The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: John Thomas, president, Delta Cable

WITH THE SALE OF DELTA Cable to Persona Communications, a cable era continues to draw to a close. The era, of course, is that of the independent, local cable operator. Delta is one of several to be sold (pending CRTC approval) in the past 12 months. Besides Delta, Persona recently purchased Northern Cablevision of Grande Prairie, Alta., and Shaw Cable has been on a bit of a buying spree lately, gobbling up small cablers like Pemberton Cable, Saltspring Cable, Whistler Cable and Norcom Telecommunications. So, the shock of the Delta announcement (first reported by Cartt.ca here) wasn’t that John Thomas and...