Shaw Email Filter Gives Customers the Say on Spam; New Value-Added Service Now Available for All...

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004

With the introduction today of Shaw Email Filter, Shaw (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) Internet customers can now enjoy one of the fastest, best performing Internet experiences without the aggravation

"Shaw Email Filter is an immediate and innovative solution to the harassment of spam and the growing concern customers have about unwanted email," said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications Inc. "Our customers can now decide how they want spam and junk email to be handled, and Shaw Email Filter will accurately and reliably deliver on that request. The service is now embedded in our core Internet product and a great opportunity for us to enhance our customers' Internet experience."

All Shaw Internet customers will be invited to select online from four Shaw Email Filter security options:

-- Delete Suspected Junk Email - Shaw Email Filter will

automatically delete any email identified as junk email or

spam.

-- Tag Suspected Junk Email - Shaw Email Filter will flag

suspected spam or junk email as "Shaw Suspected Junk Email" as

it's delivered to the customer's inbox.

-- Hold Suspected Junk Email - Shaw Email Filter will redirect

any email identified as junk email or spam to a special

Webmail folder where it will be held for 14 days and then

deleted. Most other Internet service providers do not offer

this option.

-- Disable Filtering - Shaw Email Filter will not take any action

and customers will receive all email sent to the email address

without any flags.

The selection process is quick and simple, and enables customers to choose the option that best meets their needs. The service is completely automated and highly accurate, guaranteeing customers' email privacy and mitigating the risk of deleting legitimate email. Customers also have the choice of changing their security option at any time.

Bissonnette added that Shaw Email Filter is one of several new service innovations launched or soon-to-be launched for Western Canada's most popular Internet service.

For more details, customers can visit start.shaw.ca, shaw.ca or call 1-888-472-2222.

Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet and satellite direct-to-home ("DTH") services to approximately 2.9 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. (Symbol: TSX-SJR.B, NYSE-SJR)