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.

After a asset swap between Shaw and Rogers Cable in 2001, most of the areas formerly served by Cablecasting are now held by Rogers Cable.

CRTC License-related

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

See also

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