Cablecasting Limited (CL Systems Limited) was Canada's fifth largest
cable television
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company serving cities in western Canada and some small towns in
Ontario
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. The two major shareholders of the company were David R. Graham, who owned 99.1%, and
Noel R. Bambrough who owned 0.1%.
They owned cable facilities in the following markets:
One of Cablecasting's cable companies
* Greater Winnipeg Cablevision
* Calgary Cable TV/FM (served Calgary North)
*
Airdrie, Alberta
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The City of Airdrie i ...
*
Cochrane, Alberta
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*
Tillsonburg, Ontario
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* Thames Cablevision of
Strathroy, Ontario
* Allview Cable Service of
St. Thomas, Ontario
* Graham Cable serving
City of York
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and parts of
Toronto
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* Lakeshore Community Television serving
Terrace Bay
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,
White River,
Red Rock,
Nipigon
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,
Marathon,
Manitouwadge
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History
Manitouwadge (''Manidoowaazh'' in O ...
and
Wawa, Ontario
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.
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.
Before
SHAW Communications bought up these assets for $307,500,000 in 1992,
Cablecasting Limited had 320,000 subscribers in the systems listed above. It was the fifth largest cable company in Canada.
CRTC License-related
CRTC Decision 1992-829 - Sale of Cablecasting Limited assets to SHAW Cable
See also
Classicomm
References
External links
*http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2970/101270902000563/filing-main.htm SEC Filing for Intacta Technologies Ltd.] Noel R. Bambrough was CEO of this company after leaving Cablecasting Ltd.
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Defunct cable and DBS companies of Canada
