I guess if I knew for sure that Bell Expressvu was not going to be available this winter than for sure I would get Shaw Direct BUT it appears as if no one knows for sure.
I like Bell Expressvu for the smaller size dish (we have a house in Florida but go to the State Parks every couple of weeks, I can set up in minutes if no big trees) and I have an embedded cost that I don't like to give up.
The other concern is what if Shaw Direct decides to change their Satellites, putting every Snowbird out of Canadian TV? Talk of this going around, maybe all this is rumour. Maybe Slingbox is only answer.