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09/21/2009
Court Rejects Attempt to Block Mountain Cable Sale
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled against Rogers Communications’ attempt to block the sale of Mountain Cablevision to Shaw Communications. Shaw’s estimated $300 million purchase of the smaller cable company has been given the all-clear after a non-compete agreement struck between the owners of Rogers and Shaw Cable nearly ten years ago was […]
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08/05/2009
SCTE Plans Second Annual Canadian Summit
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has announced that its second annual Canadian Summit is scheduled for March 9-10, 2010, in Toronto. Bruce Marshall, technical director with Mountain Cablevision, will serve as the program chair for the event. The summit will explore engineering issues specific to the Canadian market and will be geared toward […]
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07/31/2009
Big Time Move
I'm a big fan of playing the contrarian role when appropriate, but I must join most pundits and recognize Cablevision's prudence in deciding to spin off MSG. The MSO's shareholders can only be
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07/21/2009
Shaw Likes Mountain’s Prospects
Without naming a purchase price, Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette confirmed that the planned acquisition of Ontario-based Mountain Cablevision was pricey. “There was a premium,” Bissonnette said. Assuming the $220 million (or more) in Canadian currency suggested by Greg O’Brien’s Web site cart.ca is accurate, one figures the deal translates at a minimum into U.S. […]
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07/17/2009
Mountain Cable Sells Hamilton System to Shaw
Mountain Cablevision Limited has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Shaw Communications to sell its cable operation in Hamilton, Ontario and surrounding area, subject to CRTC approval. Mountain Cable provides cable video, Internet, residential and commercial telephony services in the City of Hamilton and in towns situated in Haldimand County to the south […]
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07/10/2009
Mountain West's Uphill Battle
For the record, I view the BCS as a cabal not unlike OPEC . Both hold all the aces in their respective domains and operate accordingly. It's difficult to impugn either for operating in a self-interested