CTVglobemedia. CTV had indicated that it would shut down the stations, all of which were incurring extensive financial losses, later in the year if a buyer could not be found, and had placed them on the market at a price of just $1 each.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090610065013/http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2301992 CTV Accepts Shaw Offer to Buy Local Stations], CTVglobemedia press release via TradeMarkets, April 30, 2009 However, it was reported on June 30, 2009, that Shaw had backed out of the deal and was declining to complete the purchase.Grant Robertson, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090703061726/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/shaw-cancels-deal-for-3-ctv-stations/article1202528/ "Shaw cancels deal for 3 CTV stations"]. The Globe and Mail, June 30, 2009. CHWI-TV would remain on the air as is; CKNX-TV would become a repeater of London station CFPL-TV in September 2009, while CKX-TV would close down entirely in October 2009.

In February 2010, Shaw announced an agreement with the financially troubled Canwest, whereby Shaw would buy an 80% voting interest, and 20% equity interest, in the restructured entity of Canwest, pending approvals from the CRTC and others.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/shaw-moves-for-canwest-control-1.865997 Shaw moves for Canwest control], CBC.ca, 2010-02-12 Three months later, following negotiations with rival bidders, the company said it would purchase the entirety of Canwest's broadcasting assets, including the interests in the CW Media subsidiary partially held by Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6422E820100503|title=Shaw to buy Canwest TV unit|author=Pav Jordan|publisher=Reuters|date=2010-05-04|access-date=2010-09-21}} Canwest's newspapers were not part of the Shaw deal and were sold separately to Postmedia Network.

The acquisition was completed on October 27, 2010, after CRTC approval for the sale was announced on October 22, forming the Shaw Media division.{{cite web|url=http://www.shaw.ca/NR/rdonlyres/9B6FFCBF-18A0-4E3C-9833-E6071E306511/0/CanwestCloseOct22.pdf|title=Shaw announces acquisition of Canwest Broadcasting assets expected to close October 27, 2010|author=Shaw Communications (press release)|date=2010-10-22|access-date=2010-10-23|archive-date=2020-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002135726/https://www.shaw.ca/page-not-found/|url-status=dead}}

=2012–2023 =

In November 2012, Shaw underwent a corporate re-branding developed by the Vancouver-based agency Rethink, introducing an updated logo and slogan ("You won't miss a thing"), along with a new promotional campaign featuring the animated characters Bit and Bud—robots who lived in a representation of Shaw's "pipe". The campaign drew comparisons to Bell Canada's former beaver characters of Frank and Gordon, which were overseen by Shaw's then-new chief marketing officer Jim Little while he was at Bell.{{cite news|title=Shaw robot mascots recall Bell's beavers|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/02/shaw-robot-mascots-recall-bells-beavers/|work=Financial Post|date=2 November 2012|access-date=11 December 2013|last1=Shaw|first1=Hollie}}{{cite web|title=Shaw Rebrands, launches national campaign|url=http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/agency-news/shaw-rebrands-launches-national-campaign-64953|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104233159/http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/agency-news/shaw-rebrands-launches-national-campaign-64953|archive-date=4 November 2012|access-date=11 December 2013|work=Marketing Magazine}}

In April 2013, Shaw Business Solutions took over Enmax's Envision subsidiary, which had built a fibre-optic network throughout Calgary. The acquisition was completed for $225 million.{{cite news |last1=JEFF MCINTOSH |title=Shaw Communications to buy Enmax Envision for $225-million |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/shaw-communications-to-buy-enmax-envision-for-225-million/article10909089/ |website=www.theglobeandmail.com}} File:Shaw logo.svgIn 2014, Shaw partnered with Rogers Communications to launch Shomi, a subscription video on demand service.{{cite news|title=Shomi set to go to wider audience|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/shomi-set-to-go-to-wider-audience/article26030237/|access-date=27 May 2015}}

