QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has finalized a bulk purchase master agreement with TVC Canada for the purchase of hardware and cable.
TVC’s line of products includes technologies, products and customized services for the delivery of high-speed data, digital video and digital voice services.
“TVC Canada has established itself as a valued supplier to CCSA members”, said president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in a statement. “We are confident that TVC Canada will continue to meet and exceed our members expectations of supplying quality products and excellent customer care.”
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has wrapped up negotiations with Turner Network Sales for the distribution of CNN, CNN HD, CNN International, HLN, HLN HD, TCM, TCM HD and Peachtree TV.
“We are thrilled to have concluded agreements and amendments for various Turner services over the past six months,” said CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in a statement. “The addition of HD services along with CNN International to our previous contracts with Turner Network Sales offers our Members a competitive edge in today’s distribution market.”
The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) connects over 100 independent cable operators (its members) and…
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QUISPAMSIS – The CCSA has confirmed that its 2010 ‘Connect’ Conference and ‘Click’ Trade Show will once again be hosted at White Oaks Resort and Spa in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.
Similar to the format of last year’s annual general meeting, the event will begin on Sunday, September 26 with the President’s Reception, and Monday, September 27 will be the business day. Tuesday, September 28 will be a golf day with an alternative for non-golfers to be announced shortly.
On-line conference registration will be available on June 1st, but the CCSA is recommending that attendees reserve their rooms with the White Oaks directly as soon…
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has amended its agreement with Discovery Communications to include the addition of TLC HD.
TLC features docu-series and reality based programming designed to engage the heart and mind by transporting viewers into the lives of real-life extraordinary characters.
“This high-definition offering of such a well established service as TLC will be a valuable option for our Members and their customers”, said CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in the announcement. “CCSA welcomes this partnership and looks forward to building a strong relationship with Discovery Communications.”
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QUISPAMSIS – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance has promoted Jennifer Salmon to the position of vice president of contracts from her former position as director of contracts.
In addition to her responsibilities for all aspects of CCSA negotiation and administration of signal supply, hardware and other contracts, plus leading the CCSA’s contracts team, Salmon will join the CCSA’s executive team in relation to all aspects of the company’s operational and strategic decision-making.
“Jennifer’s promotion reflects not only the quality and effectiveness of her prior work with CCSA but also underlines the importance that CCSA and its Board place on the contract negotiation…
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WHEN IT COMES to the billions of dollars Canadians pay for television every year, the main numbers which are poured into everyone’s spreadsheets for regulatory analysis are basically the same.
Thanks to the public documents available through the CRTC or via the companies which are publicly traded, the folks in the TV biz have a pretty good sense of how much money consumers willingly fork over (or which is pried from our bank accounts, depending on your point of view) for television, our primary form of video entertainment, and how it is divided.
But once dumped into those spread sheets, those…
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QUISPAMSIS, B.C. – Having been unable to secure a wireless partnership for its membership with one of the three incumbents, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance is looking forward to having more players in that market.
The independent cable and telecom group which represents member companies in most of Canada said in a letter to Industry Minister Tony Clement on Wednesday that its members are “keenly interested in offering full communications service bundles, including wireless telephony.”
However, no CCSA member companies operate wireless services because they have not been able “to negotiate commercial partnering arrangements with existing wireless carriers to offer such services…
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – Each year the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance honours their member and supplier of the year during their annual conference and in 2009, the winners are Mascon Cable, and Fox Cable Networks.
Mascon has been serving British Columbia’s Shuswap and Thompson Okanagan regions for 25 years and company leaders like Darren Muloin and Craig Mackay have been very active within the Alliance. CCSA president and CEO Alyson Townsend called Mascon “a pragmatic and enthusiastic voice for small systems.”
The supplier of the year is represented in Canada by a man whom just about everyone in the industry calls a…
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE – You come to a gathering of industry folks and, well, you hear things. Here are a couple of items of note…
**********We’ve been reporting on Rogers Communications planned broadband portal for the better part of a year now and apparently, it is about to come to fruition, with several industry programming sources reporting that November is the launch month.
**********Insight Sports’ World Fishing Network is nearing some big things, Stateside. It is just about to announce carriage on a major American MSO and it will soon open a Denver office, with their affiliate point man Sean…
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QUISPAMSIS and MONTREAL – Karaoke Channel owner and Galaxie Music service distributor Stingray Digital has signed an affiliate agreement with the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance.
The deal allows for the continued distribution of the Galaxie audio service (which the company is negotiating to purchase from the CBC) and the distribution of the Karaoke Channel as a free on-demand service for VOD enabled MSOs. Stingray is also the Platinum sponsor of the Connect conference.
“We are very happy to be able to continue to serve CCSA member companies with the Galaxie music service. The 40 channel package available to CCSA members includes…
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