- 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 inOntario . The two major shareholders of the company wereDavid R. Graham , who owned 99.1%, andNoel 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. ofStrathroy, Ontario
*Allview Cable Service ofSt. Thomas, Ontario
*Graham Cable TV/FM serving City of York and parts ofToronto
*Lakeshore Community Television Limited serving Terrace Bay, White River, Red Rock, Nipigon, Marathon, Manitouwadge andWawa, 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]
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* [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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