In February 2015, Shaw announced that they would close operations for service call centres in Edmonton, Calgary and Kelowna, and consolidate operations in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal. 1,600 of Shaw's 14,000 employees were affected by the consolidation and cuts.{{Cite news|last=De Vynck|first=Gerrit|date=February 12, 2015|title=Shaw says 1,600 employees must choose: relocation or severance|work=BNN|publisher=Bell Media|url=http://www.bnn.ca/News/2015/2/12/Shaw-says-1600-employees-must-choose-relocation-or-severance.aspx|url-status=dead|access-date=February 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214092910/http://www.bnn.ca/News/2015/2/12/Shaw-says-1600-employees-must-choose-relocation-or-severance.aspx|archive-date=14 February 2015}} The company offered affected employees the option to relocate to its centralized offices, apply for a new job at their location, or leave the company with a severance package for former employees unable to relocate.{{cite news|last=Stephenson|first= Amanda|title=Shaw communications relocating customer care operations; 1,000 jobs in Calgary affected|work= Calgary Herald|date= February 11, 2015|url= https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/shaw-communications-relocating-customer-care-operations-1000-jobs-in-calgary-affected|access-date=February 12, 2015}}

In 2013, Shaw attempted to begin developing an IPTV-based platform for its television services. However, after experiencing issues developing the platform, Shaw took a $55 million write-down in June 2015, and announced that it was licensing Comcast's cloud-based Xfinity X1 architecture.{{cite web|title=Shaw to Trial Comcast's X1 Platform|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/next-tv/shaw-trial-comcast-s-x1-platform/391718|website=Multichannel News|date=26 June 2015|access-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Shaw: Why We're Testing Comcast's X1|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/next-tv/shaw-why-were-testing-comcast-s-x1/391723|website=Multichannel News|access-date=12 March 2016}} In January 2016, Shaw launched its mobile television app FreeRange TV, based on X1 infrastructure, which allows Shaw subscribers to stream selected TV channels and on-demand content.{{cite web|title=CES 2016: Shaw Puts Comcast's X1 to Work|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/ces-2016-shaw-puts-comcast-s-x1-work/396295|website=Multichannel News|date=6 January 2016|access-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite news|title=Shaw targets Telus with mobile app offering live TV, on-demand content|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/shaw-targets-telus-with-mobile-app-offering-live-tv-on-demand-content/article28040538/|access-date=12 March 2016|work=The Globe and Mail}} On January 11, 2017, Shaw launched its X1-based cable service, "BlueSky", in Calgary.{{cite news|title=Shaw Communications Inc. launches Comcast's X1 TV platform to wrestle back market share from Telus|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/shaw-communications-inc-launches-comcasts-x1-tv-platform-to-wrestle-back-market-share-from-telus|website=Financial Post|date=11 January 2017|access-date=12 January 2017|last1=Jackson|first1=Emily}} Shaw later launched Comcast's Xfinity xFi whole-home Wi-Fi platform under the "BlueCurve" branding.{{Cite web|url=https://wifinowevents.com/news-and-blog/assia-lands-deal-with-talktalk-shaw-virgin-media-debut-whole-home-wi-fi/|title=ASSIA deploys service for TalkTalk, Shaw & Virgin Media debut whole-home Wi-Fi|date=2019-04-08|website=Wi-Fi NOW Events|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}}

