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CCTA Wavelengths News & Notes: Issue #1 August 2010 |
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
|  |  |  | | | 2010 Technical Training Right Around the Corner August 24, 25 and 26
Next up on the CCTA agenda is the 2010 Technical Training, which will be held on August 24, 25 and 26 at the newly opened Sheraton Puerto Rico Convention Center Hotel and Casino in San Juan. The CCTA has obtained an exceptional room rate of $115 per night, single or double occupancy, plus 25% tax and service charge, for the nights of August 21 through 28, based on availability. Hotel reservations must be made by August 10.
| | | |  | | | | Associate Director John T. Kurpinski has developed a comprehensive training schedule for the three-day session, which will include modules on Digital Video, Automated Test Equipment, Return Path Maintenance, DOCSIS 3.0, IPTV, IPv6, Switched Digital Video, Fiber to the Home, Video on Demand, New Underground Construction Methods, Troubleshooting Triple Play Services, and Fiber Optic Inspection Testing. Representatives of Active Members can attend the session at no charge, but for Associate Members and/or non-members there is a nominal attendance fee. Please contact the Executive Director for further information.
CTAM Caribbean Chapter Produces 2010 Marketing Training Sept. 29 and 30
The CTAM Caribbean chapter is planning the 2010 Marketing Training, which will take place on September 29 and 30 in San Juan. The session will be devoted to “TV Everywhere: How It Works.” A panel of experts on authentication and content security will describe TV Everywhere, and how subscribers can enjoy exclusive access to online content. Further details will be forthcoming in August, but save these dates and plan to attend. The CTAM Caribbean chapter always presents a cutting-edge session and this one is one you do not want to miss.
| | | | |  |  | Plans Underway for 2011 Annual Meeting
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the location and dates for the 2011 Annual Meeting have been finalized. For the third time, the Renaissance Aruba Resort and Casino will be the site of a CCTA Annual Meeting, with the assistance of host system SETAR. The 2011 meeting will begin with the traditional Golf Tournament and Welcome Cocktail Party on Tuesday, January 25, and conclude in the early evening on Thursday, January 27. On-site registration starts on Monday, January 24.
The hotel is providing excellent in-season rates for both its facilities, the Marina Hotel and the Ocean Suites. Rooms at the Marina Hotel are available at $189 per night, single or double occupancy, plus local taxes (currently at 22.64%). Ocean Suites rooms are available for $249 per night, plus room taxes, and sleep up to four.
Further details and registration forms for the 2011 Annual Meeting will be available in late October, and will be sent via e-mail to all members and 2010 registered attendees. These materials will also be posted on the association’s web site, www.cctanet.com | | |  | | |  Wednesday June 9, 2010. WestStar’s Director of Operations Traci Bradley presented the CCTA Community Charities Program check to a young Cayman Islands Special Olympics athlete. Timing for the donation was exceptional as this is the organization’s National Games. Traci met Quinton Ebanks and handed over the check just before his races in the aquatics events began; as athletes, fans, and families responded with a big round of applause. | | | | | | CCTA Assists Caribbean Non-Profits Through 2010 Community Charities Program
The Board of Directors recently completed the CCTA’s 2010 Community Charities Program. Fourteen worthy charitable organizations were nominated by Active Members and each one received a $750 grant from the CCTA. The recipients of 2010 grants were: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, nominated by Bermuda CableVision; Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre, nominated by BVI Cable TV; Blowing Point Youth Development Centre, nominated by Caribbean Cable Communications Holdings of Anguilla; Sociedad de Educacion y Rehabilitacion de Puerto Rico, nominated by Choice Cable TV; Rotary Club of Grand Bahama Sunrise Youth Mentoring Program, nominated by Columbus Communications Inc. of Bahamas; Girl Guides Association of Grenada, nominated by Columbus Communications Grenada; The Just Because Foundation, nominated by Columbus Communications Trinidad; Queen Louise Home, nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Croix; United Way of St. Thomas-St. John, nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Thomas-St. John; Colegio de Educacion Especial y Rehabilitacion Integral, nominated by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico; Stichting Adopt an Addict, nominated by SETAR of Aruba; Kids Coalition, nominated by The Cable of St. Kitts; Assosiashon Afasia Korsou, nominated by T.V. Distribution Systems of Curacao; and Special Olympic Cayman Islands, nominated by Weststar TV Ltd.
