CCSA AGM: VOD ain't what it used to be

MONT TREMBLANT – When Cogeco Cable began rolling out video on demand about five years ago, “we thought we were building a virtual video store,” says the company’s director of affiliate relations JP Caveen. Not any more, of course. VOD has moved leaps and bounds away from that. Caveen was part of a video on demand panel organized by CTAM Canada held Monday afternoon during the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance 14th annual general meeting that included a programmer, an aggregator and three operators. They were there to share their success stories and challenges with the independent cable companies who are...