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“One cable, one gorgeous panel, and six years of staring past your work at your wallpaper.”
“Show me a streaming service with human taste, and I'll show you Shomi.”
Shomi, pronounced "show me," was Canada's homegrown answer to Netflix, jointly owned by Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications from 2014 to 2016. At launch it offered 1,200 films and 11,000 hours of television, reachable over the top or through participating TV providers' on-demand libraries. What set it apart was a preference for hand-curated categories over the algorithmic recommendations of its rivals — a l
It began life in beta on November 4, 2014, available only to Rogers and Shaw subscribers, before opening to everyone as a standalone service on August 20, 2015. On September 26, 2016, the owners announced the end, with the doors closing November 30, 2016. Canada's curated corner of streaming went dark, and the algorithms kept the remote.
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“One cable, one gorgeous panel, and six years of staring past your work at your wallpaper.”
“It modeled worlds for film and games, then quietly signed off. Good night, XSI.”
“It gave the iPhone a wardrobe. The fun one in the lineup, dressed in every color at once.”