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MCTA Members: BROADSTRIPE BUCKEYE CABLEAMERICA MI NORTHSIDE TV CORPORATION PARISH COMMUNICATIONS Cable: SUNRISE COMMUNICATIONS We're Putting it All Together, for Michigan. 2011 INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT SNAPSHOT TVC, INC The cable industry has evolved, and cable companies today provide a wide range of services to their customers. We're MCTA Staff: television, phone services, and broadband, with high-speed cable connections leading the way in linking Michigan COLLEEN MCNAMARA homes and businesses to the Internet. Cable wire puts it all Executive Director together – television, Internet and phone.

MATT GROEN Government Affairs Director

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