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bjbear
Explorer
Jan 26, 2019

Shaw Direct dropping most SD Channels this year

Ran across this article: https://www.shawdirect.ca/english/support/article/11268/. If I am reading it correctly, it looks like most of the Std Def channels will be dropped by the end of Sep 2019. ...
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Fizz
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Jan 26, 2019
Shaw operates three satellites.
The latest one has a shorter footprint and is not available down south.
The older two can and do carry some HD but you need the newer receiver for it.

Don't take this as the final answer, who knows.
I have it at the cottage and they came around last summer to replace the doohikey on the dish needed to get the latest satellite signal.

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