Thank You to All who Attended the 2017 Annual Meeting!
The month of January 2017 came and went so quickly, that we're still catching our breaths. For those of you who attended the CCTA’s Annual Meeting at the Atlantis on Paradise Island, in The Bahamas, it was great to see you again and start off the new year in a new place with old and new colleagues. The Bahamians welcomed us with wonderful hospitality and friendliness, and the resort was simply breathtaking.
The 2017 Annual Meeting attracted 287 attendees from 132 different companies. It was truly an international event, with 32 different countries and jurisdictions represented. Participants traveled from Canada, the United States, Mexico, South America, Europe and various locales in the Caribbean to be part of the 34th Caribbean Show. If you would like a copy of the spreadsheet that contains the names and contact details for all attendees, please send an email to info@cctanet.com with the subject line: CCTA 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees List.
Your opinions count!
With the 2017 Annual Meeting still fresh in our minds, we are asking attendees to take a moment to complete an anonymous survey about the event. We promise it won't take long, but your feedback is invaluable to the Board of Directors as they look toward 2018. If you have not received the survey form via email, you may participate by clicking the button below:
Thank you again for your support of the Caribbean Cable and Telecommunications Association. Since the CCTA Annual Meeting is one of the last remaining cable shows, your participation and input are very important to the association and the cable industry in the Caribbean.
A special "Thanks" to our speakers.
Thank you to the speakers who brought their wisdom and expertise to the Annual Meeting. Hats off to the following panelists who discussed "The Future of Cable in the Caribbean and Internationally": Norman Lem of Suite 47 Consulting Inc.; David Burrows of Cable Bahamas; Murali Nemani of ActiveVideo; Jim Riley of Mediamorph; and Jonathan Shrank of Insight TV. Speakers at the break-out sessions included Bryan Perry of TiVo; David Dockter of Cable Bahamas; and Mark Trudeau of OpenVault.
Congratulations to the new Board of Directors members
For those who were not present during the Annual Membership Meeting, we would like to introduce you to the CCTA's Board of Directors for 2017:
Chair Andrew Greene of Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation of Barbados; Vice Chair and Chair-Elect Gabriel Palerm of Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico; Past Chair David Burrows of Cable Bahamas; Director Beulah Jonis of St. Maarten Cable TV; Director Veronique Leander of Television Distribution Systems of Curacao; Director Raul Ponson of SETAR N.V. of Aruba; Director Graciela Rivera of Innovative Cable TV of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Associate Director Larry Foland of OpenVault; and Associate Director Patrick Harrell of Align Broadcasting.
2017 Sponsorship Recognitions
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Bloomberg L.P.
• FAREWELL COCKTAIL BEVERAGES
• JANUARY 22ND BREAKFAST BUFFET
LORAC Communications Inc.
• OVERALL ANNUAL MEETING SPONSOR
• TOTE BAGS
National Geographic
• JANUARY 24TH EXHIBIT HALL REFRESHMENTS
• JANUARY 23RD AFTERNOON BREAK REFRESHMENTS
• JANUARY 24TH MORNING BREAK REFRESHMENTS
Viacom Media Networks
• JANUARY 24TH BREAKFAST BUFFET
GOLD SPONSORS
A+E Networks
• CARIBBEAN PARTY
Cable Bahamas
• ANNUAL MEETING TEE-SHIRTS
Gulfcom
• JANUARY 23RD EXHIBIT HALL REFRESHMENTS
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico
• LUNCHEON IN EXHIBIT HALL
SILVER SPONSORS
BBC World News
• WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
Caribbean Cable Cooperative Limited
• CARIBBEAN PARTY ENTERTAINMENT
• FAREWELL COCKTAIL PARTY HORS D'OEUVRES
HBO
• WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
OpenVault
• WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
REVOLT Media & TV LLC
• WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
• CARIBBEAN PARTY ENTERTAINMENT
Spectrum Engineering Corporation
• JANUARY 23RD MORNING BREAK REFRESHMENTS
BRONZE SPONSORS
CommScope
• JANUARY 22ND AFTERNOON REGISTRATION
REFRESHMENTS
Discovery Networks
• LANYARDS AND BADGE/SCHEDULE HOLDER