Shaw Direct
E621385
Shaw Direct is a Canadian direct broadcast satellite television provider offering digital TV services across Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaw Direct canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6803541 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaw Direct Context triple: [Shaw Communications, hasSubsidiary, Shaw Direct]
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A.
Showtime
Showtime is an American premium cable and streaming network known for its original, often edgy series, films, and sports programming.
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B.
Grundy Television
Grundy Television is a television production company known for creating and producing various scripted series and entertainment programs.
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C.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now was a subscription-based live TV streaming service in the United States that offered cable-style channel bundles over the internet without a traditional satellite or cable connection.
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D.
DirecTV
DirecTV is a major American direct broadcast satellite television service provider offering a wide range of channels and packages to residential and commercial customers.
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E.
Paramount Vantage
Paramount Vantage was a specialty film division of Paramount Pictures focused on producing and distributing independent, art-house, and prestige films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaw Direct Target entity description: Shaw Direct is a Canadian direct broadcast satellite television provider offering digital TV services across Canada.
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A.
Showtime
Showtime is an American premium cable and streaming network known for its original, often edgy series, films, and sports programming.
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B.
Grundy Television
Grundy Television is a television production company known for creating and producing various scripted series and entertainment programs.
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C.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now was a subscription-based live TV streaming service in the United States that offered cable-style channel bundles over the internet without a traditional satellite or cable connection.
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D.
DirecTV
DirecTV is a major American direct broadcast satellite television service provider offering a wide range of channels and packages to residential and commercial customers.
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E.
Paramount Vantage
Paramount Vantage was a specialty film division of Paramount Pictures focused on producing and distributing independent, art-house, and prestige films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
direct broadcast satellite television provider
ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Shaw Direct ⓘ |
| brandOf | Shaw Communications ⓘ |
| broadcastStandard |
DVB-S
ⓘ
DVB-S2 ⓘ |
| broadcastTechnology | direct broadcast satellite ⓘ |
| businessModel | subscription-based ⓘ |
| contentType |
family channels
ⓘ
movie channels ⓘ multicultural channels ⓘ news channels ⓘ radio channels ⓘ specialty channels ⓘ sports channels ⓘ television programming ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| coverage | nationwide coverage in Canada ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | satellite ⓘ |
| formerName | Star Choice ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Calgary
|
| industry |
pay television
ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| offers |
English-language television packages
ⓘ
French-language television packages ⓘ high-definition television channels ⓘ music channels ⓘ pay-per-view services ⓘ standard-definition television channels ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Shaw Communications ⓘ |
| product |
digital television services
ⓘ
direct broadcast satellite television ⓘ |
| providesEquipment |
digital receivers
ⓘ
satellite dishes ⓘ set-top boxes ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Canada ⓘ |
| serviceFormat | digital television ⓘ |
| serviceType |
multichannel television
ⓘ
subscription television ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
remote communities in Canada
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ rural customers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shaw Direct Description of subject: Shaw Direct is a Canadian direct broadcast satellite television provider offering digital TV services across Canada.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.