"TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, the CCTA board tasked Dean MacDonald, a small working group and I to develop a vision that would become the basis on which to build our public policy priorities," Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association president and CEO Michael Hennessy said in a note to association members sent out Wednesday.
What follows below is the rest of that final memo to members of an association which will soon be wound down.
In response, the working group and the CCTA team described a vision of an integrated broadband future where consumer choice regulated the market…
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DESPITE THE IMMINENT SHUTDOWN of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, a move which will cost 26 jobs, Canada’s smaller independent operators have already decided they must have a continuing presence in Ottawa.
As reported first by www.cartt.ca early Friday afternoon, Rogers Cable, the largest remaining member of the CCTA, decided to rescind its support of the association, effectively killing it – even though no other member wanted to pull the plug. Even Rogers didn’t really want to do it.
However, no CCTA member is blaming Rogers for the demise of the 50-plus year-old association. Indeed, the CCTA’s board of…
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MONTREAL – Treehouse On Demand and Kidz On Demand have been added to the VOD lineup for Cogeco Digital Cable customers.
"We are thrilled to introduce two new services that will be enjoyed by such a large number of households in our territories just in time for the spring break," says Ron Perrotta, vice-president of marketing. "Parents and kids are now in control of their favorite animated series. They can play, pause, stop, fast forward or replay programs as often as desired."
Treehouse On Demand, from Corus Entertainment, a channel for preschoolers, showcases a regularly-updated library of popular, parent-approved…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable has doubled the speed of its high speed Internet “lite” service.
During February, HSI Lite download speed will be increased from 300 Kpbs up to a maximum of 640 Kbps in all regions served by Cogeco Cable where high-speed Internet is available. This new speed is 25% faster than that of the same category offered by the leading provider of DSL high-speed Internet, Bell Sympatico.
The monthly fee won’t change for subscribers. Cogeco Cable’s HSI Lite service is currently on promotion and available for $19.95 a month for a year, if combined with a digital television…
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AFTER A DOZEN OR SO years of lobbying the Liberal Party power establishment, the Canadian cable, radio, television and telecom industries will have to start over beginning today.
No matter how long this new Conservative minority government lasts (we sorely hope it’s longer than Joe Clark’s eight months in 1979), those at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, as well as Canada’s large telcos, have brand new friends to make – and influence.
Issues like foreign ownership of telecom and cable companies, or even broadcasters, might get a more friendly hearing under the Conservatives…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable continued its market-by-market rollout of voice service today, launching its Digital Phone in Chatham, Ont. (about an hour east of Windsor).
Currently, 32% of homes passed in Cogeco’s territories (which includes Hamilton/Niagara/ Burlington/Oakville, Windsor, Kingston, Trois Rivieres and other areas) have access to Digital Phone service. Service will continue to be rolled out to most cities in Cogeco Cable’s territories by the end of 2006.
Chatham residents, along with those of areas already served in Ontario, can now take advantage of this offer starting at $54.99 per month. Subscribers to Cogeco Cable’s HSI or cable…
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KITCHENER – With topics such as the “mapping of advanced cable services (digital video, voice and data) to the seven-layer OSI model in order to decipher the functionality associated with each layer,” the next meeting of the Ontario chapter of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers looks to be a good one.
To be held February 2, 2006 at Bingemans Centre in Kitchener, “attendees will gain a better understanding of what OSI layers cable technicians can readily access and those levels they will be directly responsible for. The benefit of this program will be a better understanding of network…
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MONTREAL – Radio, specialty TV and pay TV certainly are good businesses to be in.
Astral Media continued its string of growing, glowing quarterly reports reporting strong revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, etc for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, ended November 30, 2005.
The company said today that consolidated revenues totaled $153.8 million for the first quarter, an increase of 10% over the same quarter last year. EBITDA for the first three months increased 15% to $48.7 million and cash flow from continuing operations rose 17% over q1 ’05 to $34.5 million.
" Astral Media continued to show solid…
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MONTREAL – First quarter net income at Cogeco Inc, jumped 47.4% to $4.6 million compared to the same period last year.
This increase in the first three months of fiscal 2006, ended November 30th, 2005, is mainly attributable to the cable sector, which benefits from increased digital video services, high-speed Internet (HSI) and digital telephony penetration as well as rate increases. Higher radio advertising revenue also helped.
Net additions of Cogeco Cable basic customers were approximately 10,900 compared to about 7,700 for the same period last year. “The sustained appetite for digital video and HSI services continues to prevail…
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KELOWNA, B.C. – The Canadian CommTech Trade Show & Training Seminars supplier tables are now 40% sold out.
This brand new, much-anticipated two-day trade show and seminar series will take place at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna, B.C. on May 17 & 18. The full hotel and its facilities have been reserved due to the anticipation of this trade show being a sell-out.
It is anticipated that this greatly expanded trade show should attract approximately 40 to 50 technology, communications and outside plant suppliers from Canada and the U.S. Cable companies, telecommunications providers, sub-contractors and telcos will be…
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