Shaw Media’s specialty channels are experiencing a record season, outperforming the competition in multiple demos and dominating the country’s television landscape.

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It’s a sizzling hot season on Lifetime® as the network gets summer started with a blazing slate of star-studded movies, provocative new series and returning fan favourites. Giving viewers a chance to sample Lifetime®’s can’t-resist programming, the network will be available on free preview fromJune 1 to June 30 in over ten million homes across Canada.

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Grammy® nominated pop-rockers Fall Out Boy are set to make their “Much”-anticipated, first Canadian live performance in three years with LIVE AT MUCH W/ FALL OUT BOY, Thursday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET.  Read More

CTV and Project 10 Productions announced today that production is underway on the new half-hour Canadian scripted comedy series SPUN OUT. Co-starring comedy veteran and KIDS IN THE HALL alumnus Dave Foley and featuring some of the top comedic talent in the country ever assembled – both in front of and behind the camera – the multi-cam comedy series begins shooting tonight (May 3) at Toronto`s Pinewood Studios. Viewers looking to be part of the series’ studio audience can emailaudience@project10.ca to attend live tapings of the series’ 13 episodes now through mid-July 2013.  Read More

Delivering yet another star-studded, blockbuster celebration of music, CTV continues its award show hot streak with exclusive coverage of THE 2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS. Grammy® Award winners Prince, Taylor Swift, and Bruno Mars are just some of the A-list acts set to take the stage. Hosted by Emmy® Award-nominated actor and comedian Tracy Morgan,THE 2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDSair live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. ETon CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times).  Read More

As one of Canada’s leading websites, ShawConnect.ca has added to its robust content by joining forces with three well respected partners.SPORTSNET.CA is the site’s official sports channel and Auto123.com is the autos channel while the agreement with 49st.com connects Canadians to live events. Read More

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Netflix will premiere its upcoming original series “Orange is the New Black” on Thursday, July 11, 2013.  Created by Jenji Kohan (“Weeds”), the comedic drama starring Taylor Schilling is set in a women’s prison and is based on the U.S. best-selling memoir by Piper Kerman. All thirteen one-hour episodes in the series from Lionsgate Television will be available at launch. Read More

TELUS is warning its customers about a sudden and significant increase in the volume of vacation scam calls to Ontario residents. When someone picks up the scam call a recorded voice thanks them for choosing TELUS and that the company is giving you a free vacation for being a good customer. If you stay on the line it connects you to a person who will try to convince you to give them personal information or send money as a down-payment on fees for the vacation.

The calls are fraudulent, and in no way related to TELUS. TELUS recommends you simply hang up if you receive a call.

The scam is common, re-surfacing periodically using the name of a well-known corporation to appear credible to try and trick people into sharing personal information or sending money to a fraudster.

While the calls typically have a North American caller ID that is simply an attempt to look legitimate and gain trust. TELUS Security has confirmed the caller ID is being spoofed, and the calls are actually coming from outside Canada. TELUS Security has already blocked calls from several numbers from reaching its customers, but the scammers are simply creating new false numbers.

It appears the scammers are using auto-dialers to randomly call thousands of phone numbers – not just TELUS customers.

TELUS Security is working with law enforcement officials to try to determine where the calls are, in fact, coming from and put an end to them at the source if possible.

This is just one of several common phone scams that periodically target Canadians. If you receive a call you suspect is fraudulent, do not give out personal information and simply hang up. Legitimate telemarketers will always know your name and will always provide you with a number for you to call them back at your convenience.

If you believe you may have given personal information to a scam artist and need assistance securing your TELUS account, please call TELUS Fraud Management at 1-877-567-2062.

For additional information about phone fraud, please visit:

www.telus.com/scams
or
www.phonebusters.com

The VMedia team will be appearing before the CRTC on Friday, April 26, to intervene against applicants for mandatory carriage licences. This form of licence, if awarded, would oblige every Canadian consumer who gets a basic package to receive and pay for a channel with this licence.  Read More