Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg of Iii 2000 Marlc Gallant Winnipeg free press Videon currently has about 30 staff at corporate head office in Shaw vows to preserve Moffat continued from Page a2 the addition of Moffatt Cable mostly in Winnipeg and gives Shaw a Virtu Al monopoly on Cable television subscribers in Western Canada with about million three Quad ters of whom will be in Vancouver and at per it is the highest Price yet paid for a Cable to company in Moffat also owns the Winnipeg ctr and the women television a specially Cable to station based in the in addition to Cable sys tems in Winnipeg and Edmonton and the surrounding Moffat also owns three Small Cable systems in Florida and Shaw hedged on what his company might do with the broadcast Well either keep them or sell he our Board will discuss it Over the next several some Industry analysts suggested that Shaw might sell sky and win to Corus a company formed last year by spinning off television and radio assets formerly owned by but yesterdays decision by the crts to allow Bce to acquire the ctr television network might mean that it is open season for Cable companies to own their own broadcast because Bce already owns the direct Home satellite television Bell express spokesmen from both Moffat and Shaw were optimistic there would be no jobs lost in the although one analyst said corporate offices do become redundant in Moffat communications has a head office staff of about 15 people in Winnipeg and Videon has about 30 people in its corporate office Randy Moffat has said for Many years and Reiter ated publicly As recently As earlier this year that he would never sell the but analysts and Indus try insiders said in addition to the attractive Price and the Lack of an obvious family the Industry now requires greater capital expenditures than a medi a sized company like Moffat could shoulder on its my decision to further the consolidation of the Cable television Industry was not an easy one to of fat said in a statement the Moffat family has been involved in the Canadian broadcasting Indus try for Over 50 we believe that the combination of Moffat and Shaw will create the Clear Leader in the communications Industry in Western Andy Moffatt chief financial we Are going to be aligned with the leading company in Canada and one of the Best in North its going to provide a lot of opportunities for a lot of our Ben a communications Industry analyst at can Nacorda capital in said the combination of these companies makes a lot of the financial markets make it very difficult to raise Money these he this Industry is very Cap Randy didst want to but there is More and More aggressive Competition in the Shaw can spend what is necessary and lever the Cost Over a greater number of Moffatt Canadian subscriber base decreased by about five per cent this year and Dube said Selling out to Shaw will better position the company to defend against com petition from both the digital satellite television companies and the High Speed internet service of the Telephone subscribers will notice Little if the Sha Moffat Deal goes More than a billion dollars will change but its unlikely that Consumers will residents in the West of the City served by Videon Cable systems and people living on the East Side of the City served by Shaw Are offered similar services and pricing heres a look at current packages offered by both in Cable digital Cable to and High Speed internet High Speed internet both charge a both currently offer free installation and one free month of both Shaw and Videon use the data servicing Centre in although Shaw is building its own data service at a total Cost of Shaw president Peter Bissonnette said Shaws two data centres go into testing in last both Shaw and Videon customers experienced service disruption Fol lowing a software upgrade and hardware failure in full Cable service Basic plus tiers and 3 of Videon charges a Shaw charges digital Cable both companies boast about 200 including dozens of Commer Cia free digital music Shaw customers can buy outright the Digi Tal a set top Box required for Digi Tal Cable for the company popular total entertainment which includes free installation and first month has the sports channels and 40 digital music monthly charge is which includes full analog Cable service for other tvs in the videos similar Complete entertainment package offers a comparable lineup of Chan plus 30 digital music installation is also plus one free month with the digital Cable unlike Shaw Videon users cant buy the set top Box on a one year the rental fee is a month on a six month it costs a videos monthly fee is including full analog Cable service for the Homes other both companies throw in package Sweet Eners to encourage new digital like coupons for free pay preview 0 financing up to 0 mos 2000 grand caravan be 1998 Neon Sedan 2000 Chrysler Neon of 1998 Durango set 7 luxury 1998 caravan is 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Check up on him through Home visits or regular Telephone Moar was also taken to Hospital on Sev eral occasions to be treated for but no police reports were Ever i know the caseloads social services but our social agencies should have been monitoring Cory the beatings went said Mars 14yearold relative pleaded guilty to manslaughter last year and was sentenced to three years in the teen said he beat Moar when he refused to clean up his urine and fees from the basement Pruden was also charged with but Oliphant ruled last month there was insufficient evidence to link him to the final fatal attack on his at the time Moar Pruden was out getting a Oliphant convicted Pruden on four lesser charges of assault with a weapon for incidents where Moar was beaten with a car club and electrical the whole atmosphere that was Cre ated was that Cory was fair it was an atmosphere of mindless said Pruden broke Down in tears yesterday As he told the court he missed his three children and asked Oliphant to make the right he also said he didst do any of those despite Oliphant ruling to the defence lawyer Greg Brodsky asked Oliphant to impose a jail sentence of less than two Oliphant said the Case cries out for a much harsher sentence of eight noting it is one of the worst cases of assault with a weapon Pruden also had a lengthy criminal including previous convictions for during his Pruden collapsed and began vomiting when his wife testified against him and told court she is seek ing a she was Back in court sup porting she gave a letter to Oliphant in which she professes her Devotion to the woman had admitted in court to attacking Moar several times Unks Kavki Vick i auction Sali a drink u for Hook at 153ft Wall stat i from if listing includes 97 Toyota rav 96 Chev Lumina 95 Pontiac grand am 94 Toyota Corolla 93 Ford Aerostat 92 Ford explorer 92 audio 4000 91 Ford explorer 1987 1982 Chev Samaros 1980 1979 Ford f150 1953 inc 1ton plus 76 other units auction unreserved Sale of government 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