Whois & Analysis for shawdirect.ca

Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada.

Known for their direct broadcasting by satellite distribution, it is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers.

It broadcasts on Ku band from three communications satellites, Anik F1R and Anik G1 at 107.3°W, and Anik F2 at 111.1°W; these satellites are owned by Telesat Canada and otherwise are used primarily to distribute programming to various Canadian cable TV companies.

The company was formerly known as Star Choice until April 15, 2009.

Canada (French) is a country in the northern half of North America.

Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering, making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area.

Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest binational land border.

The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer.

Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains.

It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border.

One third of the population lives in the three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Its capital is Ottawa, and other major urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton.

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to customers (usually paying subscribers) by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the customer's location.

The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna usually referred to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block downconverter (LNB).

A satellite receiver then decodes the desired television programme for viewing on a television set.

Receivers can be external set-top boxes, or a built-in television tuner.

Satellite television provides a wide range of channels and services.

It is the only television available in many remote geographic areas without terrestrial television or cable television service.

A direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) is a type of artificial satellite which usually broadcasts satellite television signals for home reception.