MONT TREMBLANT – Nearly 300 folks representing Canadian cable companies, tech vendors and specialty services descended on Mont Tremblant last week for the 2015 Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual Connect conference.
It was three days of non-stop meetings, networking and learning – and the presentation of the Tuned In community channel awards – as you'll see in the photos below, some by Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O'Brien and many from the CCSA. See you next year in Whistler, B.C.!
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MONT TREMBLANT – Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei is one of the world’s leading experts on building and running great, service-based organizations and in her research she says she has yet to come across a single customer who didn’t want an excellent service experience, nor has she found an employee who didn’t want to provide an excellent experience.
“And yet, the act remains rare,” she noted at the top of what was superbly entertaining, and ultimately educational 90 minutes in front of delegates to the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual Connect conference in Mont Tremblant.
Frei told the…
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TORONTO and MONTREAL – Disney Channel and La chaîne Disney officially arrived in Canada this week.
Corus Entertainment said that the channels are available in most markets now, and will be available in 10 million households by Thursday via distribution partners Bell Aliant, Bell Fibe TV, Bell Satellite TV, CCSA members including Eastlink and Access, Cogeco Cable Canada, MTS, Rogers, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus and Videotron. SaskTel customers will have access to the new service in the coming weeks.
Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) is praising a promise by Prime Minister Harper that a Conservative government would provide a further $200 million to support major new investments in fibre broadband infrastructure in rural and remote communities lacking high-speed Internet.
“Canadians should all have equal access to broadband communications services at a fair price, regardless of where they live,” said CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in a statement. “Our members applaud the Prime Minister’s commitment to support broadband infrastructure and we encourage the other leaders to make the same commitment to fair access for…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – We may be in the dog days of summer right now, but it’s already less than seven weeks to the only Canadian cable show, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance’s Connect Conference and AGM set for September 20-22 at Mont Tremblant, Que. (right)
A few hundred cable company, programming supplier and technical vendor representatives will make their way to this popular resort north of Montreal to network, deal-make (and commiserate), as well as learn best practices from each other. “Our focus this year is on members learning from members – a lot of ‘best practices’,” said…
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MONT-TREMBLANT, QC – Registration is now open for the CCSA’s Connect 2015 conference which this year will take place at the Fairmont Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, QC from September 20 – 22.
The three day event will include sessions, a keynote from Harvard Business School professor and author Frances Frei entitled ‘Uncommon Service’, networking, social activities, and a celebration of the Tuned-In Canada award winners.
Additional conference information and online registration is available at http://agm.ccsa.cable.ca/
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SAINT JOHN – After receiving more than 17,000 votes from across the country, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) has announced the winners of the 2015 Tuned-in Canada: The CCSA Awards.
The contest, designed to celebrate local cable companies, their content and the personalities that make them shine, received more than 130 nominations in the categories of I *heart* customer service; I *heart* public service/community-building efforts; I *heart* local programming — in news, sports and entertainment; and best on-camera community channel personality.
The shortlist of 24 nominees was announced in April and voting closed on May 22. The contest switched to a…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance’s Jennifer Salmon is headed to Harvard in June as this year’s recipient of the CTAM Canada Fellowship Award, also known as CTAM U.
Salmon, pictured, is VP of contracts at the CCSA where she leads a team responsible for the negotiation and administration of all master programming affiliation agreements. She also provides strategic direction and insight to the CCSA board and member companies and is actively involved in industry regulatory proceedings. Prior to joining CCSA, Salmon held various positions at Shaw Communications, most recently as general manager of programming and satellite services, where she was…
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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…
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OTTAWA – While some have yet to react and others have decried the CRTC’s decisions today on the carriage portion of the Commission’s TV Policy Review, the overall reaction has ranged from generally positive to indifferent. Bell Canada and Quebecor Media have chosen not to respond as yet.
Shaw Communications president and CEO Brad Shaw:
“We support the Government’s direction and the Commission’s commitment to maximize choice for Canadians – as citizens, producers, and consumers. We are pleased that the Commission has built on the foundation of previous Talk TV decisions to support a bold yet balanced and orderly policy framework…
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