As many of you will recall, the funds raised at the 2010 Annual Meeting through the auction and raffle were earmarked for Haitian relief efforts. The management of Columbus Communications provided a matching contribution of $10,000. Upon recommendations made by the staff of TeleHaiti, the CCTA contributed $15,000 to Food for the Poor, specifically its efforts in Haiti, and $5,000 to College Canado-Haitian for its training program for cable television technicians. | | | | | Welcome to our 15 New Members! We would like to extend a warm welcome to the CCTA’s newest Active Member, Columbus Communications Jamaica, and our newest Associate Members: Alcatel-Lucent, BCG, Inc., Bloomberg Television, Digicomm International, Ericsson Television Inc., Guavus, Inc., Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc., Intraway Corporation, Lilly Broadcasting, Logiways SA, RGB Broadcast Services Corp., Transparent Video Systems, Universal Remote Control, and ViewTeq Corporation.
We look forward to their active involvement in the CCTA. | | | For more information, contact Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association at 340-774-9791
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Thank you for attending Technology Soars in the Caribbean |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
 |  |  |  |  | On behalf of the Board of Directors of the CCTA, I would like to thank you for your recent attendance at the 2010 Annual Meeting held at the Rio Mar Beach Resort from January 25 to 28. If you were not able to attend, you missed a truly good show as the speakers and presentations, as well as the social events, were excellent. We would also like to thank the management and staff of Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico who hosted the 2010 Annual Meeting. Without their significant support, the meeting would not have been as successful as it was. There were 351 representatives of 151 companies or organizations in attendance, making it the second largest Caribbean Show in history. The attendees traveled from 25 different countries and territories to participate. There were 95 exhibitors and traffic in the Exhibit Hall was brisk. At the Annual Membership Meeting held on Wednesday, January 27, new officers and directors of the association were elected. For the 2010 year, the Board of Directors are Chair Brendan Paddick of Columbus Communications Inc.; Vice Chair and Chair Elect Bill Ewing of The Cable; Past Chair Terry Roberson of Bermuda CableVision; Director David Burrows of Cable Bahamas; Director Michael Carrosquilla of Choice Cable TV; Director Beulah Jonis of St. Maarten Cable TV; and Director Raul Ponson of SETAR. The Associate Membership elected Patrick Harrell of Outdoor Channel and John Kurpinski of Tarpon Communications to serve as the two Associate Directors. Sponsors of the various activities associated with the Annual Meeting were generous, and for this support, the Board of Directors is extremely grateful. The Gold Sponsors were Columbus Communications Inc.; BBC Worldwide Americas; Caribbean Cable Cooperative Limited; and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. Silver Sponsors were Centennial PR; Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic; CommScope, Inc.; TVC Caribbean & Latin America; and Fox Cable Networks. Bronze Sponsors were Advanced Media Technologies; Calix; Home Box Office; Infinity Marketing, Inc.; Wealth TV; Disney and ESPN Networks; and Toner Cable Equipment, Inc. The Auction and Raffle to raise funds for the Community Charities Program, in particular Haitian relief, did well, bringing in $11,590 to date. Columbus Communications Inc. generously pledged a match of up to $10,000 for Haitian relief, so the CCTA’s contribution to Haitian relief programs will be significant. The credit for this success goes to the companies that donated items for the Auction and Raffle, those who purchased tickets and auction items, and our outstanding auctioneer Patrick Harrell of the Outdoor Channel. The CCTA's web site, www.cctanet.com, will soon be updated with 2010 membership information. Please continue to use this source for information on the CCTA, its annual activities and outstanding membership. For questions, suggestions and comments, you can contact Executive Director Andrea Martin at
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. Once again, thank you for your support and participation. | | | | |  | |
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Technology Soars In The Caribbean 2010 |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 |
