QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Insight Sports announced this week that the two have come to a master affiliate agreement for Insight’s all-soccer GOLTV and all-fishing World Fishing Network.
The CCSA also announced a new bulk purchase master agreement for Antronix Multitaps with distributor White Radio.
CCSA represents 88 independent member cable companies across Canada which collectively serve about one million customers.
www.goltv.ca www.wfn.tv www.whiteradio.com www.ccsa.cable.ca
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance recently signed new bulk purchase agreements with tech suppliers Telonix Communications and The CableShoppe.
The Telonix deal is for RMS two, three and four-way drop splitters while the CableShoppe one is for DST 470 and DSR 471 remote controls and digital set-top box repairs of various models.
With a subscriber base of approximately one million, the CCSA represents the commercial interests of 88 independent member companies for group purchases of programming, equipment and services.
www.telonix.ca www.thecableshoppe.com www.ccsa.cable.ca
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IT’S NO WONDER THERE couldn’t be a CAB submission to the CRTC on the TV policy review.
While there is some agreement on what must be done to alter the course of conventional television in Canada, along side the regularly substantial chasms in opinion between the usual suspects – distributors and broadcasters – there are also substantial variances between fellow broadcasters on what must be done to secure the future of conventional television stations and companies.
So, for this most important of policy reviews, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters had to step aside and tell its members that since…
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GRAVENHURST, Ont. – After Monday’s lunch where EastLink won the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance member of the year award and CTV the supplier of the year award, AGM delegates filled the Taboo Resort Boathouse to listen to what the CRTC had to say.
The much-anticipated panel featured Ontario regional commissioner Rita Cugini, vice-chair broadcasting Michel Arpin, executive director Len Katz, senior director distribution policy and applications and head of dispute resolution Randy Hutson and CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend.
With the demise of the Canadian Cable Television Association, Townsend talked about the CCSA’s new regulatory focus on behalf…
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GRAVENHURST, Ont. – As the only cable gathering in the country now, the 13th annual Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting has this year attracted over 250 delegates, up from 180 last year.
Kicking off Sunday at the Taboo Resort with a relaxed, well-attended president’s reception, the AGM continued Monday morning with a four-hour table top trade show. Some of the vendors used the trade show to reveal a few new products aimed at the small cable system market (even though a couple of folks from Rogers and Cogeco also made the trip north).
TVC Canada unveiled its…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance announced this week that Nancy Friedman, founder and president of Telephone Doctor, will be the keynote speaker during its awards luncheon on Monday, September 18th.
Her company is a St. Louis-based international customer service and communication skills training firm and Friedman has appeared on shows like Oprah, The Today Show, CNN and Fox News and is one of the world’s leading experts on customer service. Friedman will share her famous Five Forbidden Phrases that customers never want to hear. "During her motivational, laugh out loud presentation, ‘Hell Hath No Fury Like…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Lindsay Broadband recently announced the completion of a bulk purchase master agreement for one-way and two-way subscriber amplifiers.
With a subscriber base of approximately one million, the CCSA represents the commercial interests of 93 independent member companies for group purchases of programming, equipment and services.
Based in Peterborough, Ont., Lindsay manufacturers a diverse range of CATV products.
www.ccsa.cable.ca www.lindsayelec.com
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OTTAWA – Shaw Communications has added adult channel Red Light District TV to both its Star Choice and Shaw Cable channel lineups.
"Red Light District TV joins Hustler TV as Canada’s most widely distributed adult programming channel," said channel owner Ten Broadcasting, in a press release.
Until now, Red Light was previously only available on Rogers Cable and, thanks an affiliate agreement with the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, on some CCSA member systems.
Ottawa-based Ten Broadcasting offers both of these digital channels in high definition, making it "the world’s first adult broadcaster to offer adult HD programming on a…
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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…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – Without the CCTA tagging along this year, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gathering in Muskoka in September is scheduled and formatted a bit differently.
Set for September 17 to 19 at the Taboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ont., it begins on a Sunday this year with a president’s reception. This year’s theme is "Small: The New Big."
Monday is the busiest day with a technical vendor tabletop trade show from 8 a.m. to noon, followed by the annual awards lunch. "There’s a lot of demand for the trade show," said the CCSA’s director of member services, Connie…
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