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[November 24, 2009]

Shaw Agrees to Purchase 1,500,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/24/09 -- Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR) ("Shaw") announced today that it has agreed to purchase for cancellation 1,500,000 of its outstanding Class B Non-Voting Participating Shares ("Class B Shares"), or approximately 0.36% of the Class B Shares outstanding as at October 31, 2009, pursuant to a private agreement between Shaw and an arm's length third party seller (the "Private Purchase") for an aggregate purchase price of $27,892,500. The transaction is expected to settle on November 26th. The Private Purchase was made under an issuer bid exemption order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission. The Class B Shares purchased under the Private Purchase will be included in calculating the number of Class B Shares that Shaw may purchase through its outstanding normal course issuer bid.

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 Shaw Direct). The Company serves over 3.4 million customers, including over 1.7 million Internet and 850,000 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 (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR).

Contacts: Shaw Communications Inc.

Investor Relations Investor.relations@sjrb.ca www.shaw.ca

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