== Freedom Mobile, divestment of media assets ==

On December 16, 2015, Shaw announced its proposed acquisition of independent wireless provider Wind Mobile from its investors in a deal worth approximately $1.6 billion.{{cite news|last1=Dobby|first1=Christine|date=December 16, 2015|title=Shaw to buy Wind Mobile for $1.6-billion|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/shaw-buying-wind-mobile-for-16-billion/article27791628/|url-status=dead|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129230755/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/shaw-buying-wind-mobile-for-16-billion/article27791628/|archive-date=29 January 2016}} The transaction closed on March 1, 2016.{{cite news|title=Shaw enters wireless market with closing of Wind Mobile deal|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/shaw-announces-closing-of-wind-mobile-deal/article28983065/|access-date=2 March 2016|work=The Globe and Mail}} Under Shaw, the company was renamed Freedom Mobile in November 2016, coinciding with the launch of its 4G LTE network.{{cite news|title=Wind Mobile to become Freedom Mobile, launch faster network in Toronto, Vancouver|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/wind-mobile-to-become-freedom-mobile-launch-faster-network-in-toronto-vancouver/article32954738/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=21 November 2016}} The acquisition of Wind was funded by a reorganization in April 2016, which saw the Shaw Media unit transferred to Corus Entertainment,{{cite news|title=Corus Entertainment acquires Shaw Media for $2.65-billion|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/corus-acquires-shaw-media-for-265-billion/article28140989/|access-date=13 January 2016|work=The Globe and Mail}} in exchange for $1.85 billion in cash and 71,364,853 class B non-voting shares of Corus.{{cite web|title=Shaw Communications completes sale of Shaw Media to Corus Entertainment|url=http://newsroom.shaw.ca/corporate/newsroom/news/2016-04-01-Shaw-Communications-Completes-Sale-of-Shaw-Media-to-Corus-Entertainment-FINAL/|website=Shaw Newsroom|publisher=Shaw Communications|access-date=April 1, 2016|date=April 1, 2016}} The sale did not include Shaw's 50% stake in the Shomi streaming service and CJBN-TV Kenora; Shomi was shut down in November 2016 and CJBN-TV Kenora was shut down in January 2017.{{cite news|title=CRTC's Blais raps Rogers, Shaw over Shomi|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/crtc-head-blais-defends-his-record-critiques-shutdown-of-shomi/article32880060/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=18 November 2016}}

= Acquisition by Rogers =

On March 15, 2021, Rogers announced that it would acquire Shaw for $26 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval.{{Cite news|title=Rogers signs deal to buy Shaw in transaction valued at $26B|language=en-US|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-signs-deal-buy-shaw-1.5949825|access-date=2021-03-15}} This proposed acquisition was criticized by public lobby groups like OpenMedia, as a move that would reduce national competition in the Canadian wireless communication market by removing one of the four major competitors from the market.{{cite news |title=$26B Rogers plan to buy Calgary-based Shaw would create Canada's 2nd-biggest telecom |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-signs-deal-buy-shaw-1.5949825 |access-date=16 March 2021 |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=CBC News |date=15 March 2021}}

For the sale to go ahead, the CRTC ordered Rogers to divest Freedom Mobile. It was reported on June 17, 2022 that Quebecor, a media and telecommunications company based in Quebec, intended to acquire the company for 2.85 billion.{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.shaw.ca/corporate/newsroom/article/materialDetail.aspx?MaterialID=6442452620|title = Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor Announce Agreement for Sale of Freedom Mobile | Shaw Newsroom |date = 17 June 2022}} The CRTC approved the merger on March 24, 2022.{{cite news|title=CRTC approves Rogers' takeover of Shaw broadcasting, but with costly conditions - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8707803/rogers-shaw-takeover-crtc/|work=Global News|date=March 24, 2022|access-date=April 9, 2022}}

On May 9, 2022, the Competition Bureau announced an application to the Competition Tribunal to block the transaction due to its effects on the wireless market.{{cite news|title=Competition Bureau seeks to block Rogers-Shaw deal|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/competition-bureau-seeks-to-block-rogers-shaw-deal-1.5895247|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=CTV News|date=May 9, 2022|access-date=May 28, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Competition Bureau seeks full block of Rogers' proposed acquisition of Shaw - News Release |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/competition-bureau/news/2022/05/competition-bureau-seeks-full-block-of-rogers-proposed-acquisition-of-shaw.html |access-date=28 May 2022 |agency=Competition Bureau |publisher=Government of Canada |date=9 May 2022}}

