On March 15, 2021, Rogers announced that it will acquire Shaw for $26 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. This proposed acquisition was criticized by public lobby groups like OpenMedia, as a move that would reduce national competition in the Canadian wireless communication market by removing one of the four major competitors from the market. For the sale to go ahead, the CRTC has ordered Rogers to divest Freedom Mobile. It was reported on June 17, 2022 that Quebecor, a media and telecommunications company based in Quebec, intended to acquire the company for 2.85 billion. The CRTC approved the merger on March 24, 2022. On May 9, 2022, the Competition Bureau announced an application to the Competition Tribunal to block the transaction due to its effects on the wireless market. On August 1, 2022, Rogers announced that the merger is expected to be completed at the end of the year, however, on October 25, 2022, it was announced that the Rogers-Shaw merger has been rejected as proposed. On January 24, 2023, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal allowed the merger to proceed. Other activities Shaw was the parent of Shaw Broadcast Services (previously Shaw Satellite Services, Canadian Satellite Communications, or Cancom) and, through Shaw Broadcast Services, Shaw Direct, one of Canada's two national direct broadcast satellite providers. For many years it also owned a number of radio stations and specialty television services; these assets were later spun off into Corus Entertainment in an effort to satisfy a now-repealed CRTC policy discouraging cross-ownership of cablesystems and specialty services. Controversy Internet usage-based billing In December 2010, Shaw filed complaints with the CRTC to have competing internet video services such as Netflix classified as broadcasters under Canadian law. In the same month, Shaw introduced usage-based billing on internet plans and lowered plan caps an average of 25% while introducing overage fees of $1 to $2 per gigabyte. On February 8, 2011, Shaw agreed to put a hold on usage-based billing for its services and to this date continues to not charge customers any overages for surpassing Internet data caps. Eponymous buildings Shaw Court, Calgary (head office) Shaw Tower, Vancouver Shaw Centre, Ottawa Shaw Park, Winnipeg Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea not-for-profit cultural and learning centre sponsored by Shaw Communications, Sidney, British Columbia See also Burning Log Canwest Classicomm Cybertip.ca List of assets owned by Shaw Communications Media ownership in Canada Telecom List