Comcast Sportsnet NW Is Coming Back!
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3rd Quarter 2013 PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PO Box 880 I 190 SE 2nd Avenue PAID Canby, OR 97013 PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 1006 In this issue of Canby Connections: Canby Telcom and Beaver Creek Telephone Form Unique Management Structure Comcast SportsNet NW is coming back! School Partnerships Planting the Future home deployment plan in 2008, provided local WatchTVeverywhere! businesses with VoiceConnect, a turnkey hosted 2013 Community Class Schedule telephony solution, and just last month rolled out MyTech Lego® Build Date Announcement EZVideoSM product – a national first. In addition to What’s Happening in Canby? these new service offerings, Galitz oversaw the acquisition of Mt. Angel Telephone Company in 2007 New Bylaws Approved and expanded the Company’s ISP services to other EZ Video local telecommunications cooperatives. What Customers Say About Us No Data Caps! Pay & Win! Canby Telcom and Fox Updates Beaver Creek June 4th* Telephone Form Unique Management OnDemand Premieres Structure OnDemand is a feature included with Canby Telcom’s digital television service that allows anyone to watch newly released First in the West, Only Second in Nation movies and content when convenient. Canby Telcom offers both free and pay per use content, including recently released Keith Galitz, President of Canby Telcom, has blockbuster hits. Watch, pause, stop and rewind for 24-hours announced his retirement effective August 15th. He has Keith Galitz after activation! seen significant changes during his 30-year telecommu- nications career. In his nine and one half year tenure at “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Keith Galitz for For more information about OnDemand and digital television from Canby Telcom, he directly oversaw changes that his dedication and leadership as President of Canby Canby Telcom, contact Customer Care at 503.266.8111. improved the availability and access to broadband Telcom and Mt. Angel Telephone and the many new throughout the 84-square mile serving area. Galitz advances we have seen in his years managing the June 11th joined the company in 2004 and in that time the company” said Don Peterson, Chairman of the Board at Free OnDemand Episodes – RePlay! company launched IPTV (digital television service) in Canby Telcom. Premiere Dates: **Available 8 weeks before Netflix, *Available 4 weeks before Netflix/Redbox 2005, began a methodical and ongoing fiber to the (Continued on page 11) Comcast SportsNet NW is coming back! Look for it on Channel 33 (SD) and 733 (HD) on your People’s Choice DDigitaligital TV papackageckage llaterater tthishis year anandd enjoy June 18th* July 16th* July 16th July 30th Aug. 6th* Aug. 13th the Blazers 2013-14 season and beyond from the comfort of your living room! (Continued from cover) expanding fiber deployment and providing the In response to Keith’s ever increasing need for more bandwidth and retirement announce- related IP based products and services. ment, Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Keith Galitz and his wife, Jan, intend to continue Company (BCT) and living in Canby and will stay active within the Canby Telcom (CT) community. Galitz will continue volunteering will share a general locally and serving on multiple boards, including 2013 Rotary SCHOOL manager. Paul Hauer CHR Solutions in Beavercreek, George Fox will serve as President University in Newberg, the Rotary Club of Canby Scholarship PARTNERSHIPS of both organizations, and as Chair of the Clackamas Federal Credit Awards including Canby Union Board. Telcom’s subsidiary Paul Hauer Canby Telcom Scholarship Fund of the Canby Rotary Foundation, the Canby Rotary Foundation Scholar- Mt. Angel Telephone ship and the Dick Brown Rotary Scholarship awarded a combined $7,000 in scholarship funds this past Company (MATC). He will also continue to serve June to exceptional high school seniors from local high schools. Candidates were assessed on outstanding as President of Consolidated Business Services, FOX CHANNEL UPDATES community service, academic achievement and school participation. Our sincerest congratulations and LLC, a joint venture with Stayton Cooperative Changes coming to Fox Network Channels best wishes to the following local student winners: Telephone Company (SCTC) formed in Septem- ber of 2012. This conglomerate management Fox Movie Channel (Channel 150) was Emily Katelyn Heidi Olivia structure has been in planning for over a year and renamed FX Movies on June 15. Kraxberger Meisenheimer Oldenkamp Thoroughman continues cooperative resource sharing of accounting and human resource roles among all Fox Networks are discontinuing this Carli Blake Jairo Rawley channel on September 2 due to losing the four companies in an effort to operate more Premier League broadcast rights to NBC McCormick Netter Romero Warren efficiently and better serve each organization’s earlier this year. Remaining FOX carried members. soccer content will be integrated into the new Fox Sports 1. (See Below) Canby