Shaw Communications Inc. · Calgary, AB Canada · (NYSE: SJR)(Toronto: SJR)

Shaw Communications puts on a show for Western Canada. The company provides cable television in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, northwestern Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Shaw has about 3.4 million basic cable subscribers, including about 1.7 million Internet customers and 900,000 digital telephone users. Its Business Solutions group offers data and video transport and Internet connectivity for corporate clients, while Shaw Direct provides direct-to-home satellite programming to more than 800,000 subscribers through the Star Choice brand. Its other operations include such satellite services as signal redistribution and wireless vehicle fleet management. Chairman J. R. Shaw and his family control the company. To read the full description, subscribe now.