SAINT JOHN – Nationwide online voting is now open for Tuned-in Canada, the annual awards presented by the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA).
More than 130 nominations were submitted from across the country, and the judges – which included Cartt.ca editor/publisher Greg O'Brien, comedian Ron James and TV5 President and CEO Suzanne Gouin, compiled the following shortlist of four nominees per category:
I *heart* customer service
– WTC Communications (ON)
– Transvision Cookshire (QC)
– Access Communications (SK)
– Mascon Cable Systems (BC)
I *heart* community building/public service
– Eastlink – Tree decorating (NS)
– Cable Cable – Kawartha Lakes Boys and Girls Club (ON)
– Execulink Telecom – Annual fundraising (ON)
– Delta Cable – Toy drive (BC)
I *heart* local programming – best news/issue coverage
– Northwestel Inc. – Clara's Big Ride (YT)
– Valemount Entertainment Society – Robson Announcement (BC)
– Westman Communications Group – Brandon Votes (MB)
– Access Communications – Indigenous Games 2014 (SK)
I *heart* local programming – sports coverage
– Access7 Sports – Access Communications (SK)
– Eastlink TV Sports – Eastlink (NS)
– WCGtv Sports – Westman Communications Group (MB)
– Delta TV Sports – Delta Cable (BC)
I *heart* local programming – entertainment coverage
– Invisible Wall – Access Communications (SK)
– Eastlink Magazine – Eastlink (NS)
– Love Food – Eastlink (NS)
– North Pole News – Access Communications (SK)
I *heart* local programming – best on-camera community channel personality
– Grandpa Chris – Cable Cable (ON)
– Katie Lohnes – Eastlink (NS)
– Kathleen McCollough – Cooptel (QC)
– François Fortin – DERYtelecom (QC)
Check out the nominees and cast your vote here and ici until midnight AST on May 22, 2015. Winners in each category will receive a cheque for $1,000 to donate to a community charity of their choice, and will be celebrated at CCSA’s annual conference ‘Connect 2015’ scheduled for September 20 – 22 in Mont Tremblant, Quebec.
"As always, we were overjoyed to see so many high quality nominations," said CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in the announcement. "From touching and inspiring stories of customer service and community building, to stellar examples of locally produced content, these awards give us the opportunity to share the successes of our members – small and medium sized cable and communications companies – with Canadians from coast to coast."
