Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 27, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba 84 business Macii 2001 takeover a plus for customers Shaw by Groft Kirbyson digital and internet customers on both sides of the red River May see both shorthand Lon term benefits in the Wake of Shaw communications takeover of Moffat Peter president of Cal Gar based said the company initially Hopes to improve the reliability of its internet service by hiring additional technical service it also plans to launch new digital additional Cable channels and enhance ments to its internet offering in the months and years to Bissonnette said Shaws main objective in the Winnipeg Market is to increase its digital and internet sales on the West Side of the red River former Aims for Ultra reliable net new Cable channels by controlled by Moffatt Videon Divi Sion so there in line with its own sales on the East the penetration of High Speed inter net and digital television on the former Moffat Side is half of were going to have More people on the ground on the direct Sale Side Selling at Community he said in an interview from Calgary Shaw has 17 per cent of the net mar Ket on the East Side of the while the former Videon had seven per cent on the West the ratios Are similar for digital Bissonnette Shaw will also have a stronger retail presence for its internet services and digital Cable terminals through expand ing its existing relationships with the likes of future shop and radio Bissonnette the Deal for the 56year old Winnipeg based Moffat was approved by the Canadian radio Elevi Sion and telecommunications commis Sion last other changes include the unification under the Shaw Banner of company Sig nage and vehicle colours in the coming As customers on the West Side of the red will Start receiving Shaw Bills in june following the consolidation of the Billing until they will receive Videon Bissonnette said one of the benefits of serving the entire City is that it can have a More consistent voice in the Community in terms of Adver Tising and he added the composition of Shaws Winnipeg workforce will change in the next including the increase in sales and technical but with fewer peo ple in accounting and other corporate Shaw will also consolidate the Call Centre operations of the two he Shaw has 532 employees in including 420 from last Layoff notices were Given to 87 former employees of effectively eliminating its head office operations in win Vaughn outgoing president of Videon Cable systems and Moffatt Cable said customers Arent Likely to see Many changes but they will be offered additional products As they become available throughout the Indus Shaw is a very aggressive Cable oper there known to launch services quickly in the markets there that a positive from a customers Point of he Tozer added most of videos staff would Likely keep their although some of their duties May theres lots of work in the Cable Busi he he noted Shaw is unlikely to align channels and their numbers on the dial on both sides of the River because of pre Vious customer backlash and other Logis tical aerospace continued from Page b3 work has to have the direct approval of the manufacturer he said it underscores the Confidence that bae officials have in the work that acs it says bae trusts us to the same degree it would Trust part of its own Helms said Northern Aero Indus tries ass wholly owned Winnipeg will be manufacturing components for bae Turboprop although North Ern will still have to bid on bae con the fact it wont have to wait for bae to inspect and approve the product design data for the components Ace can now do that will give it an advantage other parts sup he although Boeing and Bristol have been working together on target con tracts since the Early this is the first time Treyve won a contract to Supply theatre ballistic missile Tom targets to the so i would it is a significant said Bristol Steven Stevenson and Robert beings weapons programs communications said Landing this contract will hopefully make it easier for the two partners to successfully bid on other target Supply contracts not Only for the but for other foreign Robert chief of operations for the army targets manage ment said the targets will be used to train the army air defence artillery and that the partnership was one of about eight International firms which expressed an interest in supplying the Jeffreys said that army officials chose the Excalibur target system Over All the others because it does the Job and the Price was o roots airs first Day was full of surprises would you like to own your own business visit franchise business opportunities show March 31 april 1 Park r 1405 Matthews at Empress the Winnipeg free press is read by 52 of Winnipeg adults every that in Canada among major by David Paddon Toronto roots air was full of sur Prises first announcing plans to increase its service even before its inaugural then cancelling one of three Toronto to Calgary flights planned for the a spokesman for 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