Cablecasting Limited

Cablecasting Limited

Cablecasting Limited (CL Systems Limited) was Canada's fifth largest cable television company [cite news | last = Partridge | first = John | title = Cablecasting putting systems on the market | page = B1 | publisher = Globe and Mail | date = November 23,1989] 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:

* [http://winnipedia.ca/wiki/Greater_Winnipeg_Cablevision Greater Winnipeg Cablevision]
* Calgary Cable TV/FM (served Calgary North) [cite news | last = Nelson| first = Barry| title = Two cable systems serve Calgary | page = F1| publisher = Calgary Herald| date = November 1,1992]
* Airdrie, Alberta
* Cochrane, Alberta
* Tillsonburg, Ontario
* Thames Cablevision Inc. of Strathroy, Ontario
* Allview Cable Service of St. Thomas, Ontario
* Graham Cable TV/FM serving City of York and parts of Toronto
* Lakeshore Community Television Limited 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. [cite news | title = COMPANIES IN THE NEWS CABLECASTING | page = B2 | publisher = Globe and Mail | date = May 17, 1980]

Before SHAW Communications bought up these assets for $307,500,000 in 1992 [cite news | title = Western cable-TV firm purchases CL Systems | page = C3 | publisher = Toronto Star | date = March 14,1992] , Cablecasting Limited had 320,000 subscribers in the systems listed above. It was the fifth largest cable company in Canada .

CRTC License-related

* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/Archive/eng/Decisions/1992/DB92-829.htm CRTC Decision 1992-829 - Sale of Cablecasting Limited assets to SHAW Cable]

References

See also

Classicomm

External links

* [http://sec.edgar-online.com/2002/04/15/0001012709-02-000563/Section23.asp SEC Filing for Intacta Technologies Ltd.] Noel R. Bambrough was CEO of this company after leaving Cablecasting Ltd.


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