Free Press: state video franchising

FCC Asked to Probe AT&T Treatment of PEG

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:31:00 -0800

Louisiana Senate Approves Video Franchise Bill

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:48:36 -0700

[Editor's note: This is an excerpt from the article.]

The Senate gave final legislative approval to a change in the way cable television providers win franchise rights in Louisiana.

State Video Franchising: Where Are the Competitors?

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:17:15 -0700

This post and comments at BFD got me wondering: How’s that brave new world of competitive IPTV and sizzling broadband that Ohioans were promised last summer — when the General Assembly overwhelmingly approved and the Governor happily signed SB 117, AT&T’s “cable franchise reform” bill — coming along?

Tennessee Waltz

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:39:58 -0700

It’s every woman’s nightmare. You take your sweetheart to a dance and your best friend dances off with him. Sure it feels like betrayal, but they couldn’t help themselves, they fell in love with each other while they were dancing. Nothing personal, mind you, nothing personal.

Devilish Details in Tennessee Cable Franchise Legislation

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:25:11 -0700

A definition of the word Legislation: a solution to a problem which may, or may not actually exist, which may or may not actually create any observable results, and typically is a hand-stitched agreement crafted after some great length of time in order that the public be aroused or dulled and during which time money may be applied to preserve, alter or eliminate debate.

A Snowy Transmission

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:34:02 -0700

Just weeks after Patsy Robles and her 15-year-old daughter stepped into the studio of San Antonio’s Channel 20 during the summer of 2004 they were on TV, a channel-surf away from the major networks.

AT&T Won't Say Where It'd Offer TV if Bill Passes

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:26:59 -0700

Despite lobbying for a bill to start offering television services and compete with cable, AT&T will not say where it would offer those services if legislation were approved.

AT&T, East Baton Rouge Approve Video Deal

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:19:36 -0700

AT&T and the city-parish have reached an agreement to allow the company to offer television service in East Baton Rouge Parish, adding another competitor to a market that includes cable provider Cox Communications and satellite services Dish Network and Direct TV.

AT&T, Cable Crafting Compromise

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:47:32 -0700

Lengthy negotiations between AT&T, the cable industry and local governments over AT&T’s bid to offer television services in Tennessee are close to complete, and the final product may cause a first for the telecom giant in the southeast.

Franchise, Phone Bills Percolate in Pennsylvania

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:59:41 -0700

Pennsylvania lawmakers may consider a state franchising-reform bill, but the industries most affected by that bill, the cable and telephone companies, are teaming up to put their lobbying muscle behind deregulating voice-over-Internet protocol phone service.