Birds-Eye.Net Broadband Cable Associations Directory

American Cable Association (ACA)
One Parkway Center, Suite 212
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(v) 412.922.8300
(e) email ACA
Notes: ACA is dedicated to ensuring that consumers who reside primarily in small towns and rural America always have access to advanced telecommunication services at fair and reasonable prices. The public interest requires that the development and delivery of these services must be responsive to local needs and interests. As locally based providers who are integral to their communities, the Association members have dedicated their business to fulfilling this public interest.

Alliance for Community Media (ACM)
666 11th Street NW, Suite 740
Washington DC, 20001
(v) 202.393.2650
(e) email ACM
Notes: ACM works with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress, state legislatures, state regulatory agencies, and coalition partners to ensure that all people regardless of race, age, gender, disability, religion or economic status have access to technology.

Assocation of Regional News Channels (ARNC)
1708 Colorado St.
Austin, Texas 78701
(v) 512.531.8088
(e) email ARNC
Notes: The goal of the ARNC is to encourage and promote the role of 24-hour local and regional television news organizations in fostering and preserving the highest journalistic standards of the news media.

Broadcast Cable Credit Association (BCCA)
550 Frontage Road, Suite 3600
Northfield, IL 6009
(v) 847.881.8757
(e) email BCCA
Notes: BCCA represents credit and collection professionals from more than 500 TV, radio, cable, system operators, newspaper, and magazine organizations in the U.S. and Canada. BCCA functions as a central clearinghouse for credit information on advertisers, agencies and buying services, both locally and nationally.

Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM)
550 W. Frontage Road Ste. 3600
Northfield, IL 60093
(v) 847.716.7000
(e) email BCFM
Notes: BCFM is a professional society comprised of broadcasting's and cable TV's top financial, MIS and human resource executives, station general managers and other broadcasting and cable management personnel, as well as associates who provide our industry with auditing, MIS, sales and legal expertise.

Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB)
830 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
(v) 212.508.1200
(e) email CAB
Notes: CAB is dedicated to providing advertisers and agencies with the most current, complete and actionable Cable television media insights at the national, DMA and local levels. We seek to definitively answer a broad range of advertiser and agency questions concerning Cable television's media attributes both within the context of all other US television options, as well as within the full range of media options in any given market.

Cable Center
2000 Buchtel Boulevard
Denver, CO 80210
(v) 303.871.4885
(e) email Cable Center
Notes: The Cable Center serves with unwavering intellectual integrity the cable telecommunications industry, the academic community, and the general public through a variety of programs.

Cable Positive
1775 Broadway, Suite 433
New York, NY 10019
(v) 212.459.1502
(e) email Cable Positive
Notes: Cable Positive will mobilize the talents, resources, access and influence of the cable and telecommunications industry to raise HIV/AIDS awareness; support HIV/AIDS education, prevention and care; and strive to end stigma by creating a more compassionate climate for people whose lives have been affected by HIV or AIDS.

Cable in the Classroom (CIC)
1724 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(v) 202.775.1040
(e) email CIC
Notes: CIC fosters the use of cable content and technology to expand and enhance learning for children and youth nationwide. Working in partnership with and on behalf of the cable industry, CIC advocates for the visionary, sensible and effective use of media in homes, schools, and communities.

Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM)
201 North Union Street, Suite 440
Alexandria, VA 22314
(v) 703.549.4200
(e) email CTAM
Notes: CTAM blends a razor-sharp focus on cable telecommunications marketing with a penchant for bringing smart people together. The result: a tightly knit portfolio of resources, tools, ideas and contacts that advance the business. And your place in it.

Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA)
1755 Park Street, Suite 260
Naperville, IL 60563
(v) 630.416.1166
(e) email CTHRA
Notes: CTHRA is the voice for human resources related initiatives in the industry, acting in the role of business strategist and advisor. CTHRA provides human resources professionals with industry-specific information, resources, networking opportunities, compensation and benefits surveys, and educational programs.

Cable Television Public Affairs Association (CTPAA)
P.O. Box 33697
Washington, DC 20033
(v) 202.775.1081
(e) email CTPAA
Notes: CTPAA is the only national, professional organization specifically addressing the issues, needs, and interests of the cable industry's public affairs professionals. A strong advocate of the public affairs professional's participation in all aspects of corporate decision-making processes, CTPAA works to enhance each member's status and influence through skill building and professional development.

Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20004
(v) 202-637-4494
(e) email Emma Bowen Foundation
Notes: The Emma L. Bowen Foundation was created in 1989 to prepare minority youth for careers in the media industry. The Foundation’s program is unlike traditional intern programs in that students work for partner companies during summers and school breaks from the summer following their junior year in high school until they graduate from college. During the five-year program, students have an opportunity to learn many aspects of corporate operations and develop company-specific skills. Corporations have an opportunity to train and mentor students with the option of fulltime employment upon completion of their college degrees.

National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMC)
336 W. 37th Street, Suite 302
New York, NY 10018
(v) 212.594.5985
(e) email NAMIC
Notes: NAMIC educates, advocates and empowers for multi-ethnic diversity in the telecommunications industry through its 17 nationwide chapters. NAMIC welcomes existing and aspiring broadband and new media professionals to our membership roster. Members are cable operators, programmers, hardware suppliers, telecommunication and new media professionals and entrepreneurs.

National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA)
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 495
Alexandria, VA 22314
(v) 703.519.8035
(e) email NATOA
Notes: NATOA supports and serves the communications needs and interests of local governments. NATOA is a professional association made up of individuals and organizations responsible for - or advising those responsible for - telecommunications policies and services in local governments throughout the country.

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Penthouse 10
Los Angeles, California 90036-3681
(v) 310.453.4440
(e) email NATPE
Notes: NATPE is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms. NATPE develops and nurtures opportunities, both commercial and educational, for buying, selling and sharing of content and ideas.

National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
1742 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(v) 202.775.3550
(e) email NCTA
Notes: NCTA's primary mission is to provide its members with a strong national presence by providing a single, unified voice on issues affecting the cable and telecommunications industry. NCTA represents cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation’s cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks, as well as equipment suppliers and providers of other services to the cable industry.

National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
11200 Corporate Ave.
Lenexa, KS 66219-1392
(v) 913.599.5900
(e) email NCTC
Notes: NCTC is a not-for-profit, member-operated purchasing organization. The Co-op's mission is to reduce the operating costs of its member cable companies. The Co-op negotiates and administers master affiliation agreements with cable television programming networks, cable hardware and equipment manufacturers and other service providers on behalf of its member companies.

Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA)
1600 K Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006-2838
(v) 202.659.6510
(e) email RTNDA
Notes: RTNDA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTNDA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries.

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE)
140 Philips Road
Exton, PA 19341-1318
(v) 610.363.6888
(e) email SCTE
Notes: SCTE is a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing the careers of cable telecommunications professionals and serving the industry through excellence in professional development, information and standards. Since 1969, SCTE has continually expanded its resources and services to meet the changing needs of its members in a rapidly evolving industry.

Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB)
3 East 54th Street
New York, NY 10022-3108
(v) 212.486.1111
(e) email TVB
Notes: TVB is the not-for-profit trade association of America’s broadcast television industry. Its members include television broadcast groups, advertising sales reps, syndicators, international broadcasters, associate members and over 500 individual television stations. TVB promotes the benefits of local broadcast television to the advertising community and in doing so works to develop advertising dollars for U.S. Spot Television. TVB provides a diverse variety of tools and resources, including this website, to support its Members and to help advertisers make the best use of local television.

Walter Kaitz Foundation
1724 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
(v) 202.775.3611
(e) email Walter Kaitz Foundation
Notes: The Walter Kaitz Foundation was established in 1981 as a not-for profit organization with the purpose of diversifying the executive suites of the cable television industry with talented and qualified ethnic minorities. Over the years, program objectives and emphases have been modified to meet the changing opportunities of the cable television industry. The Foundation's basic goal of advocating diversity remains constant.

Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT)
14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 250
Chantilly, Virginia 20151
(v) 703.234.9810
(e) email WICT
Notes: Developing women leaders is our mission. As the oldest and largest organization serving women professionals in cable and telecommunications, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) is at the forefront of an industry undergoing constant change. Since its founding in 1979, WICT has remained steadfast in its resolve to advance the position and influence of women through proven leadership programs and services at both the national and local level.