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Canadian Satellite CommunicationsCanadian Satellite Communications, or Cancom, is a Canadian consortium of cable television companies, which is responsible for providing and managing the distribution of television channels to cable companies via satellite. Cancom also operates Star Choice, a Canadian direct broadcast satellite service. Shaw Communications is the primary shareholder in both services, although both are required by the CRTC to be operated independently of Shaw's cable holdings. Cancom distributes both specialty cable channels and regular broadcast network affiliates. It distributes affiliates of all the major Canadian commercial networks, along with several independent services. The company also distributes a limited number of American network affiliates from markets such as Boston, Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Spokane and Seattle. Some Canadian cable companies use Cancom for these services where cost or technical issues prevent the use of a closer non-Cancom signal, even when the station is from a different time zone. (However, use of the Cancom feeds is not required for these services; cable companies are free to use any signal provider whose distribution is technically feasible.) As well, Cancom distributes a number of Canadian radio stations, and a few American ones, for cable FM and digital distribution.
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