The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: CCSA is expanding its annual gathering, says CEO Alyson Townsend

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE have mentioned through 2008 that this has been an especially tumultuous year for the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance, and some have questioned its vitality. Regulatory changes, economic challenges, member company departures thanks to acquisitions, more new technology. Aren’t all of these issues conspiring to damage the CCSA and its membership? In a word: No. In a few more words: These are the very challenges the CCSA has confronted head-on since its origination. 2008 doesn’t present anything new. Members have always come and gone. Founding member Fundy Cable is long gone, for example. However, when 500,000-plus-customer EastLink...