Montana Cable Association Closing Not Necessarily a Trend, ACA's Polka Said

The Montana Cable Telecommunications Association's shutting its doors effective Dec. 31 doesn't necessarily portend similar steps by cable groups in other states, but it's a reflection of the pressures on cable operators everywhere, American's Communications Association President Matt Polka told us Tuesday. MCTA, founded in 1959, said the move was due to members' declining video subscriber numbers from cord cutting and video programming cost pressures.