Editing Shaw Direct (section)

==Services and pricing==
[[Image:'05-'07 Ford Focus SE ZXW (Star Choice).JPG|thumb|right|A 2005-07 [[Ford Focus (North America)|Ford Focus]] wagon from Star Choice]]
Shaw Direct currently features over 500 channels including all major Canadian and American networks, popular specialty services, PPV, sports packages and over 350 HD channels.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eshpeter|first=Kelly|date=7 May 2021|title=Shaw Direct|url=https://assets.aws.shawdirect.ca/uploadedfiles/national-channel-lineup-numerical.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719102559/https://assets.aws.shawdirect.ca/uploadedfiles/national-channel-lineup-numerical.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> Key services include:
* Multiple feeds from various affiliate stations of U.S. networks, including [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], [[NBC]] and [[PBS]]; these feeds come from [[Detroit]] (Fox excluded since 2009), [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] (Fox only), [[Seattle]], [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] (PBS only since 2019), and [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] (PBS only since 2009).
* [[Crave (TV network)|Crave]] and [[Super Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Super Channel]] (English-language premium movie services)
* [[Super Écran]] (French-language premium movie service)
* [[Pay Per View]] movies and events in standard and high definition from [[Shaw PPV]]
* [[NBA League Pass]]
* [[NFL Sunday Ticket]]
* [[NHL Centre Ice]]
* [[Sportsnet World]] (premium sports service airing soccer and rugby)
* [[Exxxtasy TV]], [[Penthouse TV (Canada)|Penthouse TV]], [[Playboy TV]] and [[Red Hot TV (Canada)|Red Hot TV]] (adult channels)
* 42 commercial-free [[digital television radio|digital music channels]] provided by [[Stingray Music]]
* 49 Canadian commercial radio stations

Monthly packages range from $30 for the basic service, up to $107.99 for specialty and movie channels. Individual premium and specialty channels can also be purchased. The receivers range from $99 for a basic system to $399 for a high-definition [[personal video recorder]].

In addition, Shaw Direct provides specialty services
* '''2nd Home:''' Allows for programming at a secondary location
* '''Seasonal Break:''' Allows you to temporarily suspend programming anywhere from 14 days and up to 180 days, with an automatic reconnect date
* '''Refer-A-Friend:''' When referring new customers to the service, you are eligible to receive up to a month of free programming

Starting in 2011, Shaw Direct offered a free satellite dish, receiver, installation and a handful of SD channels to Canadians who lost their over-the-air (OTA) access to television as a result of Canada's digital television transition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Canadian Transition to Digital Television.|url=http://www.shawdirect.ca/promotions/english/digitaltransition/default.asp?WT.mc_id=DTV|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817221759/http://www.shawdirect.ca/promotions/english/digitaltransition/default.asp?WT.mc_id=DTV|archive-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> The offer was part of Shaw's little known Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-91.htm |title = Reallocation of tangible benefits and extension of deadline to complete analog to digital conversion|date = 9 March 2016}}</ref> approved by the CRTC as part of Shaw's purchase of Canwest Global in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r101022.htm|title=CRTC approves Shaw's purchase of the Canwest Global television properties|access-date=2010-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115004134/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r101022.htm|archive-date=2011-01-15}}</ref> The period to apply to the program ended August 31, 2014, three months earlier than the original extended application deadline of November 30, 2014. On April 12, 2019, the CRTC opened a public call for comments regarding Shaw Direct's licence renewal request that included its plan to end the LTSS as of August 31, 2019. According to Shaw Direct, more than 31,500 Canadian households subscribed to the no-fee LTSS. While Shaw Direct did end up offering the LTSS beyond August 31, 2019, according to Shaw Direct customer service all remaining LTSS subscribers had been disconnected as of December 20, 2019.