MONT-TREMBLANT, QC – Save the date for the CCSA’s Connect 2015 conference which this year will take place at the Fairmont Tremblant Resort , located in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec from September 20 – 22.
The event will include three days of educational sessions, networking, and social activities with CCSA members and industry partners.
Additional conference information will be available in the coming months.
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – Nominations are now open for Tuned-in Canada, the annual awards presented by the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA).
Nominations may be submitted here by employees and customers of CCSA member companies 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 nomination process will run from February 17 – March 17, and shortlisted nominees will be announced and voting will begin on April 10, 2015.
Winners in each category will be provided a cheque for $1,000.00, made out…
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O’Brien will be one of three judges tasked with shortlisting the 2015 nominees for Tuned-in Canada: the CCSA Awards. Joining him on the judging panel will be celebrated Canadian comedian Ron James and TV5 Québec Canada president and CEO Suzanne Gouin.
“We are absolutely thrilled and grateful to have such a high-profile group of judges this year,” said Alyson Townsend, CCSA president and CEO. “Their involvement will undoubtedly raise awareness for Tuned-in Canada and our celebration of excellence in cable service delivery, community-mindedness and content development.”
The three-judge panel will make the final…
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. — The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance Inc. (CCSA) and World Media Ministries have completed an agreement to distribute Daystar Canada’s Christian faith-based programming.
CCSA is a not-for-profit buying group representing more than 100 independent cable operators in Canada. Daystar Canada is a Christian faith-based television network airing multicultural and interdenominational programming. Daystar Canada’s TV shows include Marcus & Joni, Gospel Music Showcase, Canadian Reflections, Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer.
“This partnership means CCSA members across Canada can now offer a wide variety of interdenominational and multicultural programming to their subscribers,” said Alyson Townsend, CCSA president and CEO, in an…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) and Anthem Media Group have completed a five-year master affiliate agreement for the distribution of Fight Network and FNTSY Sports Network.
“Fantasy Sports is catching the nation by storm,” said CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in the announcement. “The number of people participating in fantasy sports has exploded over the years to more than 40 million throughout Canada and the United States. FNTSY Sports Network, along with the premier combat sports programming offered by Fight Network, will be a welcome addition to the line-up of CCSA Members across Canada.”
“We’re excited to…
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MONTREAL – CTAM Canada’s newly elected board of directors for 2015 includes a number of familiar names and faces.
The executive committee is:
– Gary Pelletier from Accedo as president for the second of his two year term;
– Drew Robinson from Shaw Media as vice-president;
– Jennifer Salmon from CCSA as secretary; and
– Jeff Taylor from DHX Media as treasurer.
In the recent elections, the CTAM Canada membership re-elected Pelletier, Robinson and Leslie Fields from AMC Networks to continue on the board for another two year term. First-time board members John Fulton from Shaw Communications and Shawn Praskey from Corus Entertainment were also…
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SUN PEAKS, B.C. – Mascon Cable Systems has launched DOCSIS 3.0 in Sun Peaks, White Croft and Heffley Lake, the company announced last week.
Sun Peaks is the second largest ski area in British Columbia and is the third-largest in the country. The deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), or D3 technology, represents a landmark shift in Internet speeds for both its residential and business customers, says the company.
Mascon’s first introduction of D3 was in 2013 with launches in Sicamous and Chase, B.C.
The company’s Sonic 100 Internet package will now allow…
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TORONTO – Launching next Thursday for customers of Bell, Telus, Bell Aliant and EastLink is the traditional TV industry’s latest salvo in the battle to retain customers by providing more content to television subscribers on more devices at any time.
This morning at the Bell TIFF Lightbox, the company officially revealed CraveTV, a $4-a-month service which will give subscribers to a traditional TV package access to more than 10,000 hours of content on their handsets, tablets, PCs and their regular set top boxes. It will also be available soon on other platforms such as AppleTV, Chromecast and Xbox.
Costing…
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TORONTO – Rogers wants the CRTC to dismiss Bell’s allegations that its new GamePlus online hockey viewing app provides Rogers with an “anticompetitive advantage.”
In a submission Thursday to the Commission, filed in response to Bell’s complaint last month, Rogers described Bell’s application as “nothing more than Bell’s attempt to use the Commission’s regulatory processes to inhibit or hinder our ability to provide Canadian consumers with new and innovative content offerings”.
GameCentre Live is Rogers’ new online platform that allows fans to stream over 1,000 regular season and playoff games online and to whatever device they like for $200 a…
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THE INITIAL CALL FOR THE REVIEW of the broadcasting system and the launch of the Let’s Talk TV consultation process was met with both skepticism and guarded optimism in the industry.
In many ways the industry had this coming. The price for cable television has increased dramatically over the past few decades, outpacing rises in price of most household commodities. The associated explosion in the number of channels, combined with the rise in price has created what behavioral economists call a “correlation effect”. This causes people to assume that the number of channels is the main cause of…
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