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S
haw
C
ommunications Inc
.
MANA
G
EMENT’
S
DI
SCUSS
I
O
N AND ANALY
S
I
S
August
,
bus
i
nesses. The
C
om
p
an
yi
s one o
f
the lar
g
est cable telev
i
s
i
on
p
rov
i
ders
i
n
C
anada. As a
t
August 31, 2013, Shaw served approximately 2.0 million cable television customers in fiv
e
provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and certain portions of Ontario)
,
re
p
resent
i
n
g
a
pp
rox
i
matel
y 29%
o
f
the
C
anad
i
an cable telev
i
s
i
on market
.
The Company’s cable television business is operated through its extensive fibre optic and co-
axial cable distribution network. Shaw’s fibre backbone and interconnect network link its cable
s
y
stems and subscr
i
bers to
g
ether.
S
haw rece
i
ves or
igi
nat
i
n
g
telev
i
s
i
on s
ig
nals at
i
ts head-end
sites and re-transmits these signals via its network to customers’ homes in its cable serving
areas. Digital cable customers receive additional services via digital cable terminals (“DCTs”
)
wh
i
ch translate encr
yp
ted s
ig
nals del
i
vered to customers’ homes over
S
haw’s network. W
i
th the
initial completion of DNU, only the legacy basic cable service is delivered via analog signals
.
Currently, over 92% of Shaw’s cable customers are Digital cable customers
.
Digi
tal cable s
ig
n
ifi
cantl
y
ex
p
ands the ran
g
eo
f
serv
i
ces that ma
y
be o
ff
ered to a subscr
i
ber an
d
extends programm
i
ng capac
i
ty. D
i
g
i
tal cable also enhances p
i
cture and sound qual
i
ty an
d
provides the platform from which Shaw has launched, and expects to continue to be able t
o
launch, new revenue-
g
enerat
i
n
g
v
i
deo and
i
nteract
i
ve serv
i
ces.
S
haw o
ff
ers customers a var
i
et
y
of
D
C
Ts
f
or purchase or rent
.
To its Digital subscribers, Shaw offers On Demand viewing options, including Pay-Per-Vie
w
(“
PPV”
)
,V
i
deo-on-Demand
(“
V
O
D”
)
, and
S
ubscr
ip
t
i
on V
O
D
(“S
V
O
D”
)
serv
i
ces. The PPV serv
i
c
e
allows customers to select and pay
f
or spec
ifi
c programs wh
i
ch are ava
i
lable on var
i
ous
channels with different start times. The VOD and SVOD services enable customers to selec
t
p
ro
g
ramm
i
n
gf
rom a l
i
brar
y
o
f
t
i
tles throu
g
h an on-l
i
ne order
i
n
g
s
y
stem or d
i
rectl
y
throu
g
hth
e
set-top
i
nteract
i
ve program gu
i
de, and to v
i
ew the programm
i
ng on the
i
r telev
i
s
i
on at a t
i
me o
f
t
heir choosing, with pause, skip backward and skip forward functionality. On Deman
d
p
ro
g
ramm
i
n
gi
ncludes mov
i
es, s
p
orts, concerts and other s
p
ec
i
al events, w
i
th
p
r
i
ces de
p
endent
o
n the nature o
f
the programm
i
ng.
S
haw also o
ff
ers a w
i
de var
i
ety o
ff
ree
O
n Deman
d
programming including hit TV series, movies, events, music videos and more.
Of
the
C
om
p
an
y
’s cable telev
i
s
i
on customers, over
1
.
2
m
i
ll
i
on have HD ca
p
ab
i
l
i
t
i
es.
S
ha
w
cont
i
nues to launch HD channels wh
i
ch o
ff
er super
i
or p
i
cture deta
i
l and sound qual
i
ty
i
n
a
f
ormat that fully utilizes the capabilities of wide screen, HD ready televisions. In support of HD
,
S
haw o
ff
ers
f
or
p
urchase or rent D
C
Ts wh
i
ch su
pp
ort the decod
i
n
g
and
p
rocess
i
n
g
o
f
HD
content, as well as DCTs which incorporate HD and Personal Video Recorder (“PVR”) features
including the Gateway whole home HDPVR solution that connects to up to six TVs in a home
.
I
n
2012
,
S
haw launched the
fi
rst
p
hase o
fi
ts TV Ever
y
where serv
i
ce,
S
haw
G
o, wh
i
ch allows
customers streaming access to TV shows, sporting events and movies on popular mobil
e
d
evices. The Company continues to expand its selection of services available through Shaw Go
and currentl
y
o
ff
ers
G
lobal
G
o, Mov
i
e
C
entral, NFL
S
unda
y
T
i
cket, and NBA Lea
g
ue Pass a
pp
s
.
In
te
rn
et
L
everaging its cable television infrastructure, Shaw provides high-speed Internet access services
t
o res
i
dent
i
al and bus
i
ness subscr
i
bers
i
n almost all o
fi
ts o
p
erat
i
n
g
areas. The
C
om
p
an
y
currently offers a wide variety of residential Internet service levels to match the speed, usage
and budget requirements of its subscribers. Similar to its residential Internet service, Shaw als
o
off
ers a var
i
et
y
o
f
Internet serv
i
ces
f
or small and med
i
um bus
i
ness customers. As at Au
g
ust
31,
2013, there were approximately 1.9 million subscribers to Shaw’s Internet access services
.
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