CALGARY, ALBERTA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 12, 2008 -- Shaw Communications Inc. ("Shaw") (Toronto:SJR-B.TO - News) (NYSE:SJR - News) announced today that it has received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") to renew its normal course issuer bid to purchase its Class B Non-Voting Shares for a further one year period. Shaw's normal course issuer bid will now expire on November 18, 2009, in accordance with the rules of the TSX.

Under Shaw's previously approved issuer bid, during the 12 month period commencing November 19, 2007, Shaw purchased an aggregate of 6,581,300 Class B Non-Voting Shares at an average price of $20.26. All such shares have been cancelled.

As approved by the TSX, during the period of November 19, 2008 to November 18, 2009, Shaw is now authorized to acquire up to an additional 35,000,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares representing approximately 10% of the public float of Class B Non-Voting Shares. A total of 404,550,960 Class B Non-Voting Shares of Shaw were issued and outstanding as at November 4, 2008.

Shaw continues to believe that purchases of Class B Non-Voting Shares under the bid are in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, and that such purchases constitute a desirable use of Shaw's free cash flow.

Class B Non-Voting Shares will be purchased by Shaw pursuant to the TSX's rules governing normal course issuer bids, or otherwise pursuant to private agreement under an issuer bid exemption order of one or more of the securities regulatory authorities in Canada, and any Class B Non-Voting Shares so purchased will be cancelled. For purposes of the TSX normal course issuer bid rules, Shaw's "average daily trading volume" is 1,261,574 shares.

The bid does not apply to the Class A Shares of Shaw.

Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business Solutions) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice). The Company serves 3.4 million customers, including over 1.5 million Internet and 610,000 residential Digital Phone customers, through a reliable and extensive network, which comprises 625,000 kilometres of fibre. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Toronto:SJR-B.TO - News) (NYSE:SJR - News).

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