Cablecasting Limited

Cablecasting Limited (CL Systems Limited) was Canada's fifth largest cable television company[1] serving cities in western Canada and some small towns in Ontario. The two major shareholders of the company were David R. Graham, who owned 99.1%, and Noel R. Bambrough who owned 0.1%.

They owned cable facilities in the following markets:

One of Cablecasting's cable companies
  • Greater Winnipeg Cablevision
  • Calgary Cable TV/FM (served Calgary North)[2]
  • Airdrie, Alberta
  • Cochrane, Alberta
  • Tillsonburg, Ontario
  • Thames Cablevision of Strathroy, Ontario
  • Allview Cable Service of St. Thomas, Ontario
  • Graham Cable serving City of York and parts of Toronto
  • Lakeshore Community Television serving Terrace Bay, White River, Red Rock, Nipigon, Marathon, Manitouwadge and Wawa, Ontario.

History

In May, 1980, a U.S. subsidiary of Cable America Inc., Cablecasting Ltd. bought up 80% of a cable company in the state of Dekalb Cablevision Inc., serving 16,000 households in De Kalb, Georgia.[3]

Before SHAW Communications bought up these assets for $307,500,000 in 1992,[4] Cablecasting Limited had 320,000 subscribers in the systems listed above. It was the fifth largest cable company in Canada.

CRTC License-related

  • CRTC Decision 1992-829 - Sale of Cablecasting Limited assets to SHAW Cable

See also

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References

  1. ^ Partridge, John (November 23, 1989). "Cablecasting putting systems on the market". Globe and Mail. p. B1.
  2. ^ Nelson, Barry (November 1, 1992). "Two cable systems serve Calgary". Calgary Herald. p. F1.
  3. ^ "COMPANIES IN THE NEWS CABLECASTING". Globe and Mail. May 17, 1980. p. B2.
  4. ^ "Western cable-TV firm purchases CL Systems". Toronto Star. March 14, 1992. p. C3.

External links

  • http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2970/101270902000563/filing-main.htm SEC Filing for Intacta Technologies Ltd.] Noel R. Bambrough was CEO of this company after leaving Cablecasting Ltd.
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