Alliance
for Community Media
Specializes in the promotion of public access channels and PEG programming.
Association
for Interactive Media
An association promoting ecommerce. Right now mainly Internet but
should recognize cable interest with broadband.
Cable
and Telecommunications: A Marketing Society
Marketing Information but a closed organization. Not much for an outsider.
Cable
in the Classroom
A great cooperative project for educators. Get program listings and
information on how you can legally tape and playback cable programs
for your students.
Cable
Positive
Fight AIDs through Broadband Media. I am not sure how they are doing
it (other than advertising) but more power to them.
Broadband
Media and Telecommunications Association of New York
The trade association for New York State's cable television companies
and their telecommunications subsidiaries.
Broadband
Media Laboratories (CableLabs)
An organization consisting of cable television system operators
established with the goal of ensuring that technology is made practical
and accessible to the cable television industry in a timely fashion.
Cable
television Advertising Bureau
News and information about cable advertising and marketing on cable.
CATV
Cyberlab
An ongoing market research study conducted by GecKo Research & Publishing.
Electronic
Industries Association
The page mainly supports their annual conference but other information
and policy statements are available.
Florida
Cable Telecommunications Association
An association representing Florida's 289 cable systems who serve more
than 4,300,000 customer homes over 76,717 miles of cable plan
Free
Speech TV
FSTV is a part time cable network bringing the best of progressive television
to nearly seven million homes weekly. The organization promotes activism
of all types.
International
Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers
IABM was formed in 1976 to foster and coordinate the common interests
of manufacturers of broadcasting equipment and services worldwide.
International
Engineering Consortium
IEC is designed more for telephone engineers but they lobby for telephone
interests.
Missouri
Cable Telecommunications Association
Represents Missouri Cable Interests
National
Association of Minorities in Cable
NAMIC was formed in 1980 to raise awareness, expand opportunity and
shape the future. Not much here but it is a resource of this developing
interest.
National
Association of Television Producers & Executives
Best known for the Annual Program conference and exhibition held
each year in January, NATPE has become the voice of the industry representing
television stations, cable systems group owners and other decisionmakers.
National
Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
The mission of NATOA is to support the telecommunications interests
and needs of local governments.Ý
National
Broadband Media Cooperative
The National Broadband Media Cooperative is an organization of independent
cable television companies serving more than one million cable subscribers
throughout the United States.
National
Cable Television Association
The NCTA is the leading voice for the cable industry. When it speaks,
people listen. A strong, complete and technically competent web page.
National
Cable Television Center & Museum
As the name suggests, the center is a true educational effort on
the history of cable. Resources are increasing all the time here. Educators
may also enjoy the benefits of attending the annual NCTA conference
with special academic seminars.
National
Exchange Carriers Association
You need to know DSL, you need to know NECA.
New
York New Media Association
A non-profit organization with the mission to galvanize the industry
in the metro area.
Oregon
Cable Telecommunications Association
Promotes the well-being of the cable telecommunications industry
through effective political and public relations, and educational activities.
Society
of Cable Telecommunication Engineers
A boatload of information especially about the technology
but much of it for pay or members.
Telecommunications
Industry Association
TIA is a national trade organization with membership of large and small
companies that provide communications technology products, services
in the United States.
TV-Anytime
Forum
The TV Anytime Forum is an association of organizations which seeks
to develop specifications to enable audiovisual and other services based
on mass-market high volume digital storage.
Walter
Kaitz Foundation
The Walter Kaitz Foundation (WKF) is a leading national organization
whose mission is to diversify the management work force in the cable/telecommunications
broadband industry. Nice Flash animation introduction..
Women
in Cable & Telecommunications
A special interest organization but real solid educational material.