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2009 Community Charities Program |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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19 CARIBBEAN CHARITIES RECEIVE $1,000 GRANTS FROM CARIBBEAN CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC. ST. THOMAS, USVI, May 22 – The board of directors of the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) unanimously agreed to award a total of $19,000 to 19 charitable organizations located in the Caribbean. Each individual charity was nominated by a cable system operator that is an active member of the CCTA. Terry Roberson, chair of the CCTA and general manager of Bermuda Cablevision, stated, “The missions of these 19 outstanding nominees made it difficult to decide between them. The CCTA originally established the program to give just ten grants per year, but the program has generated so much interest among our members that the number of applicants continues to grow annually. This year’s 19 nominees are very worthy organizations, and we are delighted to be able to award grants to all of them.” Each nominee will receive $1,000. The board took this action at their meeting on May 12. The 19 grant recipients and their sponsoring companies are: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda nominated by Bermuda Cablevision Ltd.; Virgin Islands Cadets Corps nominated by BVI Cable TV; Youth Against Violence nominated by Cable Bahamas; Harrison College PTA nominated by Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation of Barbados; Centro Sor Isolina Ferre nominated by Choice Cable TV of Puerto Rico; Missionaries of the Poor nominated by Columbus Communications Inc. of Bahamas and Jamaica; Grenada National Coalition on the Right of the Child nominated by Columbus Communications Grenada; The Just Because Foundation nominated by Columbus Communications Trinidad; Queen Louise Home nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Croix; Humane Society of St. Thomas nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Thomas-St. John; Colegio de Educacion Especial y Rehabilitacion Integral nominated by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico; International Institute for People with Disabilities of Puerto Rico nominated by OneLink Communications; Corno Abe’s Foundation nominated by SAT Telecommunications Ltd. of Dominica; Fundacion Telfon Pa Hubenfud Aruba nominated by SETAR; Holy Family Children’s Home nominated by St. Lucia Cablevision; The Police Boys Club nominated by The Cable of St. Kitts; Stichting Hamied nominated by T.V. Distribution Systems of Curacao; Special Olympics Cayman Islands nominated by WestStar TV Limited; and St. Maarten Soccer Educational Foundation nominated by Wireless Telecommunication Network. Formed in 1983, the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association represents cable and telecommunications providers throughout the Caribbean and the programmers, software and hardware suppliers that support their activities. The Community Charities Program, which was established by the CCTA in 1993, has awarded $208,250 during its existence. |
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News from 2009 Annual Meeting |
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Monday, 23 February 2009 |
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NEWS FROM THE 2009 ANNUAL MEETING The 2009 Annual Meeting held at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, from January 26 to 29 was a great three-day event. A total of 289 representatives of 135 companies attended the conference. The attendees traveled from 27 different countries and territories to participate. There were 78 exhibitors and traffic in the Exhibit Hall was brisk. If you are interested in receiving the names and contact information for all attendees, please send an email to
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and we can provide this data in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. The information is only available to members of the CCTA. At the Annual Membership Meeting held on Wednesday, January 28, new officers and directors of the association were elected. For the 2009 year, the Board of Directors are Chair Terry Roberson of Bermuda Cablevision; Vice Chair & Chair-Elect Brendan Paddick of Columbus Communications; Past Chair Beulah Jonis of St. Maarten Cable TV; Director and Treasurer Jose Alegria of Liberty Communications of P.R.; Director David Burrows of Cable Bahamas; Director Bill Ewing of The Cable; and Director Roderich Pietersz of T.V. Distribution Systems. The Associate Membership elected John Kurpinski of Alloptic Inc. and Brad Trullinger of NBC Universal Cable to serve the two Associate Directors. Sponsorships of the various activities associated with the Annual Meeting were generous, and for that the Board of Directors is extremely grateful. A full list of sponsors can be found on the web site, www.cctanet.com, in the “Who’s Who” piece under 2009 Annual Meeting. The Auction and Raffle to raise funds for the Community Charities Program did well, bringing in $8,769.03 for this worthwhile activity benefiting non-profit organizations throughout the region. Much of the credit for this success goes to our outstanding auctioneer Patrick Harrell of the Outdoor Channel. We also must thank all