The CCSA has announced its dates and location for its annual general meeting which this year will be called ‘Connect’ Conference and ‘Click’ Trade Show 2009.
Mark your calendars for September 20 – 22 when Canada’s independent cable companies will descend upon the White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa, located in picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Conference registration and show details will be released in the coming weeks.
www.ccsa.cable.ca
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QUISPAMSIS, NB – The CCSA has completed a bulk purchase master agreement with Capella Telecommunications for Motorola set-top boxes and headend equipment.
“On behalf of our membership, CCSA is pleased to announce this agreement with Capella Telecommunications for the supply of Motorola set-top boxes and headend equipment,” said president and CEO Alyson Townsend, in a statement. “Capella continues to provide value to our members with competitively priced products and excellent support.”
The Peterborough, ON-based Capella Telecommunications distributes a full line of equipment for fully integrated video, voice and data solutions.
“As competition in the video service industry continues to…
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MORE AND MORE, we’re beginning to realize that to provide the quickest, most robust broadband experience, fibre optics must penetrate far more deeply than most CFOs and others in charge of capex at telecom and cable companies are hoping.
Fibre to the neighbourhood, or to the node? That works great now and will continue to be satisfactory for the near and mid-term future. But not so long from now, consumers will be demanding more – far more – especially when they begin to access ever more bandwidth-hungry services like high definition TV over the web.
North American cable and…
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JANUARY Consumer Electronics Show January 8-11 – Las Vegas www.cesweb.org
Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit January 18-19 – Vancouver www.pnwsummit.com
Canadian Broadcast Distribution Association annual conference January 19-20 – Toronto www.cbda.ca
NATPE 2009 Market & Conference January 26-29 – Las Vegas NV www.natpe.org
FEBRUARY
Staying Tuned (BBM) February 3 – Toronto www.bbm.ca/stayingtuned
SCTE Canadian Summit February 3-4 – Toronto www.scte.org
Mobile World Conference February 16-19 – Barcelona www.mobileworldcongess.com
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The CCSA has signed a master affiliation agreement with classic movie channel AMC.
“We are delighted with our newly signed agreement for AMC,” said Alyson Townsend, CCSA president and CEO, in the press release,. “AMC’s unique combination of classic movies and original series provides our members with a solid packaging advantage in today’s competitive market.”
www.ccsa.cable.ca www.amctv.com
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QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gave its thumbs up to the CRTC’s new policy framework released yesterday, particularly – and predictably – the initiatives designed to assist smaller cable companies in launching new digital and high definition television services.
“We had feared that this proceeding had been overtaken by conventional television’s renewed demands for new carriage fees,” said Chris Edwards, the CCSA’s regulatory vice-president in a press release today.
“It is clear to us that, throughout this massive public proceeding, the CRTC paid very close attention to our submissions on behalf of small distributors and their…
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MONT TREMBLANT – Seven CRTC commissioners made the trip to Mont Tremblant this week to attend the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting and conference.
Besides keynote speaker Michel Arpin, who is vice-chair, broadcasting, and telecom vice-chair Leonard Katz, commissioners Rita Cugini, Timothy Denton, Suzanne Lamarre, Marc Patrone and Louise Poirier were all on hand – as was executive director, broadcasting, Scott Hutton.
“As a matter of fact we have quorum to make decisions,” joked Arpin in his speech to delegates.
He addressed a number of issues but didn’t say too much that was new in his 20-plus…
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MONT TREMBLANT – Attendees were very pleased with the new trade show format at the 2008 Canadian Cable Systems Alliance.
The group tweaked its annual general meeting, renaming it Connect 2008 – The Summit for Independent Communications, rescheduling some of the traditional events and re-formatting the trade show. Feedback was very positive on Monday from some of the 250-plus attendees we talked to here at the Fairmont Hotel.
Here are a few of the things we saw and heard on Sunday and Monday.
************ Rogers Communications is now a member of the CCSA. Both the Alliance and the largest…
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MONT TREMBLANT – At tonight’s opening gathering, the president’s reception dubbed “The Event in a Tent”, at Connect 2008, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance gave out a couple of its annual awards.
The member company of the year is Dery Telecom of La Baie, Quebec. The company has been a leader in the province of Quebec and key to helping the organization sign on more Francophone members.
“By standing together we will always be stronger,” noted Dery’s Eric Banville, in accepting the award at the CCSA’s annual conference and AGM.
And, for the first time, the CCSA split the…
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MONT TREMBLANT – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual conference begins this Sunday at the Fairmont Hotel at the base of the very green ski hill.
The15th annual Summit for Independent Communications is called CONNECT 2008 and will begin for members Sunday morning, September 21st, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel at Mont Tremblant.
CCSA added its first ever “Presenting Conference Sponsors” this year, who are: Astral Media and Corus Entertainment.
While Sunday will be geared to members only, there will be an evening president’s reception open to all attendees.
Monday will see the annual tabletop trade show, presented by…
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