Shaw Takes New Direction.CALGARY, Alberta -- Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :SJR SJR Senate Joint Resolution SJR Superjoint Ritual (band) SJR St John Rigby (Catholic Sixth Form College) SJR Signal-To-Jammer Ratio SJR Saint Joseph Regional High School (USA) .NV.B) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SJR) announced that it is resigning from the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association ("CCTA (Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, London, www.ogc.gov.uk) An agency of the U.K. government's Office of Government Commerce that has been providing IT advice and guidance to the public sector for over 25 years. ") effective today. As the telecommunications and broadcasting industries evolve, it is becoming increasingly clear that the member companies of the CCTA have divergent interests and differing strategic objectives making it difficult to build industry-wide consensus on various issues. Shaw believes that it will be better served by pursuing its own strategies and developing its own objectives without the added burden of seeking industry consensus. Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Big Pipe Inc.) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice Communications Inc.) to approximately 3.0 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.NV.B, NYSE - SJR). Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.NV.B) (NYSE:SJR) |
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