Videon Cablesystems
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| Industry | cable television, hi-speed Internet |
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| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | SHAW Cable |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Defunct | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Products | Fibrelink |
| Parent | Famous Players, Moffat Communications |
Videon Cablesystems was a Cable television service in Manitoba, Alberta, and for a short period northwest Ontario, Canada. The origins of Videon date back to October 1959 when original General Manager Claude Boucher applied to the Lakehead Public Utilities Board in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to provide cable television service to the town through the new company Lakehead Videon. The cable system was built and was sold to Maclean-Hunter in July 1970. This was done because the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) had complained that Famous Players had 50% ownership of Lakehead Videon and Metro Videon, which in turn was primarily American owned. CRTC rules stated that Canadian cable companies must be at least 80% Canadian-owned.
Videon Cablesystems, Inc. (also Videon Cable-TV, Winnipeg Videon Inc., Metro Videon Community Antenna Television Inc.) was a cable television company serving Winnipeg on the west side of the Red River from August 14, 1968 until 2002. The company was owned by the Moffat family through their company Moffat Communications Ltd. Randall L. Moffat was its president.
Metro Videon Community Antenna Television Inc. was formed "quietly" in 1962, after three additional television signals — CBWFT, KCND, and CJAY, started broadcasting in 1960.
The initial partners were Randy Moffat, owner of CKY (radio); Ralph Misener, owner of CJAY Channel 7 television; Famous Players theatres, owner of several cable TV systems including the one at Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Claude Boucher, Videon's first general manager.
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