Access Communications has announced the co-operative has earned awards in five community categories in the Tuned-in Canada campaign from the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance for 2016.
The winning categories are:
Best public service/community building effort: NEOSS Women’s Shelter donation;
Best community channel programming – news: RezX;
Best community channel programming – sports: Hockey Night in Saskatchewan;
Best community channel programming – entertainment: Heritage in Scarlet;
Best on-camera community channel personality: Lisa Peters.
Access Communities says hundreds of volunteers across the province donate their time to their Access Communications Children’s Fund and to Access7 community channels, including community producers across the province.
“Access is connecting people across Saskatchewan every day with dynamic local programming on Access7,” says Jim Deane, CEO, Access Communications Co-operative.
More than 28,000 votes from across the country were cast in the awards.
“We received more than 180 nominations from our members and their subscribers across the country, and it’s so rewarding to see that level of engagement,” says Jenny Bosien, CCSA acting president and CEO, in a statement.
“But for us, the best thing is the exposure each and every one of our nominees received over these past few months. Tuned-in Canada has really become a platform for celebrating their achievements.”
The CCSA is a member-operated advocacy and buying group that links independent cable operators and their subscribers with cost-effective programming and equipment. Access Communications is a 100 per cent Saskatchewan-owned non-profit co-operative that serves 230 communities in the province including the Battlefords.
