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About The Association
The Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association (VCTA), with offices in Richmond, Virginia is the trade association for the cable telecommunications industry in Virginia. The Association was founded in 1966.
Association membership is comprised of system members and associate members. System members are cable systems operating in Virginia. There are presently forty-seven system members serving over one and one half million Virginia homes and businesses.
Associate members number over one hundred and are individuals, firms, and corporations engaged in providing goods and services used by cable operators.
The Association is guided by a Board of Directors comprised of cable executives from companies across all of Virginia, an Associate Director, and Alternate Associate Director which determine policy administered by staff. The President reports to the Board and is responsible for day to day management of the association.
Through the years, the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association has informed members of issues affecting them, represented its members before state and federal regulatory agencies, the state legislature, and the United States Congress. The Association serves as a clearinghouse for information to members and non-members. Each year the Association sponsors the Virginia Show, recognized as one of the top-rated cable trade shows in the nation.
VCTA's Mission
The mission of the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association (VCTA) is to promote the cable television and telecommunications services of member companies in the Commonwealth of Virginia to the public, the business community and state officials. This will be accomplished through coordinated public relations and awareness efforts, adequate training, organized member lobbying, timely and informational meetings and conventions and consolidated efforts with local, state and national cable advocacy groups. The VCTA will operate by, for and with its members and will be a storehouse and source of member information.