the companies and individuals who provided such great items for the auction and raffle. The annual Golf Tournament attracted 52 players this year, making it one of the largest tournaments in recent years. The first place team winners of the Golf Tournament were Chris Annesley, Willy Hamilton, Bruce Littman, and Guy Plouffe. The second place team included Al Kernes, Ryan Roberson, Bernie Segura and Chris Shirling. The third place team was made up of Mike Adams Jr., Mike Adams Sr., RoAnn Adams, and Rowland Fowler. Yne Gonzalez and Bill McCall were closest to the pin, while Jim Holanda and Paula Smith had the longest drives. Congratulations to all! We welcome two new members to the association. Those approved for Associate Membership prior to the Annual Meeting were NCM Supplies, Inc., and Scientific Satellite, Inc. We thank these companies for their interest in the association and look forward to their continued participation. |
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Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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2008 Community Charities Program |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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19 CARIBBEAN CHARITIES RECEIVE $1,000 GRANTSFROM CARIBBEAN CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC.
ST. THOMAS, USVI, June 2, 2008 – The board of directors of the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association (CCTA) unanimously agreed to award a total of $19,000 to 19 charitable organizations located in the Caribbean. Each individual charity was nominated by a cable system operator that is an active member of the CCTA.
Beulah Jonis, chairman of the CCTA and managing director of St. Maarten Cable TV, stated that “the missions of these 19 outstanding nominees made it difficult to decide between them. The CCTA originally established the program to give just ten grants per year, but the program has generated so much interest among our members that the number of applicants continues to grow annually. This year’s 19 nominees are very worthy organizations, and we are delighted to be able to award grants to all of them.” Each nominee will receive $1,000. The board took this action at their meeting on May 14, 2008.
The 19 grant recipients and their sponsoring companies are: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda nominated by Bermuda Cablevision Ltd.; BVI Red Cross nominated by BVI Cable TV; Abilities Unlimited nominated by Cable Bahamas; Teen Challenge Aruba Foundation nominated by Cable Television of Aruba; The Arijah Children’s Foundation Anguilla Limited nominated by Caribbean Cable Communications Holding Ltd.; Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos nominated by Choice Cable TV of Puerto Rico; Promise Inc. nominated by Columbus Communications Trinidad; Father Mallaghan’s Home for Boys nominated by Columbus Communications Grenada; Queen Louise Home nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Croix; Humane Society of St. Thomas nominated by Innovative Cable TV St. Thomas-St. John; Hogar San Jose nominated by Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico; Marian Home nominated by St. Lucia Cablevision; Meals on Wheels & Care Organization nominated by St. Maarten Cable TV; Dominica Infirmary nominated by SAT Telecommunications Ltd. of Dominica; Fundacion Pediatrica Por Un Manana nominated by Telecable of the Dominican Republic; Fundashon Nos Grandinan nominated by T. V. Distribution Systems of Curacao; Eagle Boyz Club nominated by The Cable of St. Kitts; National Council of Voluntary Organisations nominated by WestStar TV Limited of the Cayman Islands; and St. Maarten Soccer Educational Foundation nominated by Wireless Telecommunication Network.
Formed in 1983 and based on St. Thomas, the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association represents cable and telecommunications companies throughout the Caribbean, and programmers, software and hardware suppliers that support their activities. The Community Charities Program was founded in 1993 and has awarded nearly $190,000 during its existence. |
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Caribbean Cable Show to Be Held in January on Puerto Rico |
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
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ST. THOMAS, USVI, September 27 – The board of directors announced that the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting, known widely as the Caribbean Show, from January 28 to 31 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The theme of the 2008 meeting will be “Technology Surfs in the Caribbean.” UPDATED! Visit the CCTA Annual Meeting 2008 section to learn more! |
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UJIMA Foundation gets financial donation. |
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
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