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Shaw TV is a locally-based community channel service operated by cable TV company Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...

, and is available to Shaw Cable subscribers in most major communities throughout western Canada.

Each station runs programming produced by staff and/or volunteers. Most stations broadcast a variety of programming, including news, live studio shows, city council meetings, high school/college sports, and community bulletin board
Community bulletin board
A Community bulletin board is a digital signage system that Public, educational, and government access cable television providers use as a Barker channel to keep communities up to date of events listings, weather and other news that can be delivered by using digital on-screen graphic s. The...

/telefied advertisements.

Some programs are aired only locally, while others are aired throughout a province or region, such as WHL hockey coverage.

Hamilton

Although Shaw provides cable service in parts of the Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

 market, regional monopolies in the region are also held by Cogeco
Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...

 and Source Cable
Source Cable
Source Cable is one of three main Cable television service providers for the city of Hamilton, Ontario. The other two are Shaw Communications and Cogeco...

. The three companies jointly operate a single community channel for Hamilton known as Cable 14
Cable 14 (Hamilton)
Cable 14 is a community channel licenced to Hamilton, Ontario, and is available to cable television subscribers of Cogeco, Shaw Communications , and Source Cable systems. The cable TV station is also available to customers in Hamilton, and the communities of Dunnville, Caledonia, and Cayuga in...

, so there is no Shaw TV channel proper in the region.

Kenora

In addition to Shaw TV Kenora, Shaw Communications also owns and operates CJBN-TV
CJBN-TV
CJBN-TV, channel 13, is a television station based in Kenora, Ontario, Canada and affiliated with the CTV network. It can also be seen on cable TV channel 4 in the Kenora area, as well as on the Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite services. The station adopted the CJTV brand in the early 2000s, but...

, a CTV affiliate in Kenora.

Nanaimo

Shaw Cable also operates a separate channel for the residents in Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown...

, also on channel 4. Nanaimo's Shaw TV content contains programming from Port Alberni, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Campbell River, Powell River and Victoria who all also produce their own programming. http://nanaimo.shawtv.com

Prince Albert

  • Prince Albert City Council - Live or taped coverage of local City Council meetings.

Saskatoon

  • Shaw TV - Daily programming rotation that focuses on local community events and issues.
  • Saskatoon City Council - Live/taped broadcast of local City Council meetings every Monday.
  • Live sports including WHL Hockey and Canada West University Football

Sault Ste. Marie

  • Sault Ste. Marie City Council - Live or taped coverage of local City Council meetings every 2nd Monday.
  • OHL Hockey - Live coverage of Soo Greyhounds hockey. Both home (Produced by Shaw Cable live from the Essar Centre) and away games (Produced by either Rogers or Cogeco).
  • The Northview - Wilderness scenes and sounds from throughout the Northern Ontario/Lake Superior region (Tourism information about the Sault and Algoma).
  • Plugged In! - News and information about events and activities in Sault Ste. Marie.
  • Shaw TV Messages - Message rotation that focuses on local community events.

Victoria

Shaw's program The Daily is a long-running news magazine in Victoria. The show airs everyday on Channel 11.

Other stations

  • Calgary
    Calgary
    Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

    , Alberta - Shaw TV Calgary
    Shaw TV Calgary
    Shaw TV Calgary is a cable television community channel in Calgary, Alberta operated by Shaw Communications. The channel operates on cable channel 10....

  • Cranbrook, British Columbia
    Cranbrook, British Columbia
    Cranbrook, British Columbia is a city in southeast British Columbia, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2006, Cranbrook's population is 18,267, and the...

     - Shaw TV Cranbrook
  • Edmonton
    Edmonton
    Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

    , Alberta - Shaw TV Edmonton
    Shaw TV Edmonton
    Shaw TV Edmonton is a cable television community channel in Edmonton, Alberta.The two most notable programs are Edmonton Rush professional lacrosse and Edmonton Cracker Cats professional baseball. In the 2007-2008 season the Edmonton Oil Kings, Edmonton's expansion WHL franchise, will have games...

  • Hamilton
    Hamilton, Ontario
    Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

    , Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

     - Cable 14
    Cable 14 (Hamilton)
    Cable 14 is a community channel licenced to Hamilton, Ontario, and is available to cable television subscribers of Cogeco, Shaw Communications , and Source Cable systems. The cable TV station is also available to customers in Hamilton, and the communities of Dunnville, Caledonia, and Cayuga in...

     (co-owned with Cogeco
    Cogeco
    Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian media and communications company. The name is an acronym for Compagnie Générale de Communication .-History:...

     and Source Cable
    Source Cable
    Source Cable is one of three main Cable television service providers for the city of Hamilton, Ontario. The other two are Shaw Communications and Cogeco...

    )
  • Kelowna
    Kelowna
    Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

    , British Columbia - Shaw TV Kelowna
  • Kenora, Ontario - Shaw TV Kenora
  • Prince George, British Columbia
    Prince George, British Columbia
    Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...

     - Shaw TV Prince George
  • Quesnel, British Columbia
    Quesnel, British Columbia
    -Demographics:Quesnel had a population of 9,326 people in 2006, which was a decrease of 7.1% from the 2001 census count. The median household income in 2005 for Quesnel was $54,044, which is slightly above the British Columbia provincial average of $52,709....

     - Shaw TV Quesnel
  • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
    Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
    Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...

     - Shaw TV Sault Ste. Marie
    Shaw TV Sault Ste. Marie
    Shaw TV is a Cable television station operating in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on Channel 10.The station is a community channel, owned and operated by Rogers Communications.-Programming:...

  • Thunder Bay
    Thunder Bay
    -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

    , Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

     - Shaw TV Thunder Bay
  • Vancouver
    Vancouver
    Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

    , British Columbia - Shaw TV Vancouver
    Shaw TV Vancouver
    Shaw TV Vancouver is a cable television community channel in Vancouver, British Columbia. The channel operates on cable channel 4 in Vancouver.The station is currently operated by Shaw Communications as part of the Shaw TV network of community channels...

  • Williams Lake, British Columbia
    Williams Lake, British Columbia
    Williams Lake, is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo, it is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George, with a population of 11,150 in city limits....

     - Shaw TV Williams Lake
  • Winnipeg
    Winnipeg
    Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

    , Manitoba - Shaw TV Winnipeg
    Shaw TV Winnipeg
    Shaw TV Winnipeg is a cable television community channel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, operating on cable channel 9. The channel is part of Shaw Cable's Shaw TV network of community channels....


Controversies

Some concern has been raised about the company putting business interests over public-access/community interests, and has led one community group to consider creating an alternative, independent local public-access service in Vancouver.
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