On August 1, 2022, Rogers announced that the merger was expected to be completed at the end of the year; however, on October 25, 2022, it was announced that the Rogers-Shaw merger had been rejected as proposed.{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2022 |title=Innovation minister imposes conditions on Rogers-Shaw deal, including 'expectations' for Freedom Mobile sale |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/10/25/innovation-minister-imposes-conditions-on-rogers-shaw-deal-including-expectations-for-freedom-mobile-sale.html |website=Toronto Star}} On January 24, 2023, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal allowed the merger to proceed.{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Court rejects Competition Bureau's appeal to block Rogers' takeover of Shaw |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-shaw-appeal-court-1.6724045 |website=CBC News}} The merger was approved by the federal government on March 31, 2023, and completed on April 3.{{Cite news |last=Evans |first=Pete |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Rogers takeover of Shaw approved, with conditions |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-shaw-approval-1.6797175 |access-date=April 3, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rogers-closes-its-historic-20b-acquisition-of-shaw-1.1903892|title=Rogers closes its historic $20B acquisition of Shaw|work=BNNBloomberg.ca|date=April 3, 2023|access-date=April 3, 2023}} Immediately following the transaction, Shaw Communications was amalgamated into Rogers Communications, and no longer exists as a separate entity, though some subsidiaries such as Shaw Cablesystems may still exist as distinct legal entities.{{cite web |author1=Shaw Communications |author2=Rogers Communications |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Notice of Change in Corporate Structure (document filed Apr 4 2023 at 08:47:48 ET) |url=https://www.sedarplus.ca/csa-party/records/document.html?id=f2735a7e7df7fc3e0bd971f979e255ca4afa264371a6822903a6dc0171aa6330 |format=PDF |quote=Following the completion of the Arrangement, Rogers and Shaw, as Rogers’ then wholly-owned subsidiary, completed a vertical short form amalgamation [...]}}

Other activities

Shaw was the parent of Shaw Broadcast Services (previously Shaw Satellite Services, Canadian Satellite Communications, or Cancom) and, through Shaw Broadcast Services,{{cite web|title=Shaw Broadcast Services|url=http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/AboutShaw/ShawCompanies/ShawBroadcastServices.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207191024/http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/AboutShaw/ShawCompanies/ShawBroadcastServices.htm|archive-date=7 December 2006|access-date=2011-03-10|publisher=Shaw.ca}} Shaw Direct, one of Canada's two national direct broadcast satellite providers. For many years it also owned a number of radio stations and specialty television services; these assets were later spun off into Corus Entertainment in an effort to satisfy a now-repealed CRTC policy discouraging cross-ownership of cablesystems and specialty services.

Internet usage-based billing

In December 2010, Shaw filed complaints with the CRTC to have competing internet video services such as Netflix classified as broadcasters under Canadian law.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/companies-like-netflix-should-be-regulated-by-crtc-shaw/article4081427/ |title=Companies like Netflix should be regulated by CRTC: Shaw |date=December 9, 2010 |work=The Canadian Press |publisher=The Globe and Mail |access-date=April 11, 2014}} In the same month, Shaw introduced usage-based billing on internet plans and lowered plan caps an average of 25% while introducing overage fees of $1 to $2 per gigabyte.{{cite web|url=http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,25216162 |title=DSLreports.com |publisher=DSLreports.com |access-date=2011-03-10}} On February 8, 2011, Shaw agreed to put a hold on usage-based billing for its services and to this date continues to not charge customers any overages for surpassing Internet data caps.{{cite web|last=Shaw|first=Gillian|date=2011-02-08|title=Shaw puts brakes on usage-based billing|url=http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/02/08/shaw-puts-brakes-on-usage-based-billing/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502234511/http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/02/08/shaw-puts-brakes-on-usage-based-billing/|archive-date=2 May 2012|access-date=2011-11-18|publisher=Vancouversun.com}}

Eponymous buildings

Shaw Court, Calgary (head office)
Shaw Tower, Vancouver
Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Shaw Park, Winnipeg (November 2010 to November 2023)
Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea not-for-profit cultural and learning centre sponsored by Shaw Communications, Sidney, British Columbia