Class of 2013 Graduates Stream into their future… “The telecommunications industry is undergoing In a continuing, growing partnership with local access Channel CTV5, those not able to attend the 2013 Canby High School rapid changes nationwide. Customers are Fox Network is discontinuing Speed on graduation ceremony were able to enjoy LIVE video coverage through any Internet connection. Over 250 friends and abandoning traditional land-lines for mobile August 17. (Channel 117, HD 817) family of the graduates tuned in to the LIVE broadcast this year, but both CTV5 and Canby Telcom hope that word will phones causing small, and in some cases spread and next year that number will grow substantially. independent, telephone companies to struggle to Fox Networks are launching Fox Sports 1 survive. In addition, the Federal Communications on August 17 (Channel 38, HD 738). This “We are excited to be able to offer this service to our customers,” said Merry Shepard, Manager of Marketing. “This is just new channel boasts nearly 5,000 hours Commission (FCC) is in the process of altering the of live event, news and original program- the beginning of new content and local entertainment offerings we hope to pass along by continuing to work with the rates and methods by which companies are stellar staff at CTV5.” ming. It offers a robust schedule of live reimbursed for services,” said Peterson. “This events forming the channel backbone new structure will provide greater economies of with college basketball, college football, scale and save money for all involved companies NASCAR, soccer and UFC all on tap while preparing for the ongoing regulatory and between launch and year’s end. market changes.” Planting the Future Fox Networks are launching FXX on Paul Hauer has been working with Canby Telcom September 2 (Channel 67). FXX will focus Canby Telcom has been enjoying two beautiful for almost two years as interim Chief Financial on comedy series targeting a younger, edgier audience. Established FX series It’s flower beds this summer along Hwy 99 due to Officer in addition to his duties as President of a continued partnership with the landscaping and Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The BCT and Consolidated Business Services. He has League will form the foundation to bring in agriculture class at Ackerman Alternative School. spent the last 15 years in the telecommunications the audience. Students submitted landscape designs in early May to industry at BCT, serving as President for the last 5 compete for two open soil plots. years. Hauer has a BS in Accounting from the University of Portland and is an active volunteer “This has been a fantastic learning experience for several civic and non-profit organizations both for the students and for Canby Telcom,” stated that directly benefit the community. Debbie the Human Resources Consultant and the project Jewell, Vice President of Customer Operations coordinator, Kaye Bilyeu. “We are very pleased to and Brandon Zupancic, Vice President of Network be able to find another partnership opportunity with Operations for both CT and MATC will continue to local youth.” have operating responsibilities for both compa- nies. Theircombined focus will continue to be on 2 11 More content available on WatchTVeverywhere! WatchTVeverywhere streams a growing library of channels and programming to your tablet, your smartphone(s), your laptop and other internet-enabled devices. Imagine watching TV 2013 Community everywhere… including inside your house, at the office, hotel, airport, or vacation home! Class Schedule Community classes continue in 2013 on the third Your TV Options Just Exploded! Thursday of every other month. Classes are open WatchTVeverywhere is included FREE with each to all who can use it. Viewer’s Choice or People’s Choice subscription, Canby Telcom Digital Television customers have Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM access to stream full-length episodes, shorts, entire Made-For-TV and blockbuster movies, Place: Canby Telcom Training Facilities at documentaries and musical content from the 150 SE 2nd Avenue What Customers Say About Us… following cable networks: • A&E • Hallmark Channel Please RSVP for classes at: • Fox Business • History 503.266.8256 or • Fox News • Lifetime www.facebook.com/canbytel events page The technicians made the process They were very fast getting • Galaxie Music • LMN easy when they came to install. They had someone out here. I appreciated the tech • Golf Channel-NEW! • NBC Sports Live Extra-NEW! Community Classes: to do a lot of work and didn't complain. and his willingness to fix the issue • H2 • PAC 12 They had a great attitude. that evening. He didn't get done until July 18 – The Future of TV 7:30 in the evening. …and even more channels are on the way! We Be one of the very first to learn all about the ground breaking, Desiree Copas are actively working with other providers to exciting opportunities that await your OnDemand and LIVE entertainment. Now available to Canby Telcom high-speed Kirby Edwards secure additional channels to offer you the most available entertainment options.