What to expect from Videotron's Freedom Mobile acquisition

Videotron, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor, now owns Freedom Mobile. Quebecor and Shaw Communications announced that this creates the "fourth strong, competitive wireless service provider" in the country. Videotron has promised François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, to lower prices to benefit Canadians. 

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Shaw temporarily lays off 10% of its employees due to COVID-19

Calgary-based Shaw Communications announced on Tuesday that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it'll temporarily lay off 10% of its workforce. The company said the layoffs will begin on Thursday, April 16, affecting fewer than 1,000 of its 10,000 employees. Most of the laid-off staff work in retail and sales roles. Shaw and Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile closed most of its retail stores to comply with government directives to help slow the spread of the virus.

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Shaw offers free online lessons for kids during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has kept children from going to school to learn. Shaw hopes to do its part by offering some online learning lessons to help your kids keep up with their studies. The company is using an established education platform called EVERFI to bring these select learning games and lessons to kids between kindergarten and grade 12. You can check this initiative out over at this link.

This offer is part of the company's #ShawHelps campaign, which hopes to keep people connected, safe, and engaged during this crisis. The telecom company has already donated $1 million to food centres in Canada and offered free internet to low-income families, among other initiatives.

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Shaw's FreeRange TV app is now called BlueCurve TV

Calgary-based telecommunications company Shaw changes the name of its FreeRange TV app to BlueCurve TV. There are no changes to the mobile application beyond the name, but now it's more in line with its offerings like the BlueCurve Pods. The service still lets current cable TV subscribers watch live TV from their smartphone or tablet. And it allows users to download kids' shows for offline viewing.

BlueCurveTV app is still based on Comcast's X1 cloud platform, which is used by Rogers and Videotron as well. The BlueCurve TV app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for free.

Source: iPhone in Canada