MONT-TREMBLANT – Registration is now open for the CCSA’s Connect 2017 conference which this year will take place September 25 – 27 at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort in Mont-Tremblant, QC.
The confab will include keynote speakers Terry O’Reilly, marketing guru and host of CBC Radio’s Under the Influence, and Altman Vilandrie and Company director Jonathan Hurd, who will speak about evolving consumer behaviour and the adoption of Pay TV.
The event will also include recognition of the 2017 Tuned-In Canada Award winners, the annual Connect Showcase and recreational activities.
Registration and further details are available here.
www.ccsa.cable.ca
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Cable Cable n’est PAS propriétaire des Raptors
IL Y EUT UN MOMENT marquant lors de l’audience du CRTC sur les services téléphoniques de base qui a bien montré comment les indépendantes gèrent leurs entreprises différemment des grosses compagnies.
Lors de la comparution de la Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA), les conseillers du CRTC semblaient éprouver des difficultés à déchiffrer leur plan de déploiement de la fibre.
Établie à Fenelon Falls, en Ontario, Cable Cable a été fondée en 1983 et dessert environ 4000 clients vidéo et 6500 clients de large bande dans la municipalité de Kawartha Lakes. Ils fournissent un service de…
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TORONTO – ISED Minister Navdeep Bains opened the 2017 Canadian Telecom Summit with a speech outlining a number of new government initiatives, but there was one overarching message that has to burn the ears of the incumbent network providers in attendance who were listening.
That is, your prices are far too high.
“The bigger barrier is prices, which are especially high for low-usage cellphone plans,” the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister said in his speech to delegates.
“I get letters regularly from Canadians who are concerned that they are being priced out of the market,” he added in the speech.
“Our government…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has finalized a master affiliate agreement with Fox Networks Group for the distribution of Fox Sports Racing, the Big Ten Network, Fox Life and BabyTV.
The conclusion of this agreement makes it possible for more than 100 independent communications distributors across Canada to continue to offer programming such as live motor sports coverage and year-round NASCAR racing, as well as the basketball, football, Olympic sports and championship programs enjoyed by college sports fans.
Parents will appreciate access to BabyTV’s around the clock programming that offers their growing babies and toddlers a fun environment to…
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Cable Cable doesn’t own the Raptors…
THERE WAS A TELLING MOMENT during last year’s CRTC review of basic telecommunications services which demonstrated just how differently independent network owners run their businesses compared to the big guys.
During the appearance by the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, commissioners seemed to struggle to get their heads around CCSA member company Cable Cable’s plan to expand its fibre network.
Based in Fenelon Falls, Ont., Cable Cable was launched in 1983 and serves about 4,000 video and 6,500 broadband customers in the municipality of Kawartha Lakes and is integral to delivering broadband to Canadians in a region…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – La Canadian Cable Systems Alliance est heureuse de dévoiler les gagnants du concours Le Canada branché : les Prix de la CCSA, une célébration nationale annuelle qui souligne l’excellent travail accompli par les fournisseurs indépendants locaux de services de large bande, de télévision et d’autres services de communications au Canada.
Après avoir reçu un nombre important de remarquables candidatures en mars dernier, les soumissions ont été remises à un jury pour évaluation. Les juges ont classé les candidatures selon des critères spécifiques et ils leur ont donné une note finale sur 100. Ainsi, ils ont établi une…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance today announced the winners of its Tuned-in Canada: The CCSA Awards – a nationwide, annual competition that highlights the great work done by local, independent providers of broadband, television and other communications services in Canada.
After receiving a competitive field of nominations in March, submissions were sent to a judging panel for evaluation. The judges (one of whom was Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O’Brien) ranked the nominations using specific criteria and provided each nomination a final mark out of 100. From there, the shortlist was determined. Then, it was placed in…
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SAINT JOHN, NB – Voting is now open for for the 2017 Tuned-in Canada awards, the annual nation-wide competition highlighting the efforts of local, independent providers of television and communications services in Canada.
Canadians are invited to visit Tuned-in Canada 2017 now through May 4 at midnight AT to vote for nominees in the categories of best customer service story, best community building story, best community channel programming, and best on-camera community channel personality.
Voting takes place using a Facebook-authenticated voting process and voters can cast one vote per day. The winners will be announced May 12 and each will receive…
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SAINT JOHN, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has announced the shortlisted nominees for the 2017 Tuned-in Canada awards – the annual nation-wide competition highlighting the efforts of local providers of television and communications services in Canada.
“We received so many great nominations this year, with many members participating for the first time; it’s really nice to see and hear their stories,” said CCSA CEO Jay Thomson, in the announcement. “We were also very pleased to see an increase in the percentage of nominations received directly from customers of CCSA members. This level of support really shows how deeply…
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IN 1983, MORE THAN 30 years after the first CBC and Radio-Canada television broadcasts began connecting Canadian cities, residents of Lac-Beauport and Lac-Saint-Charles, communities at the foot of the Laurentian Mountains near Québec City, still had no TV reception. So they formed a cooperative, applied for a CRTC licence and began working toward setting up their own distribution network. By 1985, the Coopérative de câblodistribution de l’Arrière-Pays (or Backcountry Cable Distribution Network, known by its French acronym CCAP) had 3,000 subscribers. Thirty years later, it’s still there, and thriving.
The company provides TV, internet and landline telephone service to over…
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