CCSA doles out awards, education, free beer

GRAVENHURST, Ont. – The final day of the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting last Thursday was both informative and thirst-quenching. While the first day was all about a trade show and golf, as reported by www.cartt.ca, day two was education-focused.After hearing in the morning from lawyer Purdy Crawford on the value of leadership and American Cable Association president Matthew Polka on what’s up Stateside, Canadian Digital Television president and high definition missionary Michael McEwen outlined recent progress in HD deployment. Most of his figures were out of the U.S. Ninety percent of Americans now have access to five...